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 …

PRESIDENCY FIRES BACK AT OBI AS OHANAEZE DEMANDS KANU’S FREEDOM The ongoing detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has reignited tensions between the Presidency and major voices from the South-East. Among the voices are the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, IPOB and former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter …

TUNJI-OJO MEETS US ENVOY OVER NEW VISA POLICY, SAYS FG WILL CURB OVERSTAY Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, met on Wednesday in Abuja with Richard Mills, the United States ambassador to Nigeria. The meeting was attended by Kemi Nanna Nandap, comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and Magdalene Ajani, the permanent secretary in the ministry of interior. In …

WHY US CHANGED ITS VISA RULES FOR NIGERIANS? On Tuesday, the United States embassy announced new restrictions on visa issuance for Nigerians, reducing most non-diplomatic and non-immigrant visas to single entry with a three-month validity. The move represented a major shift from the multiple-entry visas, longer validity, and greater flexibility many Nigerians are used to. The decision, effective July 8, …

FG BEGINS PHASE 7 MASS TRIAL OF TERRORISTS The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the Phase 7 of the Kainji Mass Trials of terrorist suspects. This is contained in a statement from the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), on Wednesday in Abuja. The National Coordinator of NCTC, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, said the trials …

THE LIGHT IS BACK IN ENUGU – CHIMAMANDA Worldwide celebrated novelist and one of the most influential contemporary writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has praised the positive turnaround in Enugu under the Peter Mbah Administration, saying the state’s dark times were over. Speaking during a courtesy call to Governor Mbah at the Government House, Enugu, on Sunday, she stated: “Arriving in …

ATIKU, OBI, AMAECHI’S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS DIVIDE ADC The growing 2027 presidential ambitions of key political figures in the newly unveiled African Democratic Congress, ADC, are causing deepening divisions among supporters and stakeholders within the political coalition. This is even as political maneuvers and behind-the-scenes consultations have ignited heated debates, especially on social media, among coalition supporters and intensified power struggles …

KANO EMIRSHIP CRISIS: Why WE CAN’T BE LOYAL TO SANUSI – OFFICIALS Some evicted Kano emirate officials have explained why they have refused to switch their loyalty to the reinstated emir, Lamido Sanusi. Usman Dako, the ‘Galadiman Sallama’, is among the officials ordered to move out of their quarters in the palace on Monday, allegedly over their continued loyalty to …

KANO EMIRSHIP CRISIS: Why WE CAN’T BE LOYAL TO SANUSI – OFFICIALS Some evicted Kano emirate officials have explained why they have refused to switch their loyalty to the reinstated emir, Lamido Sanusi. Usman Dako, the ‘Galadiman Sallama’, is among the officials ordered to move out of their quarters in the palace on Monday, allegedly over their continued loyalty to …

WHY TINUBU IS LOSING POPULARITY – RENO OMOKRI Reno Omokri, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has explained why it seems the popularity of President Bola Tinubu is waning. Omokri made the explanation on Wednesday while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme. He was asked by the TV host why it seems the popularity of President Tinubu …

YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR PAST, YOUR FATHER DISOWNED YOU – EZE BLASTS WIKE A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has responded to some of the claims made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike during a recent interview. Wike recently appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today where he, among other …

TINUBU LL BE REMOVED BY VOTES NOT BULLETS – ADC REPLIES PRESIDENCY OVER ‘OVERTHROW’ COMMENT The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets. It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria. ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the …