POLICE, MILITARY EXTORTED ₦21.8BN AT SOUTH-EAST ROADBLOCKS IN TWO MONTHS INTERSOCIETY The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has accused police and military personnel of extorting a staggering ₦21.8 billion from roadblocks in the South-East geopolitical zone within two months. According to a statement by the Chairman of Intersociety, Comrade Emeka Umeagbalasi, the police allegedly pocketed …

AS OPPOSITION APC, WE PAID WOMEN FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S GOVT – AMAECHI Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed concerns that President Bola Tinubu is not prepared to relinquish power in 2027. Amaechi made this known in Abuja at a national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria, organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy, and Development. …

KADUNA MONARCH SLUMPS, DIES AT OCCASION A district head in the Zazzau emirate council of Kaduna State slumped at an occasion, on Thursday, and later died at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofar gayan Zaria. The Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate, slumped attending an occasion along with the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Confirming the incident …

COURT DISMISSES ENUGU PSYCHIATRIST HOSPITAL BOSS’ APPEAL AGAINST SENIOR NURSE The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, has dismissed the appeal brought by Dr. Ngozi Unaogu, the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, along with three consultant psychiatrists- Drs Ubochi Vincent, Justin Acho, and Ugwuonye Onyekachi against senior nurse Afam Ndu. Newspot recalls that the hospital has witnessed a …

I’M GLAD MY GOVT LAID FOUNDATION FOR 26 YEARS OF UNBROKEN DEMOCRACY – ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), says he is excited over the contribution of his government to Nigeria’s 26 years of unbroken democracy. The then military Head of State ushered in this era of democracy when he handed over power to the elected …

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 …