OKOWA’S DEFECTION SHOWS HOW LOW LEADERSHIP HAS SUNK – SARAKI The defection of ex-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is unprecedented, according to former Senate President Bukola Saraki. In a statement he personally signed, Saraki said Okowa’s action cannot be blamed on pressure. There are reports that Okowa, who was …

NUC SET TO INTRODUCE 12 FRESH PROGRAMMES INTO VARSITY CURRICULUM The National Universities Commission (NUC) is set to introduce 12 new programmes into the curriculum of Nigerian universities across the country designed to equip students with the 21st century skills, employability skills and self-reliance needed to thrive in a dynamic world. Nigerian Tribune gathered that 12 new programmes were either …

THE SAME YOUTHS WE FIGHT FOR ARE PAID TO FIGHT US – PETER OBI LAMENTS TRANSACTIONAL POLITICS IN NIGERIA Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has raised alarm over the growing trend of transactional politics in Nigeria, where politicians allegedly bankroll young people to harass and discredit advocates of good governance on social media. Speaking at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, …

YOU CAN’T COME FROM CROSS RIVER TO IMPOSE RIFF RAFFS ON US – PETERSIDE The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, President, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, retd., has been challenged to explain recent appointments of Local Government Sole administrators and others. Atedo Peterside, President, ANAP Foundation and Founder, IBTC Bank, cautioned that the sole administrator has no right to come all the …

HERDSMEN HIJACK BUSES, KIDNAP 19 PASSENGERS IN BENUE No fewer than 19 passengers travelling in two commercial buses were abducted on Thursday morning by suspected armed herdsmen in Jor community, along the Adoka-Naka road in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The buses were ambushed in two separate but closely timed incidents along the same location, roughly three …

NO EMILOKAN IN ELECTING A POPE – ARCHBISHOP KAIGAMA As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope following the passing of Pope Francis, Catholic leaders in Nigeria are reminding the faithful that the process is guided by spiritual considerations, not racial or regional sentiments. Reacting to the social media campaign for a pope of African origin, or a …

COURT ORDERS 54 BANKS TO RETURN N9.3BN STOLEN BY HACKERS Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 54 banks to immediately return a total of N9,329,322,870 fraudulently transferred by hackers from an unnamed old generation bank. The judgment, delivered on April 15, 2025, follows an ex parte motion filed in suit number FHC/L/CS/629/2025. The court …

APC USING MONEY, EFCC THREATS TO WEAKEN PDP THROUGH DEFECTIONS – BUGAJE Former member of the House of Representatives and ex-presidential adviser Dr. Usman Bugaje has accused Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of systematically using money to induce defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking in an interview with Arise News, Bugaje claimed that the …

DISQUIET IN APC OVER TINUBU’S DEAL WITH KWANKWASO Amidst the claims and counter-claims of planned defection of former New Nigerian Peoples Party ( NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), feelers from the party reveal that the move by the former Kano State governor is already creating disquiet in the party. Party sources …

TINUBU’S AIDES, ATIKU’S COALITION BICKER OVER DEFECTIONS Two aides of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the coalition of opposition leaders led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday exchanged words over the defection of Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and running mate to Atiku in the 2023 presidential election, Ifeanyi Okowa, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Bayo …

RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR IBAS FACES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TODAY The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), is expected to appear before the House of Representatives Committee overseeing the state’s emergency administration today, following his absence from Thursday’s scheduled session. Vice Admiral Ibas had been summoned to provide updates and clarifications on the administration of Rivers State …

MORE NIGERIANS WILL BECOME POOR BY 2027 – WORLD BANK The World Bank has projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This is according to the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report, released during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, …

RIVERS, BENUE, AKWA IBOM LEAD IN HIV CHART AS NIGERIA REPORTS TWO MILLION PATIENTS Three states of Nigeria – Rivers, Benue, and Akwa Ibom – top the chart in the latest HIV spectrum estimates obtained from the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, News360 Nigeria reports., Over two million people are reported to be currently living with HIV across …

MORE GOVERNORS ON THEIR WAY TO APC – GANDUJE National Chairman of the ruling Party, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has boasted that more governors will join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at his residence in Abuja when he received former prominent members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from Kano State into the APC, he said 2027 was a …