TENSION IN OGONI AS OIL EXPLORATION MEETING ENDS ABRUPTLY There was tension in Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoni land, on Saturday, as a planned congress to discuss the resumption of oil exploration in the region ended abruptly due to poor organization and rising tempers among attendees.Naija News reports that President Bola Tinubu had, during a meeting with Ogoni leaders …

SIX MILLION PEOPLE COULD DIE FROM HIV/AIDS IF US ENDS FUNDING – UN The United Nations AIDS agency, UNAIDS, on Friday said more than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next four years if US President Donald Trump’s administration pulls its global funding for programmes. The Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, Christine Stegling, while addressing …

HOW EX-PRESIDENT, BUHARI FUNDED EBUBE-AGU THROUGH UZODINMA, UMAHI TO KILLSOUTH-EAST RESIDENTS –US, UK GROUPS ALLEGE A special investigative report by some research groups in the United States, the United Kingdom and Nigeria has revealed how former President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly used the Ebube Agu security outfit to harass and kill thousands of innocent Igbo residents and push for a radical …

NOBODY SHOULD BEG TINUBU’S GOVT FOR MY RELEASE — NNAMDI KANU Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has made it clear that he doesn’t want anyone begging for his release from detention. According to his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu believes he hasn’t committed any crime and therefore shouldn’t be subjected to appeals for pardon or …

BREAKING: AKWA OKUKO, ANAMBRA JUJU MASTER, ARRESTED Popular celebrity juju master, Akwa Okukotiwaraki has been picked up by men of the Anambra State vigilante operatives, Agunaechemba. Akwa Okuko was picked up on Saturday according to a post on Soludo TV Facebook page. He was arrested following allegations that he prepares juju for kidnappers who masquerade as yahoo boys, terrorising the …

INEC PROSECUTING 774 ELECTORAL OFFENDERS FROM 2023 ELECTIONS, SAYS MAHMOOD YAKUBU Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission is prosecuting 774 electoral offenders from the 2023 general election. Yakubu spoke on Friday during a meeting with journalists at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. He reassured the public that the commission is committed to …

MASS RESIGNATIONS HIT NIGERIAN COMMUNITY IN UK AMID CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS The President of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom on Twitter (X), Mr Benjamin Kuti, aka Oluomo of Derby, has decided to step down from his role as the leader of the community. The social media group is made up of over 75,000 Nigerians many of whom are in …

NOLLYWOOD, SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHERS FUELING GET-RICH-QUICK SYNDROME — REMI TINUBU Nollywood, Social Media, Others Fueling Get-Rich-Quick Syndrome — Remi Tinubu by ogododo: 10:22pm On Feb 07The wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, said skewed messages projected by some movies, social media and religious organisations are fueling the get-rich-quick syndrome which is also driving Nigeria’s high rate …

HOW ARMY GENERAL WAS ABDUCTED Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was said to have been abducted alongside nine other residents. At the time of this report, the attackers had yet to contact the families of the abducted persons. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around midnight on Wednesday, when …

FORMER MINISTER IN COURT OVER FALSE MARRIAGE, ADULTERY ALLEGATIONS Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Zone Two, Abuja, on charges related to false marriage, adultery, and criminal intimidation. Turaki, who appeared before Magistrate Abubakar Jega of Court Nine on Thursday, pleaded not guilty to the allegations when …

WHY PROSECUTION OF ELECTION OFFENCES IS SLOW – INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated why the prosecution of electoral offences are slow.INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Friday at the first regular quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja. Yakubu said a major obstacle to the speedy dispensation of justice is that electoral offences …

HARDSHIP: I APOLOGIZE TO NIGERIANS OVER APC’S FAILURE – FAYEMI A former Governor of Ekiti State, John Fayemi, has apologised to the Nigerian people over the failures of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the years. Fayemi, the immediate past governor of Ekiti state said the APC has not done enough and has not been able to achieve “everything we …

NONE OF PROPOSED NEW STATES MET CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS – REPS DEPUTY SPEAKER Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued Friday by his media office, clarified that the parliament has not taken a position …

I HEAR GOV MBAH HAS A SYSTEM OF WATCHING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ENUGU – KENNETH OKONKWO Kenneth Okonkwo, a lawyer, has said that the governor of Enugu State has a system that allows for the monitoring of activities across the state in real time. Okonkwo stated in a video that was shared by Channels TV that leaders in the …

LABOUR PARTY ENDORSES OBI FOR 2027 PRESIDENTIAL BID, OTTI, RHODES-VIVOUR FOR GOVERNORSHIPS The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday endorsed the 2023 Presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The party, which has equally endorsed Governor Alex Otti of Abia State’s re-election bid and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour …