AKPABIO SUES NATASHA OVER SATIRICAL APOLOGY AS SENATE PRESIDENT FAILS TO HONOUR NATASHA’S SUIT AGAINST HIM The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a fresh lawsuit against the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for mocking him with a satirical apology.Mr Akpabio’s suit, filed under case number CS/384/25 at the Federal High Court in Abuja and dated 7 May, seeks …

TINUBU, NIGERIA’S DE-MARKETER-IN-CHIE Which serious foreign investor would commit capital to a country led by an individual whose early life remains shrouded in mystery where the first twenty years of his life are undocumented, his biological parents are unknown, and there is no verifiable record of his primary or secondary education? Which investor would trust a nation led by a …

REPS SPEAKER RESHUFFLES COMMITTEE Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has announced a minor reshuffle in the leadership of some committees within the Green Chamber. During Wednesday’s plenary session, Abbas reassigned Mike Etaba, who represents the Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in Cross River State, from his position as chair of the Committee on Public Petitions to head the Committee …

JONATHAN WARNS AGAINST CREATING ONE-PARTY STATE IN NIGERIA Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that it is dangerous for Nigeria to slide into a one-party state. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while paying a tribute to the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of tribute. Clark, an Ijaw leader and politician, died in February …

ABURE A CLOWN, LOOKING FOR A CROWN – GOV OTTI ON PURPORTED SUSPENSION Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has described his purported suspension from the Labour Party by the embattled national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, as a desperate act of a clown looking for a crown. Otti, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, …

NIGERIA REMOVED FROM LIST OF COUNTRIES INDEBTED TO IMF In a report titled: ‘Total IMF Credit Outstanding – Movement from May 01, 2025 to May 06, 2025,” obtained on the multilateral institution’s website yesterday, Nigeria was not listed among its debtors which has a total of 91 developing and least developed countries owing the Fund a total of $117,797,656,224 as …

EFCC ARRESTS EX-LAWMAKER, FOR COLLECTING N70M FROM EMEFIELE The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a Former House of Representatives member, Gudaji Kazaure for receiving N70 million from disgraced ex-CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Lazare, who represented Kazaure, Gwiwa and Yan Kwashi constituencies in Jigawa state, was whisked away by operatives of the anti-graft commission on Wednesday after a …

ABURE A CLOWN, LOOKING FOR A CROWN – GOV OTTI ON PURPORTED SUSPENSION Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has described his purported suspension from the Labour Party by the embattled national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, as a desperate act of a clown looking for a crown. Otti, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, …

PRESENT EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT – RUFAI OSENI TO NATASHA AKPOTI Many Nigerians, especially supporters and political associates of the Nigeria Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio have commended Arise TV broadcaster and analyst, Rufai Oseni for his stance on the Akpabiogate, a fierce political and media battle between Godswill Akpabio and Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. Rufai during an analysis of the …

18-YEAR-OLD APPRENTICE IMPREGNATES 10 GIRLS IN FIVE MONTHS An 18-year-old apprentice has allegedly impregnated 10 girls in just five months, including his master’s daughter and a salesgirl in Anambra State. Reports say he was first sent to learn a trade under a master, but within three months, he got both his boss’s daughter and a salesgirl pregnant. This, however, led …

COURT SCRUTINISES NNAMDI KANU’S PAST VIDEO BROADCASTS, ADJOURNS TRIAL TO MAY 8 The ongoing trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, continued on Wednesday May 7, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial was marked by intense scrutiny of Kanu’s past broadcasts and a series of dramatic exchanges between the prosecution …

SENATE REJECTS VAT INCREASE, PASSES TWO TAX REFORM BILLS The Senate, on Wednesday, passed two of President Bola Tinubu’s four tax reform bills. The two bills approved are the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill. This development follows the Senate’s consideration of the report submitted by an ad hoc committee chaired by Senator Sani …

WAR IN LABOUR PARTY: USMAN GROUP SUMMONS ABURE OVER CORRUPTION, ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITIES AS ABURE FACTION SUSPENDS GOV OTTI, SENATOR KINGIBE, OTHERS Nenadi Usman, chair of the Labour Party (LP) caretaker committee, has launched a probe into Julius Abure over allegations of corruption, misappropriation of party funds and anti-party activities. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Usman accused …

AFTER FOUR DECADES, DSS REMOVES LANRE AROGUNDADE FROM WATCHLIST The Nigerian Chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) today announced the removal of the name of the Executive Director, International Press Centre, Mr Lanre Arogundade, from the Department of State Security’s watchlist after about forty years. IPI Nigeria President, Mr. Musikilu Mojeed, announced this in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the …

CONTROVERSY AS BENUE ASSEMBLY CHALLENGES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY’S AUTHORITY OVER SUMMONS A fresh constitutional face-off has emerged between the Benue State House of Assembly and the National Assembly after the state lawmakers declined to honour a summons from the House of Representatives Public Petitions Committee. The House of Representatives committee had summoned the Governors of Benue and Zamfara states, Hyacinth Alia …