INEC REJECTS PDP’S NOTICE OF NEC MEETING OVER SIGNATURE IRREGULARITY The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised concerns over the notice submitted by the Peoples Democratic Party regarding its planned 100th National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for June 30, 2025. The development was conveyed in a letter dated June 13 and addressed to the party’s chairman, with reference number INEC/DEPM/PDP/286/iii/80 …

MILITARY SABOTEURS RESPONSIBLE FOR BENUE MASSACRE – CDS The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has alleged the presence of saboteurs within the Nigerian military, implicating them in the Yelwata massacre in Benue State that claimed over 200 lives. Recall that in May 2025, during a television interview, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum declared: “We have informants and collaborators …

DEATH TOLL FROM HERDSMEN ATTACK ON ENUGU COMMUNITY RISES TO 12 The death toll from the herdsmen attacks in Agu-Amed autonomous community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzu local government area of Enugu State has risen to 12 as of 12noon on Tuesday, after more bodies were recovered from the bushes,. Meanwhile, residents of Eha-Amufu bordering communities with Benue State have started fleeing …

TINUBU HAS DRAWN BATTLE LINE WITH NIGERIANS BY WEAPONISING HUNGER, POVERTY – DALUNG Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the only Nigerian leader who has drawn a clear battle line between himself and the masses by weaponising hunger, poverty and hardship. Dalung made the remark in an interview warning against interpreting …

WORK RESUMES ON ENUGU-ONITSHA DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, TO LAST 50 YEARS The reconstruction of the second lane of the 72-kilometre 82 Division–9th Mile section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has officially commenced, with Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, declaring that the new concrete-based road design is expected to last 50 years. The right-hand lane of the dual carriageway, stretching from Abakpa …

PDP CRISIS: SARAKI-LED COMMITTEE WALK TIGHT ROPE The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee led by former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, appears to be walking a tight rope in a bid to resolve the contentious issues and stabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The PDP had been embroiled in another round of crisis after the conduct …

STATE POLICE No LONGER OPTIONAL, TINUBU SEEKS REFORMS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for an urgent overhaul of Nigeria’s security framework through constitutional reform, declaring that the establishment of state police is no longer optional but a “national imperative” necessitated by the country’s deepening security challenges. He spoke Monday in Abuja during a one-day legislative dialogue on constitutional review …

UNTOLD STORY OF HOW HERDSMEN REDUCED BENUE COMMUNITY TO ASHES, BURNT OVER 300 ALIVE The people of Yelewata, a quiet farming settlement tucked along the tail end of Benue State on the Abuja-Makurdi highway, will forever remember June 13-14, 2025, not as just another date on the calendar, but as the darkest chapter in their history. On that harrowing Friday …

COURT GRANTS EMEFIELE ₦2 BILLION BAIL A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was on Monday granted ₦2 billion in bail by a Federal High Court judge sitting in Abuja. The eight-count charge against Emefiele included allegedly stealing and seizing billions of naira from proxy accounts, as well as illegally obtaining a housing estate with …

GHANA DRUNKARDS ASSOCIATION PROTESTS RISE IN ALCOHOL PRICES The Ghana Drunkards Association has issued a three-week ultimatum to the government, demanding a reduction in the prices of alcoholic beverages following the recent appreciation of the cedi. In a viral video posted on X (Formerly Twitter) on Sunday, the association’s president, Moses Drybones, decried the continued rise in alcohol prices despite …

YAHOO BOYS NOW INVOLVED IN BANDITRY, KIDNAPPING, POLITICAL MONEY LAUNDERING, EFCC CHAIR RAISES ALARM The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised alarm that Nigeria’s internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’, are not only engaged in internet fraud but are also involved in banditry, kidnapping, and laundering funds for politically exposed persons. EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, made …

COURT REJECTS FG’S APPLICATION FOR BENCH WARRANT AGAINST SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI Justice Musa Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, rejected an application by the Federal Government to have Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan arrested for failing to appear for the start of her defamation trial. The government is prosecuting Akpoti-Uduaghan on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former …

INSIDERS AIDING BENUE KILLERS – CDS Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Monday, raised alarm over alleged insider collaboration with attackers responsible for repeated killings in Benue State. Our correspondent reports that at least 200 people were killed on Saturday in Yelewata community of Guma Local Government Area by armed invaders. General Musa, who was at the …

IPMAN RAISES ALARM OVER DANGOTE’S FREE DISTRIBUTION OF FUEL PLAN The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has expressed deep concern over the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s plan to begin free distribution of petrol and diesel nationwide starting August 15, 2025, warning that the move could mark the onset of a dangerous monopoly in Nigeria’s downstream sector. IPMAN Chairman in …

AGGRIEVED FCT APC MEMBERS PROTEST AGAINST WIKE, ACCUSE MINISTER’S LOYALISTS OF PARTY HIJACK Aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday stormed the party National Secretariat to register their grievance over what they described as ill-treatment by new entrants to the party. The members, who stormed the party Secretariat with placards with various inscriptions …