WHY PEACE HAS ELUDED PLATEAU Recent attacks on communities in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which claimed lives and property have again pushed the issue of violent conflicts, killings and wanton destruction of property in the state to the front burner. In the latest incidents, which occurred between March 28 and April 16, 2025, surviving residents …

PRIESTESS, SEVEN OTHERS KIDNAPPED IN ENUGU COMMUNITY Eight individuals, including a priestess and four local farmers, have been reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers at Ohebe Orba in the Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. It was gathered on Friday that the incident happened on Wednesday night, when the priestess, was reportedly on her way to a river for rituals …

BOKO HARAM HAS FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM MALI, BURKINA FASO — BORNO COMMISSIONER The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, made this statement on Thursday during an appearance on News Central, where he addressed the growing insecurity in the state. The Borno State government has raised concerns over the infiltration of the state by foreign terrorist elements. The …

I PAID DEARLY FOR FIGHTING BUHARI – FAYOSE Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday decried fighting with ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose said he paid dearly for fighting Buhari because he has been under trial for seven years. In 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned Fayose, alongside a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu …

DESPITE TINUBU’S REFORMS, POVERTY, INSECURITY STILL HIGH IN NIGERIA – IMF The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said that Nigeria is still facing significant uncertainty in its economic outlook despite wide ranging reforms. Concluding its 2025 Article IV Consultations with Nigeria’s public policy executives during the week, IMF’s team, led by Axel Schimmelpfennig, its mission chief for Nigeria, acknowledged that …

WHY HOUSE OF REPS WITHDREW PLAN TO SUMMON RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR New details have emerged regarding the sudden and indefinite postponement of the House of Representatives’ planned interactive session with the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, retired Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, with indications pointing to a behind-the-scenes struggle between the Presidency and the legislature. President Bola Tinubu had, on March 18, …

NIGERIA CUTS POWER SUPPLY TO NIGER REPUBLIC The Federal Government has reduced electricity supply and sales to the Junta-ruled Niger Republic by 42 per cent, cutting it down from 80 megawatts to 46MW. The measure has caused the country’s electricity production to fall by 30 to 50 per cent and forced state-owned power company Nigelec to impose planned power cuts …

ENUGU APC SUSPENDS SENATOR UTAZI OVER ALLEGED ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITIES The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday announced the suspension of Senator Chuka Utazi over alleged anti-party activities. Utazi, who served as senator for Enugu North Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the APC on …

I WANTED OUTRIGHT REMOVAL OF FUBARA, NOT STATE OF EMERGENCY – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he is not happy with the Presidential Proclamation of a State of Emergency in Rivers State. The minister stated this during a media parley in Abuja on Friday Last month, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency …

ATIKU, PDP GOVERNORS NOT TRUTHFUL – WIKE, SAYS PARTY MAY LOSE 2027 PRESIDENCY The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, Governors Forum and those vying for a coalition, like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, are not truthful. Wike warned that what happened in 2023, where the PDP lost …

RIVERS BUSINESSES COUNT LOSSES AS NBA PULLS OUT OVER POLITICAL CRISIS Rivers State’s business landscape is facing a staggering financial blow fol­lowing the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) decision to relocate its 2025 An­nual General Conference (AGC) from Port Harcourt to Enugu. The switch, prompted by the po­litical instability rocking the state, is estimated to cost the economy a jaw-dropping N2.6 …

RIVERS BUSINESSES COUNT LOSSES AS NBA PULLS OUT OVER POLITICAL CRISIS Rivers State’s business landscape is facing a staggering financial blow fol­lowing the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) decision to relocate its 2025 An­nual General Conference (AGC) from Port Harcourt to Enugu. The switch, prompted by the po­litical instability rocking the state, is estimated to cost the economy a jaw-dropping N2.6 …

The Plateau State Government has commenced an investigation into the suspected poisoning of 36 cows at Tafi Gana Junction in the Zanwar community of Bassa Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m. while the cattle were grazing. According to Ya’u Idris, Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Bassa, …

The Plateau State Government has commenced an investigation into the suspected poisoning of 36 cows at Tafi Gana Junction in the Zanwar community of Bassa Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m. while the cattle were grazing. According to Ya’u Idris, Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Bassa, …

FIRST LADY, REMI TINUBU’S CONVOY KILLS SEVEN YEAR-OLD GIRL A vehicle reportedly belonging to the convoy of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has killed a seven-year-old girl identified as Saratu Lawal in Akure, Ondo State. The incident was confirmed by multiple eyewitnesses. The First Lady was in the state to launch the South-West phase of the Renewed Hope Initiative, …