PANEL INDICTS EX-EDO GOV, OBASEKI, LG CHAIRMEN, PDP LEADERS OVER MISMANAGEMENT OF N96bn COUNCIL FUND The administrative panel of inquiry set up by the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo to investigate the financial accounts of the impeached 18 Local Government Chairmen in the state between September 4, 2023 and November, 2024 has allegedly indicted the immediate past Governor of the …

BOKO HARAM INTENSIFIES RECRUITMENT OF YOUNG BOYS AS CASES OF MISSING CHILDREN RISE IN BORNO The case of missing children in Borno State has sparked public outcry, following a disturbing video of a young boy confessing to undergoing military training in a forest alongside dozens of other children. Some residents recounted the agony of their missing loved ones and expressed …

INVESTIGATE US CONGRESSMAN’S ALLEGATION OF USAID’S FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM – ALI NDUME Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, has urged the Federal Government to investigate claims made by US Congressman Scott Perry regarding alleged funding of terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The lawmaker emphasized the need for Nigerian …

INVESTIGATE US CONGRESSMAN’S ALLEGATION OF USAID’S FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM – ALI NDUME Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, has urged the Federal Government to investigate claims made by US Congressman Scott Perry regarding alleged funding of terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The lawmaker emphasized the need for Nigerian …

ANAMBRA DECLARES WAR ON RITUAL KILLINGS, FRAUDULENT SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Anambra State has taken a bold step to combat criminal activities linked to ritual killings and fraudulent spiritual practices with the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025. The new law, signed by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, aims to purge the state of criminal elements masquerading as native doctors …

ANAMBRA DECLARES WAR ON RITUAL KILLINGS, FRAUDULENT SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Anambra State has taken a bold step to combat criminal activities linked to ritual killings and fraudulent spiritual practices with the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025. The new law, signed by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, aims to purge the state of criminal elements masquerading as native doctors …

PDP DISMISSES FORGERY ALLEGATION AGAINST UDE-OKOYE, SAYS AGENTS OF APC STILL AT WORK The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a court ruling ordering an investigation into its primary election guidelines over allegations of forgery. BACKGROUND The PDP has recently been embroiled in a leadership crisis with Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye laying claim to the position of national …

LABOUR PARTY ZONES 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SOUTH EAST The Labour Party says it has no regret in fielding a southeasterner in the person of Peter Obi as its 2023 presidential candidate despite agitations for zoning to other regions from some quarters. This is as it declared readiness to support the Igbos to clinch the 2027 presidential election. The position …

U.S. EMBASSY CLOSES ABUJA, LAGOS OFFICES MONDAY U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos announced they would be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The embassy also revealed that normal operations will resume on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 a day after the holiday. The announcement was made via a post on X, …

KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST, TWO OTHERS FREED AFTER FOUR DAYS IN CAPTIVITY Four days after being abducted by gunmen along the Elele-Isiokpo road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rev. Father Livinus Maurice and two others have regained their freedom. Father Maurice, the parish priest of St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Isiokpo, was kidnapped last Wednesday while returning from …

POLICE INSPECTOR FOUND DEAD IN OGUN HOTEL, FEMALE COMPANION FLEES SCENE The lifeless body of one Inspector Haruna Mohammed has been discovered in a hotel room in Ogun State. A woman, who arrived at Super G Royal Hotel, located at 11 Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi Akute, with the police officer at around 1:00 am on Saturday, February 15, 2025, is …

TINUBU SETS BALL OF SOUTH EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ROLLING AS OKOYE PILOTS AFFAIR In a bold move to bridge a gap that has persisted for over 50 years in the South-east, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the South-East Development Commission (SEDC) Bill into law, appointing Mark Okoye II as the commission’s pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Okoye’s inauguration, …

GANDUJE EL-RUFAI SPARK ROW OVER 2027 TINUBU RETURN TICKET The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has come under attack from northern leaders and groups over his call on the North to bury any ambition of contesting the presidency in 2027. They accused him of working against the interest of the North just to please President …

GANDUJE, EL-RUFAI SPARK ROW OVER 2027 TINUBU RETURN TICKET The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has come under attack from northern leaders and groups over his call on the North to bury any ambition of contesting the presidency in 2027. They accused him of working against the interest of the North just to please President …

PDP CRISIS ESCALATES AS POLICE TOLD TO INVESTIGATE ALI ODEFA, UDEH-OKOYE OVER FORGERY The internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court has directed the FCT Police Command to investigate allegations of forgery involving the party’s primary election guidelines. The order was issued by Magistrate Fatima I. Bukar, prompting law …