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 …

GOVT OFFICIALS PAID FOR ONE HOSPITAL PROJECT FIVE TIMES WITHOUT BUILDING IT The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), Wednesday narrated how one hospital project was paid for 100 percent by government officials, five times, without building the hospital. He spoke at a media engagement with Northern media executives and Bureau …

OHANAEZE YOUTHS REJECT PROPOSED FIVE NEW STATES FOR SOUTH EAST, SCOLD REGION’S REPS The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rejected the proposed additional five states for the South-East. It was reported that Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. …

I WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR IMMIGRANTS TO GET BRITISH CITIZENSHIP – KEMI BADENOCH VOWS The United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has vowed that she will make it more difficult for immigrants to get British citizenship. While making one of her first policy announcements since she became leader, Badenoch said immigrants would only be able to apply for citizenship …

2027: OPPOSITION FORCES UNITE TO OUST TINUBU As the 2027 general elections draw closer, opposition parties and dissatisfied members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are intensifying their behind-the-scenes consultations, strategizing to form a formidable coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s administrati Key political stakeholders from the North and South, including opposition parties, APC defectors, and civil society groups, are …

HOW BANDITS ABDUCTED ARMY GENERAL 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 …

HOW TRUMP’S ORDER TRIGGERED MAJOR DISRUPTION in BAUCHI Suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the order of President Donald Trump has affected family planning programme in Bauchi State. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board, stated that the suspension activities has impacted the distribution of family planning commodities. …

KILLERS ofT ANAMBRA LAWMAKER NABBED AS SOLUDO’S GOVT CONTINUES CRACKDOWN ON GUNMEN The Anambra State Government has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic passing of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Onitsha North State Constituency I. The government extended its condolences to the Speaker and members of the Anambra State House of Assembly, …

FORMER NYSC DIRECTOR GENERAL, OTHERS KIDNAPPED BY BANDITS IN KATSINA Suspected bandits have killed one person and abducted a former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (retd), in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State. The bandits also abducted at least nine others, even as they were said to have ransacked …

INTRODUCTION OF SHARIA WILL IGNITE WAR IN YORUBALAND – CHIEF IMMAN OF YORUBALAND Chief Imam of Yorubaland, Sheik Abdulraheem Aduanigba has said the practice of Sharia can never work in the South West zone of the country. Sheik Aduanigba who said this in a viral video warned that any attempt to impose Sharia on the people in the six states …

TINUBU MEANS WELL BUT INTENTION NOT ENOUGH – FAYEMI Former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said leaders have not done enough for Nigerians. Fayemi stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s politics Today. He said leaders must apologize to Nigerians for not giving them what they deserve. Fayemi said while President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is well intentioned, that …

WE’RE GOING ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE OVER TELECOM TARIFF HIKE – TUC The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has vowed to “down tools,” arguing that citizens are “feeding from hand to mouth” following the recent hike in telecom tariff. Festus Osifo, the President of TUC, made this known when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, blaming the …

FG SCRAPS JSS, SSS, INTRODUCES 12-YEAR BASIC EDUCATION MODEL The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 …

TINUBU SACKS UNIABUJA, UNN VCS, REASSIGNS PRO-CHANCELLORS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced significant leadership changes at several federal universities, including the University of Abuja, now known as Yakubu Gowon University. These changes are effective immediately. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Ononuga said at Yakubu Gowon University, …