SUE NATASHA OVER ALLEGED DEFAMATION – FALANA TELLS AKPABIO Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has advised Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to sue suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over alleged defamation. The lawyer said this in a statement on Friday following a petition Akpabio submitted to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over comments …

INSIDE 80-YEAR ENUGU AIRPORT CONCESSION DEAL The federal government is currently finalising negotiations with Aero Alliance Consortium to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) in Enugu for an 80-year period. A draft contract, obtained by Daily Sun, reveals the details of this Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement, which makes provisions for airport upgrades, the handling of existing Federal Airports Authority …

MANY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES HONORING ILLITERATES, PERSONS WITHOUT WORTHY CHARACTER – JEGA The Pro-Chancellor & Chairman of Council, Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Attahiru Jega has said Nigerian universities are certificating illiterates and awarding degrees to many persons without worthy character. Jega stated this while speaking as the Chairman of the ongoing 14th Convocation lecture of National Open University of Nigeria …

NO COURT ORDER ANYWHERE – WIKE’S AIDE, LERE OLAYINKA, REPLIES RUFAI ‘S CLAIM OF IBAS DISOBEYING COURT ORDER The Special Adviser to Nyesom Wike on Media, Lere Olayinka has reacted to claim that the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Rtd Ibokette Ibas has disobeyed the court. Nigerian broadcaster, Rufai Oseni made the statement after it was reported that the Sole Administrator …

FEARING DEPORTATION, MIGRANTS IN US SEND MORE MONEY HOME Central American migrants in the United States sent home around 20 percent more in remittances in the first quarter of 2025, official data showed this week, a trend economists said reflected their fear of deportation by President Donald Trump’s administration. Nearly one-quarter of the GDP of impoverished Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador …

STOP GIVING POLITICAL INTERPRETATION TO JUDICIAL MATTERS, AGF TELLS NIGERIANS The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned about the danger of giving political interpretations to judicial matters. Fagbemi spoke shortly after the presentation of a book: “Tribulations and Trophies, Bola Ajibola in His Own Words!” in Lagos on Thursday. He also urged stakeholders …

LP LEADERSHIP CRISIS: BATTLE SHIFTS TO INEC AS ABURE, USMAN, APAPA SEEK RECOGNITION The leadership tussle within the Labour Party, LP, took a new twist on Wednesday, with Lamidi Apapa asserting himself as the party’s National Chairman. Apapa, who made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, cited the April 4 Supreme Court judgment that nullified Julius Abure’s leadership …

LP LEADERSHIP CRISIS: BATTLE SHIFTS TO INEC AS ABURE, USMAN, APAPA SEEK RECOGNITION The leadership tussle within the Labour Party, LP, took a new twist on Wednesday, with Lamidi Apapa asserting himself as the party’s National Chairman. Apapa, who made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, cited the April 4 Supreme Court judgment that nullified Julius Abure’s leadership …

Leaders of Enugu North Senatorial District, otherwise known as Nsukka Zone, have endorsed the Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, to continue in office beyond 2027, saying the governor has transformed the zone in less than two years of his administration. The Nsukka leaders who convened at the Adada House, Nsukka, on Thursday, under the aegis of Enugu State Coalition …

LP CRISIS: DOOR SHUTS ON ABURE, HE SHOULD HEED SUPREME COURT’S VERDICT – UMEH The Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, says the Supreme Court judgement on the Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis has shut the door on Julius Abure as the party’s chairman. Umeh said that Abure should take the admonishment of the apex court …

LP CRISIS: DOOR SHUTS ON ABURE, HE SHOULD HEED SUPREME COURT’S VERDICT – UMEH The Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, says the Supreme Court judgement on the Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis has shut the door on Julius Abure as the party’s chairman. Umeh said that Abure should take the admonishment of the apex court …

APC MOURNS SLAIN DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, SHUTS NATIONAL SECRETARIAT The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has shut down its national secretariat, popularly known as “Buhari House”, following the killing of its Director of Administration, Hon. AbdulRauf Adekunle Adeniji. Vanguard gathered that the deceased who was kidnapped weeks ago, was reportedly killed last month. The kidnappers were said to have concealed …

FOUR KILLED AS FULANI HERDSMEN INVADE ENUGU COMMUNITY No fewer than four farmers were murdered on their farms in Adani community in the Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu by suspected Fulani herdsmen. On Thursday that the victims were slaughtered in their farms on Tuesday afternoon, when the assailants invaded their farms Meanwhile, Adani-Ogurugu road in the same local government …

FOUR KILLED AS FULANI HERDSMEN INVADE ENUGU COMMUNITY No fewer than four farmers were murdered on their farms in Adani community in the Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu by suspected Fulani herdsmen. On Thursday that the victims were slaughtered in their farms on Tuesday afternoon, when the assailants invaded their farms Meanwhile, Adani-Ogurugu road in the same local government …

GODKNOWS IGALI, PANDEF CHAIRMAN, SLAMS RIVERS SOLE OVER TEARING DOWN OF DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURES Godknows Igali, chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has criticised Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers, over the “systematic tearing down” of structures in the state. BACKGROUND On March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich state, citing the …