PDP GOVERNORS TAKE CONTROL OF PARTY AS DAMAGUM STEPS DOWN The acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has resigned from his position. This development comes amid efforts by PDP governors to strengthen their influence over the party’s direction. Damagum’s resignation is seen as a strategic move to restore unity and address internal challenges within …

EL-RUFAI INVITES ATIKU, OBI, OTHERS TO JOIN SDP Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called on key opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-governors Peter Obi, Chibuike Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola, to join him in the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai recently resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and officially joined the SDP, citing dissatisfaction …

YOUR POLICIES WORSENED THE SITUATION, AFENIFERE TELLS TINUBU The Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has reacted to the statement credited to President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria would have been bankrupt if he had not embarked on some economic reforms. The President while receiving a delegation of former National Assembly colleagues from the aborted Third Republic, during which he served as a …

OBASANJO ACCUSES BUHARI REGIME OF MONUMENTAL CORRUPTION, MALAMI FIRES BACK.Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari of enabling unprecedented levels of corruption, specifically criticizing the presidential pardons granted to ex-governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, both convicted of embezzlement. Obasanjo alleged that former Attorney General Abubakar Malami played a key role in these pardons, …

SANUSI REMAINS EMIR – KANO GOVT Kano State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, BarristeHaruna Isa Dederi has cleared air that the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on the State Emirship tangle did not in anyway invalidate the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th emir of Kano. Dederi declared that, “having passed a landmark verdict …

I”M NOT A RELIGIOUS BIGOT – TINUBU TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS President Bola Tinubu yesterday insisted that he has no religious bias neither is he a bigot. Tinubu told a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria who visited him that for Nigeria itself to develop, it must be above religious bigotry. He spoke on a day his government rebutted …

ENUGU GOVT MOVES MOTOR SPARE PARTS TO NEW SITE Enugu State Governor, Peter MbahThe Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has signed an executive order to relocate all motor spare parts markets in Enugu to the newly constructed International Motor Spare Parts Market at Nsude. Nsude is in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Signing the order on …

ENUGU YOUTHS CAUTION WIKE OVER REMARKS AGAINST MBAH Enugu youths, under the auspices of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), have issued a stern warning to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Nyesom Wike, over his recent comments against Governor Peter Ndubisi Mbah. In a statement released on Friday, the Chairman of the NYCN Enugu State Chapter, …

ENUGU YOUTHS CAUTION WIKE OVER REMARKS AGAINST MBAH Enugu youths, under the auspices of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), have issued a stern warning to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Nyesom Wike, over his recent comments against Governor Peter Ndubisi Mbah. In a statement released on Friday, the Chairman of the NYCN Enugu State Chapter, …

HEAT WAVE RAGES The intensity of the heat wave across the country is having devastating impact on people. Worst hit, according to observations, are pregnant women and children, whose ability to withstand the harsh conditions are low. The current heat wave has exposed children in some parts of the country to heat-related illnesses. In the northern part of the country, …

HEAT WAVE RAGES The intensity of the heat wave across the country is having devastating impact on people. Worst hit, according to observations, are pregnant women and children, whose ability to withstand the harsh conditions are low. The current heat wave has exposed children in some parts of the country to heat-related illnesses. In the northern part of the country, …

FG DEBUNKS FRESH CLAIMS OF TARGETED KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted claims of targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria, describing the report as misleading and inaccurate. In a statement on Friday, the Acting Spokesperson of the ministry, Mr. Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, stated that the report appears to be an attempt to influence foreign governments, particularly …

MY REFORMS HARD CHOICE NIGERIANS MUST FACE – TINUBU TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said while he understands what Nigerians are going through, the present economic reforms were necessary to build a resilient country and guarantee the future. The President who stated this Friday in Abuja when he received the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), added …

CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASK TINUBU, GOVS TO HALT SPONSORSHIP OF PILGRIMAGE OVER CORRUPTION The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governors to hands off sponsorship of holy pilgrimages. The Bishops, who were at the Presidential Villa on Friday to see President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declared that pilgrims boards have been overtaken by corruption and …

KANO EMIRATE: APPEAL COURT STOPS SANUSI’S REINSTATEMENT The Court of Appeal in Abuja has halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law. The ruling of the court by implication implies fall short of affirming the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano, …