SOLDIERS SACK CHURCH WORSHIPPERS IN ANAMBRA COMMUNITY Panic and fear gripped Christian worshippers in Umunze, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State on Sunday, when armed soldiers stormed different churches in the morning hours and dispersed the congregation in their places of worship. The soldiers took over the community with a stern warning that no church service, movement or market …

ENUGU GOVT TO DEMOLISH PROPERTIES USED FOR KIDNAPPING Enugu State Government will in the coming days move against properties, whether private residences or business premises, used for kidnap purposes, the state government has said. In a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the government said the step was in continuation of the determined effort …

GOVERNOR MBAH TO INCREASE ENUGU’S ELECTRICIY CAPACITY BY 700MW The Enugu government says it will increase the state’s electricity capacity from 70 megawatts received from the national grid to 700 megawatts through private sector investment. Governor Peter Mbah said this in Enugu on Tuesday at an event organised by the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) to review its draft …

PROMINENT NORTHERN LEADERS FLOAT NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE AHEAD OF 2027 A group of prominent political leaders from the North after a meeting Tuesday floated a new political alliance named the League of Northern Democrats (LND), and said it would convene a strategic summit to revive the region’s political and economic place in Nigeria.The group, which declared its intention to unite …

PETER OBI’S GAME PLAN FOR 2027, BY -ISAAC ABIMBADEThe 2023 Nigeria Presidential election was a lesson course for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. As 2027 approaches, Nigerians are once again gearing up for another round of electoral theatrics. The last presidential election in 2023 saw the youth-favourite, Peter Obi, finish a disappointing third. But Obi isn’t backing …

CLARK FAULTS PDP FOR SETTING UP RECOGNITION COMMITTEE Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for setting up a reconciliation committee, arguing that the party needs a probe panel to investigate members involved in anti-party activities. In an open letter addressed to Amb. Umar Illiya Damagum, the PDP acting national chairman on Tuesday, August 20, …

RECORD OF Ex-CJN ONNOGHEN’S CCT CASE FILE DECLARED MISSING IN AGF OFFICE The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) has declared that it cannot find the case file for the trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, five years after the conclusion of the trial. Onnoghen was prosecuted …

TINUBU’S SON, SEYI, LEBANESE FRIEND, OWN COMPANY AWARDED $13B LAGOS -CALABAR HIGHWAY CONTRACT The Chagoury brothers’ company, Hitech Construction Company Ltd., recently received a contract to build a 700-kilometer coastal highway in Nigeria without a public bidding process.Leaked documents reveal that the son of Nigeria’s president co-owned an offshore company with the son of billionaire brothers Ronald and Gilbert Chagoury.The …

I AM NOT LEAVING PDP – FUBARA ASSURES BoT Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has refuted speculation that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, affirming that Rivers remains a PDP-controlled state. Governor Fubara made this clarification to dispel false rumours circulating about his imminent departure from the party. He reiterated his commitment to the PDP during a visit …

NIGERIANS DESERVES EXPLANATIONS ON NEW, OLD PRESIDENTIAL JETS – PETER OBI The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last year’s election, Peter Obi, has asked the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to come clean on the details of the newly acquired presidential jet and those of the old ones being sold off. He made the call on …

HOW TINUBU’S AIDES SHARED N54B FORFEITED FUND BY FORMER CBN GOVERNOR, GODWIN EMEFIELE Some of President Bola Tinubu’s ministers and aides are accused of sharing over N54 billion from the N120 billion forfeited to the Federal Government by Aminu Yaro and his wife, Saadatu Yaro. The Yaros, who were associates of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, reportedly agreed to forfeit …

FG RAISES 10-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO ENFORCE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON LG AUTONOMY The Federal Government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on 11th July, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen …

REVIEW MINIMUM PENSION TO MATCH WITH N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE – NUP The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has lamented how some pensioners who retired from government establishments earn as little as N500 as monthly pensions. The union’s Secretary for Kaduna State, Alhassan Musa, revealed the development which he described as precarious. He demanded the review of minimum pension to match …

US PRESIDENT STILL USING 34-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL JET, WHILE NIGERIA ABANDONED 19-YEAR-OLD AIRCRAFT After weeks of silence, the Presidency unveiled the newly purchased Airbus A330, on Monday. Discussion about a new Presidential jet began after the problems encountered by the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) acquired under former President Olusegun Obasanjo 19 years ago developed fault on separate trips to Saudi Arabia, …

ALLEGED TERRORISM: AJAERO TO HONOUR POLICE INVITATION The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its President, Mr Joe Ajaero will honour the invitation by the Nigeria Police Force for investigation over alleged terrorism, subversion. Mr Kabiru Sani, NLC Deputy President said the Congress arrived at the decision at its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja with …