STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY “BLINKS” IN US CHURCH Worshippers in Ohio have been left stunned after a statue of the Virgin Mary commissioned more than 75 years ago appeared to blink as they gazed upon her – with photos capturing the mysterious moment. The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was making its way across the region …

HOW BUHARI, LATE ABBA KYARI HINDERED ME FROM PURCHASING $2.5BN OIL FIELD – TONY ELUMELU Chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA Group Plc, Mr Tony Elumelu has disclosed how Former President Muhammadu Buhari and his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari hindered him from purchasing a $2.5bn oilfield. Elumelu made this known in a chat with Financial Times. Speaking on …

NO PRESIDENT MAKES REFORMS THAT WILL LEAD TO HIS DOWNFALL, EXCEPT JONATHAN – SHEHU SANI Former federal lawmaker and activist, Shehu Sani, has said that no politician has ever made electoral reforms that led to their downfall apart from former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday as one of the discussants at the first Roundtable of Inter-Party …

HUNGER PROTEST: WE’RE COMING BACK – TIB VOWS The Take It Back Movement (TIB), one of the organizers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest has vowed to return to the streets for another round of protest if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fails to address their concerns. The group said this on Saturday, as the hunger protest entered its 10th day. In a …

WHY IGBO SHUNNED NATIONWIDE HUNGER PROTEST It is no longer news that Igbo, especially in the five Southeast states, did not participate in the End Bad Governance protest that started in other parts of the country on August 1. However, why the Igbo shunned the protest and the implications for the country are raising issues in the polity. Across other …

Barring any last-minute change, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun of the Supreme Court is set to emerge as the next chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). If she assumes the office, Kekere-Ekun would become the second female justice in Nigeria to hold the exalted position after Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, who was CJN between July 2012 and November 2014, spending 28 months in office. …

IFEANYI UBAH TO BE BURIED OCTOBER 11 – FAMILY SOURCES The family of late senator, Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has announced his burial date. According to family sources, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain will be buried on Friday, 11th October 2024. Recall that Mr Ubah, who represented Anambra South Senatorial District, died aged 52 at the United Kingdom on July …

WE’RE LEAVING STREETS TODAY BUT WILL RETURN STRONGER UNTIL TINUBU LISTENS – ABUJA PROTESTERS Protesters thronged the Lokogoma expressway in Abuja on Saturday morning to cap the 10-day protests organised by the Take It Back movement. They marched to Galadimawa and ended the parade at Apo, chanting, “We are hungry.” Members of the Take It Back movement, which declared 10 …

HUNGER PROTEST RESUMES OCTOBER 1 – ORGANIZERS Organizers of the nationwide hunger protests have announced that the demonstrations will resume on October 1. Nationwide hunger protests were held from August 1st to 10th over the increased cost of living in the country. Omoyele Sowore, the Action Alliance Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and a key organizer, made the announcement in an …

MANY NIGERIAN LEADERS Should BE IN JAIL – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said most of those occupying public offices in Nigeria lack the character to lead the country rather they should be behind bars or gallows. Obasanjo spoke at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving six members of the House of Representatives who are co-sponsors of …

NO LEADERSHIP TUSSLE IN OHANAEZE NDIGBO – PUBLICITY SCRIBE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide hasdismissed claims of leadership tussle in the group following the recent death of its President-General, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Alex Ogbonnia, in a statement issued in Enugu, described the speculation of leadership tussle as untrue. Ogbonnia said the group’s National Executive Committee, …

GIVING PALLIATIVES DOES N’OT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE – BODE GEORGE Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday says President Bola Tinubu is being advised by voodoo economists. Speaking on Arise TV, George also frowned at the palliatives being given by the Federal Government across the country, saying it doesn’t make any …

BREAKING: NIGERIANS BEGIN ONE-MILLION-MAN MARCH IN ABUJA ON DAY 10 OF #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST Nigerians on Saturday hit the roads in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for a one-million man march marking the 10th day of the nationwide protest against hunger, hardship and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu. Protesting Nigerians carried banners and placards in photographs some of which read, …

JUDICIARY DESTROYED 2023 ELECTIONS – SAM AMADI The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the judiciary of destroying the 2023 general election in Nigeria. Amadi, also a former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, decried the political strategy in Nigeria, which he …

This is not the first time efforts have been made towards amending the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. Even as the current attempt is ongoing, the interest it has attracted towards the reformation of the local government structure in Nigeria has remained unparalleled due to the action taken by the federal government towards restructuring the third tier of government. …