FRESH CONTROVERSY TRAILS IGP’S TENURE EXTENSION The controversy surrounding the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is yet to abate following the fresh calls for his resignation or sack by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Apart from the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who consistently criticises Egbetokun’s stay in office as IGP, some senior police …

CORPS MEMBERS TO START RECEIVING N77K MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FEBRUARY – NYSC DG The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has said corps members will start receiving monthly allowance of N77,000 in February 2025. Ahmed, who disclosed this Thursday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream 11 corps members in Katsina, said the allowance has been …

YOU’RE JOBLESS, FRUSTRATED – SHEHU SANI REPLIES EL-RUFAI Activist and politician, Senator Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, calling him a “midget professor” who is jobless and frustrated after being denied a role in the Tinubu’-led administration. Sani was responding to El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he accused Tinubu’s …

RENO OMOKRI, SHEHU SANI POLITICAL MERCENARIES – EL-RUFAI Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state has described former presidential aide and former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, as political mercenaries. El-Rufai made the claim on X, while responding to a post by Daniel Bwala, a presidential media aide. Bwala had chided El-Rufai for …

PROTESTERS SET US EMBASSY ON FIRE IN KINSHASA, DR CONGO Vandalised embassies and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital Kinshasa to denounce the “inaction” of the international community over the conflict raging in Goma, the main city in the country’s east. On foot or motorcycles, hundreds of angry demonstrators responding on …

WHY WE KILLED IRONSI, INSTALLED GOWON, BY JEREMIAH USENI Lt. General Jeremiah Useni, former FCT Minister, who died a few days ago, had in this interview conducted by Premium Times in 2013, revealed the conspiracies which led to the assassination of Nigeria’s first military head of state, Major General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, and the installation of Lt. Col. Yakuu Gowon as …

COURT GRANTS SOWORE ₦10M BAIL, ORDERS PASSPORT SURRENDER, GIVES 24-HOUR EXTENSION TO MEET CONDITION Justice Musa Suleiman Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the amount of N10 million with one surety of the same amount. The court also ruled that the …

FIGHT FOR POWER LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT – AMAECHI TELLS NIGERIANS AHEAD 2027 Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Nigerians to take an active stand in defending their votes and ensuring credible leadership in the 2027 elections.Speaking during a panel discussion at an event in Abuja on Monday, January 27, Amaechi stated that power is …

EL-RUFAI PREACHING HYGIENE TO NIGERIA AFTER LEAVING HEAP OF GARBAGE IN KADUNA,’ – SHEHU SANI A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of practising tyranny while in power and now pretending to preach democracy. Although Sani did not mention El-Rufai’s name in his tweet on X on Thursday, SaharaReporters …

OBIDIENTS BEHIND ENDSARS, TINUBU, THEIR TARGET – AKANDE The #EndSARS protest that was held across the country in October 2020 was meant to stop the political ambition of President Tinubu. According to Chief Bisi Akande, a senior APC stalwart and ally of the president, the mass demonstration was orchestrated by the Obidients to end Tinubu’s political career. Akande stated this …

EVEN IF TINUBU APPEARS AS MY SURETY, I WLL REJECT IT – SOWORE Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2023, says he will not accept President Bola Tinubu even if he volunteered to be his bail surety. Sowore is currently in police custody after he was invited for questioning over allegations of cyberstalking, negligent acts, …

TERRORISTS LIKELY FUNDED BY FOREIGNERS, HAVE HARD CURRENCIES – CDS The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has said that the possibility of terrorists getting sponsorship from other countries cannot be ruled out. In an interview with Channels TV, the CDS substantiated his claim by revealing that some of the terrorists arrested in the Northeast were caught with foreign …

FG CONSIDERING CONVERSION OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TO UNIVERSITIES – MINISTER Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said on Tuesday that the ministry was considering a proposal to convert all federal colleges of education in the country to Universities of Education. Speaking at a budget defence before the joint House of Representatives Committees on Education, the minister said the move becomes …

UNIZIK LECTURERS PROTEST NON-PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR FIVE YEARS About 1,000 lecturers of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka have protested non-payment of their salaries after five years of employment. The protesting lecturers said a total of 12 of their colleagues, who were employed at the same period have died while waiting to be paid their emoluments. Wielding placards with inscriptions …

HOW TO MAKE 2027 POLLS CREDIBLE, ACCEPTABLE – CONFAB Ahead of the 2027 General Elections, various stakeholders, including opposition parties, civil society organisations (CSOs), security agencies, and media, have been urged to strengthen their roles to ensure Nigeria’s democracy thrives. This call was made at the National Conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria, which held in Abuja on Monday and …