TINUBU DIDN’T SUPPORT BUHARI’S EMERGENCE AS APC CANDIDATE — LAURETTA ONOCHIE Lauretta Onochie, former Special Assistant (SA) to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that Nigeria’s incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, did not support Buhari’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. Buhari, a two-term president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, emerged the first …

TINUBU SENDS SHETTIMA TO LONDON TO VISIT AILING BUHARI IN HOSPITAL President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to check on ailing former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, following reports that he was undergoing treatment in an undisclosed London hospital, THISDAY learnt on Thursday. Shettima had on the invitation …

TINUBU SENDS SHETTIMA TO LONDON TO VISIT AILING BUHARI IN HOSPITAL President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to check on ailing former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, following reports that he was undergoing treatment in an undisclosed London hospital, THISDAY learnt on Thursday. Shettima had on the invitation …

NNPC REFINERIES MAY NEVER WORK AGAIN — DANGOTE The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has doubted the possibility of the state-owned Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries functioning again. Dangote also stated that the refineries, which are under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, had gulped up to $18bn, yet have refused to work. …

JONATHAN PLOTTED TO UNSEAT ME AS BORNO GOVERNOR – VP SHETTIMA Vice President Kashim Shettima has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan once plotted to remove him from office during his tenure as Governor of Borno State. Shettima, who governed Borno from 2011 to 2019, made the revelation on Thursday in Abuja during the public presentation of OPL 245: Inside …

WHY EVERYONE TOLD ME I MADE A MISTAKE – EL-RUFAI Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said his decision to choose a different path by speaking up made “everyone to tell me that I made a mistake”. According to TheCable, El-Rufai said this in Abuja, on Thursday, during the launch of “OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3 …

WE’VE UNCOVERED MIND-BOGGLING CORRUPTION IN OIL AND GAS SECTOR – EFCC The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday disclosed that the agency had begun investigating the financial records of the oil and gas sector and had already uncovered “mind-boggling” levels of corruption. He revealed that the ongoing probe into the oil and …

EVEN WITH A JOINT TICKET ATIKU, OBI CAN’T DEFEAT TINUBU  —  ONANUGA Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said a joint ticket of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can’t stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The opposition coalition adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) …

TINUBU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR U.S DECISION TO RESTRICT VISA FOR NIGERIANS – PRESIDENCY The presidency has debunked the claim that the American government’s decision to restrict visas for Nigerians is due to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stop issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens. According to a statement on Thursday by the presidency, President Tinubu has never stopped issuing …

US TO REVOKE GREEN CARDS FROM NIGERIANS, OTHER NATIONALS The US government has announced its plans to revoke Green Card of holders with criminal histories. The warning stated that such individuals risk losing their residency status and facing deportation. This decision follows recent changes to Nigerian visa policies by the US embassy. The latest decision focuses on individuals with crimes …

AKPABIO REMOVES NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN AS SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIR Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced the replacement of suspended senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations Akpabio, during plenary on Thursday, announced Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new chairman of the committee. As a result, Bassey replaces Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, whose leadership of the committee …

DELUSION AS DISTRACTION – ATIKU OPENS UP ON PRESSURE TO STEP DOWN FOR SOUTHERN CANDIDATE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied attending any meeting where he was pressured to drop from the 2027 presidential race for a southern candidate. Atiku, alongside other political bigwigs like Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Tambuwal, Nasir El-Rufai, had recently adopted the African Democratic …

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MONDAY OKPEBHOLO (APC) AS EDO GOVERNOR: I FEEL BETRAYED – PDP CANDIDATE The Supreme Court panel upheld the concurrent decisions of the tribunal and Appeal Court The supreme court has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decisions of the court of appeal in …

ADC RELEASES NAMES OF PARTY’S STATE CHAIRMEN Members of the public are hereby notified that the National Secretariat of ADC has released the names of the Party’s State chapter chairmen and the Federal Capital Territory, as follows: Hanatu Garaba — Plateau Musa S. Shuaib —Nasarawa Adekolu O. Moses — Ekiti Patrick Obianyo — Anambra Hon. Haruna Hassan —Bauchi Otunba Pat. …

BUSTED: WIKE LIED ABOUT DRIVING BENZ IN SCHOOL—EX-CLASSMATE REVEALS HE TREKKED FOR FOUR YEARS Controversy erupted online Tuesday after a former classmate of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, accused him of fabricating stories about his student life at the University of Port Harcourt. In a now-deleted Facebook post, Allen Wogu challenged Wike’s claim that he drove a Mercedes-Benz while studying …