COURT STRIKES OUT SUIT SEEKING TO DECLARE SEATS Of 25 RIVERS LAWMAKERS VACANT A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit seeking to declare the seats of the 25 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following a misunderstanding between Governor …

2027: MINISTER’S EYEING GOVERNORSHIP SEATS,At least five ministers in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Executive Council contested for the governorship seats in their respective states in 2023. They are Ahmed Idris Malagi, the minister for information; Nentawe Yiltwada Goshwe, minister for humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction; Adegboyega Oyetola, minister marine and blue economy; Bello Matawalle, minister of state for …

PDP DISCLAIMS WIKE’S REPORTED AGREEMENTS The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is not bound by any agreements with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, stating that such arrangements are personal and do not reflect the party’s official stance. The party made the clarification after a deepening internal crisis that continues to threaten its unity and …

2027: APC FRETS AS ATIKU, OBI, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI, OTHERS UNITE AGAINST TINUBU As the coalition drive to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum across the country, the ruling All Progressives Congress seems unsettled. Some bigwigs in the opposition political parties and aggrieved members of the APC are currently teaming up ahead of the election, aiming at …

TINUBU’S LIFE JACKET AND A DEER’S SACRED SKIN BY FETUS DEBAYO What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. An ethnographic study of hunters in a wild called Ìgbẹ Alágogo conducted by a scholar at the University of Ibadan, Ayo Adeduntan, gave birth to the narrative. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting …

TRUMP’S INVITE TO TINUBU, IT’S FAKE – PRESIDENCY Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has described as fake a recent statement on White House invitation to President Bola Tinubu circulating on the Internet. The statement claimed to have emanated from the State House. The statement in particular claimed that the Presidency had declined an invitation …

CHAOS ERUPTS AS JIGAWA DELEGATES DISRUPT ATIKU, OBI COALITION MEETING A high-level coalition meeting involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and others descended into chaos as delegates from Jigawa State disrupted the proceedings. The ongoing coalition meeting at the Abuja Continental Hotel, organised by the National Political Consultative Group (North), …

NIGERIA NEEDS SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO INSECURITY – CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, OGALLA, AS SOWORE SLAMS CNS, SAYS NIGERIA IS FINISHED The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has advocated spiritual solutions to the security challenges bedevilling Nigeria. Ogalla spoke on Thursday while inaugurating three places of worship at the Navy Town, Asokoro, Abuja, as part of activities …

CONFUSION AS NATIONAL SECRETARY, NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY ISSUE CONFLICTING NOTICES ON HOLDING OF PDP NEC MEETING The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to escalate as Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the party’s national secretary, and Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the national Publicty Secretary, issued two different notices on holding of the NEC meeting of PDP. While Samuel Anyanwu issued …

PDP CRISIS: MY POSITION, BY NYESOM WIKE Since after the 2023 General election, the PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust amongst its key stakeholders. To stem this ugly trend, efforts have been made to arrest this pernicious virus of dishonesty and treachery and enthrone …

PDP CRISIS DEEPENS AS WIKE WITHDRAWS FROM PEACE DEAL, BLAMES OYO, ENUGU GOVERNORS FOR PARTY CRISIS The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has withdrawn from all previous agreements aimed at resolving the Peoples Democratic Party’s internal disputes, in the ongoing crisis within the party. In a statement titled “PDP Crisis: My Position”, personally signed by the …

‘CANDIDATES SHARE 2025 UTME RESIT SCORES Some candidates who participated in the recently rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, have taken to X to share testimonies of their new scores in the examination. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Sunday released the results of the recently rescheduled 2025 UTME. JAMB shared the statement announcing the release of …

2027 MAY BE MY LAST SHOT AT THE PRESIDENCY -;PETER OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the 2027 general elections may be his final shot at the presidency. Obi, who confirmed he would contest in 2027 on the LP’s platform, hinted at a possible exit from active politics after that. He spoke in …

FG DIRECTS AMCON TO BEGIN SHUTDOWN PROCESS The Federal Government has inaugurated a new Board of Directors for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, with a directive to strengthen asset recovery and commence a credible, time-bound wind-down of the Corporation. According to a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr Mohammed …

LET ALL 36 GOVERNORS ADOPT TINUBU, OUR COALITION WILL DEFEAT HIM – EX-SGF, BABACHIR LAWAL Babachir Lawal, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF) during the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Lawal is a member of the Contact and Mobilization and Finance Committees of the Coalition being led by former vice-president and …