TINUBU CONFERS NATIONAL HONOUR ON BILL GATES President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the national honour, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic on billionaire Bill Gates. The American billionaire is a philanthropist, the co-founder of Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. The honour is in recognition of his decades-long contributions to global health, education, and poverty …

RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR, IBAS APPOINTS 11 NEW PERMANENT SECRETARIES Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Rivers State Sole Administrator, has appointed eleven (11) new permanent secretaries. The latest appointment was contained in a Special Government Announcement released in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The statement was signed by the state’s Acting Head of Service, Inyingi Brown and forwarded to journalists. The …

WHY WE ALLOCATED LAND TO ZION MINISTRY – IMO GOVT, AMID ACCUSATION OF FORCEFUL ACQUISITION Imo State Government has defended its decision to give some parts of land at Mbaisii, Ngor-Okpala LGA to Zion Ministry, a prayer group owned by Chukwuebuka Obi. It maintained that the land was duly acquired by the State Government from the native owners. The State …

OVER 950 SOUTH-EAST LOCATIONS OCCUPIED BY BANDITS, HERDSMEN, KIDNAPPERS – INTERSOCIETY A human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has raised the alarm that 950 locations, especially forests, across the South-East communities are under the occupation of bandits and destructive herdsmen. According to Intersociety, the criminals operate from these locations to kidnap, kill …

ILLNESS: TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON ME – TY DANJUMA RAISES ALARM Elder statesman and former Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd), has sounded the alarm saying that time was running out for him so rapidly as a result of his old age and illness. General Danjuma, who revealed his health status at Ganye, Adamawa State while he …

PDP CRISIS DEEPENS AS WIKE, BODE GEORGE TRADE WORDS The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is again engulfed in internal strife as the war of words between Chief Bode George, a founding member and Board of Trustees member, and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reveals a widening rift threatening the party’s future ahead of the 2027 elections. …

NCC DIRECTS BANKS TO DEDUCT USSD CHARGES FROM CUSTOMERS’ AIRTIME The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all banks to stop debiting USSD transaction charges from customers’ bank accounts, with effect from Tuesday, June 3, 2025. According to a notice sent by United Bank for Africa (UBA) to its customers, the charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services will …

FUBARA MEETS TINUBU IN LAGOS Suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, met President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos, on Tuesday. The meeting is coming amid efforts to reconcile the governor and his estranged godfather, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy confirmed the meeting in …

2027 WON’T BE ABOUT DEFECTIONS – PDP SPOKESMAN WARNS TINUBU, APC The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba, has warned the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, that 2027 will not be about defections. Ologunagba warned that 2027 will be about Tinubu’s scorecards and policies against Nigerians. Speaking on AIT Focus Nigeria, the PDP …

WIKE IS RUDE, MAY INSULT TINUBU SOMEDAY– REUBEN ABATI A television anchor with Arise TV, who served as aide to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Reuben Abati, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as rude. Abati’s remarks come a day after the FCT Minister referred to a former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, …

INTERCEPT KILLERS SAME WAY YOU STOPPED PETER OBI FROM VISITING BENUE – CATHOLIC PRIEST BLASTS ALIA A Catholic Missionary priest working in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has asked Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, to intercept the killers in Benue State in the same manner he stopped Peter Obi from entering the state. Ugwu said it is not a great …

CRISIS LOOMS AS APC RULES OUT AUTOMATIC TICKETS FOR LAWMAKERS IN 2027 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has branded as false reports suggesting that all sitting National Assembly members from the party will be handed tickets to run in the 2027 election without contesting primaries. In a statement issued Tuesday, National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka urged party members and the …

NIGERIAN MILITARY JET MISTAKENLY STRIKES, KILLS 20 VIGILANTE MEN IN ZAMFARA A Nigerian military fighter jet has mistakenly struck and killed about 20 men of a vigilante group during an operation targeting bandits in Garin Mani, a village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The tragic incident occurred after armed bandits attacked the village, killing several residents …

POPE LEO CORRECTS POPE FRANCIS’S RECORD ON COHABITATION. Pope Francis created worldwide scandal when on June 16, 2016, he said cohabitation is “real marriage” and has the grace of real marriage. I know that is hard to believe, so we have it for you on video and the Vatican transcript. “In Argentina’s northeast countryside … couples have a child and …

NO ONE CAN SACK ME FROM PDP – WIKE DARES CRITICS Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has fired back at those calling for his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party. This is as he declared that no one has the authority or the courage to remove him from the party he has served for years. Speaking on Monday during …