IT’S LUNACY TO TALK ABOUT PETER OBI PLOTTING COUP AGAINST TINUBU – MEDIA AIDE Media aide to Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Valentine Obienyem, has described the allegation against his principal, plotting a coup to dethrone President Bola Tinubu, as a dangerous joke taken too far. He also described the allegation as …

HOW UNIVERSITY STUDENT WAS GUNNED DOWN OVER LAND DISPUTE IN ENUGU Tears streamed down Felicia Onoh’s face as she struggled to understand why her son, Sochima, was gunned down in cold blood, right in the middle of a community land dispute that had dragged on for years. The 25-year-old 200-level Accounting student of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, …

FOOD CRISIS: 34 MILLION NIGERIANS AT RISK OF HUNGER AS UN FOOD AID ENDS About 1.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northeastern Nigeria are at the risk of starvation following the withdrawal of humanitarian funding by the United Nations (UN). The Cadre Harmonisé Food and Nutrition Insecurity Analysis, led by the government of Nigeria, with support from the Food …

TINUBU EXTENDS TENURE OF CUSTOMS CG Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Thursday. “The Presidency announces that the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, which is due to expire on August 31, 2025, has been extended by one year.” “The extension, approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, …

WE’RE FACING SERIOUS EDUCATION CRISIS – GOVS Governors of the 36 states of the federation have expressed worry that the country is faced with a challenging crisis in education, saying foundational skills are critical building blocks for achieving educational objectives.Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, during the …

STILL WAITING FOR PAYMENT OF ENUGU STATE GRATUITY It is now over three months since retired civil servants of Enugu State had gone through the rigorous and excruciating pains of physical and bio-metric verification exercise ordered by the state government for them to receive their long outstanding retirement benefits. The expectation among these pensioners was that immediately the exercise was …

STILL WAITING FOR ENUGU STATE GRATUITY It is now over three months since retired civil servants of Enugu State had gone through the rigorous and excruciating pains of physical and bio-metric verification exercise ordered by the state government for them to receive their long outstanding retirement benefits. The expectation among these pensioners was that immediately the exercise was concluded, they …

MEET GOODLUCK JONATHAN’S ALLEGED SECOND WIFE In Nigerian political history, few leaders have maintained as much intrigue post-tenure as former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. His quiet demeanour and rare public appearances since leaving office in 2015 have kept many Nigerians curious about the man. Now, nearly a decade later, a new name has emerged in the public sphere, Dr. Ayima …

MEET GOODLUCK JONATHAN’S ALLEGED SECOND WIFE In Nigerian political history, few leaders have maintained as much intrigue post-tenure as former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. His quiet demeanour and rare public appearances since leaving office in 2015 have kept many Nigerians curious about the man. Now, nearly a decade later, a new name has emerged in the public sphere, Dr. Ayima …

LABOUR PARTY LOSES 21 LAWMAKER’S AHEAD 2027 ELECTIONS No fewer than 21 lawmakers have so far dumped the once-hailed Nigeria’s fastest-growing political movement, the Labour Party (LP), since the conclusion of the 2023 general elections. The party is now confronting a harsh political reality an alarming defection of 21 elected lawmakers within just 12 months. The wave of resignations, party …

LABOUR PARTY LOSES 21 LAWMAKER’S AHEAD 2027 ELECTIONS No fewer than 21 lawmakers have so far dumped the once-hailed Nigeria’s fastest-growing political movement, the Labour Party (LP), since the conclusion of the 2023 general elections. The party is now confronting a harsh political reality an alarming defection of 21 elected lawmakers within just 12 months. The wave of resignations, party …

LABOUR PARTY LOSES 21 LAWMAKERS AHEAD 2027 ELECTIONS No fewer than 21 lawmakers have so far dumped the once-hailed Nigeria’s fastest-growing political movement, the Labour Party (LP), since the conclusion of the 2023 general elections. The party is now confronting a harsh political reality an alarming defection of 21 elected lawmakers within just 12 months. The wave of resignations, party …

DINO MELAYE RESIGNS FROM PDP, GIVES REASON Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Melaye anchored his resignation on PDP’s failure to rescue Nigeria from what he described as “the prevailing political cankerworms”. His resignation was contained in a letter dated July 30 and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 1 …

DINO MELAYE RESIGNS FROM PDP, GIVES REASON Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Melaye anchored his resignation on PDP’s failure to rescue Nigeria from what he described as “the prevailing political cankerworms”. His resignation was contained in a letter dated July 30 and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 1 …

MONEY GIFTED TO SUPER FALCONS CAN PAY 16,000 DOCTORS, 66,000 TEACHERS, OTHERS The cash price splashed on Nigeria’s women national football team, the Super Falcons, is enough to take care of the monthly wage bill of about 16,000 doctors, 66,000 teachers and over 78,000 lowest ranked officers of the Police Force, Checks have shown. Following their triumph at the just-concluded …