AKPABIO APPEALS JUDGEMENT RECALLING NATASHA Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has filed a notice of appeal to challenge the ruling of the Federal High Court, which ‘ordered’ the recall of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate, Daily Watch Nigeria reports. In a notice of appeal dated July 14, 2025, filed by Akpabio—through his lead counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, Akpabio is …

ONE DOWN, MANY TO GO – CHARLY BOY REACTS TO BUHARI’S DEATH Veteran entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy or AreaFada, has reacted to the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. He described the late leader’s passing as the beginning of karma catching up with those he called the “ruiners” of Nigeria. Charly Boy, in a …

LEARN FROM HARSH REACTIONS TO BUHARI’S DEATH – SHEHU SANI TELLS NIGERIAN LEADERS A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has called on Nigerian leaders to reflect on the reactions that followed the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it should serve as a wake-up call for those in authority. Sani said the outpouring of raw and bitter …

THOSE WHO BENEFITTED FROM BUHARI’S MISRULE CAN WEEP ENDLESSLY – LAWYER A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says the leadership of former President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria was a “colossal disaster”. Mr Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s president from 2015 to 2023, died in a London hospital on Sunday at the age of 82. In a Facebook post, Mr Effiong …

WHY DRAG BUHARI’S CORPSE INTO PROPAGANDA WAR – ATIKU’S AIDE BLASTS ONANUGA Special Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s aide, Bayo Onanuga, for dragging the late former President Muhammadu Buhari into a propaganda war. This comes after an 𝕏 user shared a video of a massive crowd at Buhari’s …

BUHARI FINALLY LAID TO REST IN HIS HOMETOWN, DAURA, KATSINA STATE Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has finally been buried at his hometown in Daura, Katsina State. The immediate-past President was laid to rest on Tuesday after a funeral prayer (Jana’iza) was held for him in Daura. Family members and relatives prayed and paid their last respects to former President …

NASS CLERK WRITES NATASHA AKPOTI’S LAWYER ON RETURN TO SENATE The National Assembly has written to the lawyer of the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Michael Jonathan Numan, on the need for her to await the action of the Senate regarding her recall. The Clerk of the NASS explained that the judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court only …

HOW WE BROUGHT BUHARI TO POLITICS – GALADIMA A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima has made a startling revelation. He claimed that late President Muhammadu Buhari was recruited into Nigerian politics to stop the Oduduwa Peoples Congress (OPC), between 1999 and 2000 from invading Ilorin with the sole aim of uprooting what it called Fulani …

WHY BUHARI GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH NIGERIANS – EX-PRESIDENT’S AIDE Garba Shehu, a former aide to late President Muhammadu Buhari, has explained why his deceased boss got into trouble with many Nigerians. Shehu stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme. He said Buhari got into trouble with Nigerians a lot of the time because …

NIGERIAN PETROLEUM SECTOR RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION – DANGOTE President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption figure is higher than what the country consumes, stressing that the petroleum sector is riddled with corruption. Dangote said the figure was bloated by some individuals for personal gains, especially during the fuel subsidy era. However, while …

TINUBU’S GREATEST MISTAKE IS TO APPOINT ‘AUTOCRATIC’ WIKE MINISTER – SENATOR KINGIBE The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ireti Kingibe, has launched a blistering attack on Nyesom Wike, describing him as an autocrat that should never have been made a minister. She accused the FCT Minister of undermining constitutional governance in the nation’s capital. Speaking in an interview …

NIGERIAN MARKETERS REDUCE FUEL PRICES Nigerian petroleum products marketers have announced a reduction of premium motor spirit prices, starting from today, Tuesday. This comes as the economy shuts down today owing to the public holiday declared by the federal government to honour ex-president Muhammadu Buhari. The national president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this …

MIXED REACTIONS TRAIL BUHARI’S DEATH Reactions have continued to trail the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London hospital after battling an undisclosed illness. Though the nature of the illness was not disclosed, the former president had been in London in the last couple of days undergoing treatment. President Bola Tinubu, who announced the …

BUHARI’S AIDES BEG NIGERIANS FOR FORGIVENESS As the nation continues to mourn the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, some of his closest companions and longest-serving aides have issued an emotional plea to Nigerians to forgive any wrongs he may have committed during his decades of service to the country. In a moving tribute at the late President’s Daura residence, …

HOW BUHARI DIED – EX-PRESIDENT’S NEPHEW RECOUNTS FINAL MOMENTS Mamman Daura, a close confidant and nephew of the late former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has narrated how the ex-leader spent his final hours. Buhari passed away in a London hospital on Sunday at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest today in Daura, Katsina state. THISDAY quoted …