NATASHA’S RECALL: OPPONENTS SCALE SIX HURDLES, FOUR MORE TO GO GOING by the provisions of Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, those seeking to recall Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the Senate have 10 hurdles to scale. Currently, the opponents of the lawmaker have surmounted three of …

ELECTED LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS FAIL TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS – ABURE PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY The national chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius has frowned against instigation of parallel structures by some party leaders, warning that such anti party activities must surely attract grave consequences. The national chairman also revealed that elected members of the Labour Party have …

TINUBU REWARDS APC NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, STATE PARTY CHAIRMEN WITH BOARD APPOINTMENTS President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. …

SENATE OKAYS HOLDING ALL ELECTIONS SAME DAY The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to cut the cost of elections and introduce same-day voting for all elective offices in Nigeria. The bill, titled the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was sponsored by Saliu Mustapha (Kwara Central). It was first read on …

DOUBLE -MOUTHED BEN MURRAY-BRUCE – AKPABIO IS UNDEMOCRATIC; AKPABIO, MAN OF UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator who represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in Bayelsa State, has described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as “a man of unimpeachable good character”. Via X on Thursday, the former lawmaker claimed Akpabio was without blemish and has come out clean despite claims to …

PRESIDENT TINUBU COUNTERS SENATE, SAYS NWOSU WILL BE REMEMBERED President Bola Tinubu has stated that former chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Prof Humphery Nwosu would be remembered for his commitment to a democratic Nigeria. President Tinubu stated this during the funeral service for the late Professor at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Ajalli, Orumba North local government area of …

SDP DISOWNS EL-RUFAI, SAYS HE IS NOT A REGISTERED MEMBER The Kaduna State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognized member of the party in Kaduna State. El-Rufai and some member of the All Progressives Congress dumped the ruling party for the SDP. The former governor cited a …

WIKE BANNED FROM ENTERING BAYELSA STATE In a national broadcast, the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Duoye Diri, officially declares Nyesom Wike, minister for FCT, persona non grata across Bayelsa State. In his words: “some persons are threatening the peace of this state and they want to host the FCT minister in Tombia roundabout. That meeting must not hold anywhere in …

MOB KILLS 16 TRAVELLERS IN EDO OVER FALSE KIDNAPPING ALLEGATION, ATIKU SADDENED Sixteen travelers were brutally killed in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, on Thursday after being wrongly accused of kidnapping. The victims, mostly hunters of Hausa origin, were traveling from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah celebration when they were stopped around 1:30 p.m. by …

DELTA NURSING SCHOOL BOWS TO PRESSURE, WITHDRAWS QUERY ISSUED TO STUDENT OVER TINUBU’S WIFE Delta State College of Nursing Science has bowed to pressure and withdrawn the query letter issued to a student, Osatohemwen Edobor, over a recorded video of an event that had the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, in attendance. Edobor was earlier issued a query by the college …

WITHDRAW QUERY LETTER TO NURSING STUDENT, EFFIONG, OVER REMI TINUBU – SOWORE TO DELTA COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCE Activists Omoyele Sowore and lawyer Inibehe Effiong have reacted to the query letter issued to a nursing student by the Delta State College of Nursing Science, Osato Edobor over a recorded video of an event which had the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu …

EFCC DECLARES LAGOS SOCIALITE, GOV, SANWO-OLU’S ALLY, AISHA ACHIMUGU WANTED FOR ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared businesswoman and socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted. The agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a circular released via the EFCC’s X handle on Friday. According to the EFCC, Achimugu is wanted by the agency in an alleged …

US CUTS FUNDING FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans to quit some, …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …