HOW TRADITIONALISTS WERE BARRED FROM LATE AWUJALE’S BURIAL Traditionalists attempting to pay their last respects to the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, were driven away from the venue. The incident occurred while Imams were preparing for the Muslim funeral prayers at the Ogbagba Court, Igbeba residence, in Ijebu-Ode, where the late Awujale was interred on Monday. Oba Adetona …

FG SUSPENDS RECRUITMENT INTO PARAMILITARY AGENCIES, REOPENS PORTAL JULY 21 The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has temporarily suspended its recruitment application portal to improve system efficiency. The Secretary to the Board, Maj. Gen. AM Jibril (retd.), made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He stated that the suspension affects the portal dedicated to …

AMNESTY BLASTS TINUBU GOVT OVER PLATEAU KILLINGS, SAYS HE FAILED NIGERIANS The Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the recent deadly attack in Plateau State, calling it a horrific and shameful display of government failure to protect lives. The attack, which occurred on Monday in Bindi-Jebbu of the Tahoss community in Riyom Local Government Area, claimed the lives of at least …

DANGOTE NAMES REFINERY ROAD AFTER TINUBU The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the road leading to the state-of-the-art Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals will be named after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in honour of his contribution to the project. Dangote hailed Tinubu for his unwavering support of the private sector and credited him as the …

AWUJALE: PRACTICE OF EATING DEAD KING’S HEART MUST STOP – SHEHU SANI A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has called for the total abolishment of fetish practices associated with traditional stools in different parts of the country. Such fetish practices come alive mostly during royal successions when a traditional ruler dies in some parts of the country. In some parts …

FIVE TIMES ATIKU CHANGED PARTIES A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is no stranger to party defections. With his confirmed exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, this marks yet another turn in his political journey. “I find it necessary to part ways due to the current trajectory the party has taken, which I believe diverges from the foundational principles we …

SEE HOW MUCH FG WILL BE PAYING BUHARI’S FAMILY Following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, new information has emerged on what the Nigerian government will provide for his surviving family especially his widow as prescribed by law. These benefits reflect Nigeria’s tradition of supporting the families of former leaders, particularly those who served as both military and civilian …

.AISHA BUHARI WAS DIVORCED FROM LATE PRESIDENT BUHARI BEFORE HIS DEATH –FAROOQ KPEROGI A public affairs analyst and professor of journalism at Kennesaw State University in the US, Farooq Kperogi, has claimed that Nigeria’s former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, was divorced from the late President Muhammadu Buhari before his death. Kperogi stated this in a post shared on his verified …

AFRICA HAS BECOME DUMPING GROUND FOR SUBSTANDARD PETROLEUM PRODUCTS – DANGOTE Africa’s heavy dependence on fuel imports has turned the continent into a dumping ground for substandard petroleum products, Aliko Dangote, has said. The president of Dangote Industries Limited and Africa’s richest man made the remarks during an interview with journalists, where he highlighted the motivation behind building the $19 …

WHAT BUHARI TOLD ME DURING CAMPAIGN IN 2023 – PETER OBI Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, has revealed what late former President Muhammadu Buhari told him during his campaign. Obi, who paid a condolence visit to Buhari’s family in Daura on Wednesday, came third in the 2023 presidential election. The …

MISCONDUCT: OVER 150 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS FACE DISCIPLINARY PANEL No fewer than 151 senior police officers drawn from various commands and formations across the country are currently facing a disciplinary panel set up by the police high command over alleged misconduct of the personnel. It was learnt that the police officers on the rank of ASP and above would be …

WHY I DIDN’T ATTEND BUHARI’S BURIAL – PETER OBI Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, has explained why he was absent at the burial of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Obi was one of the conspicuous absentees at the ceremony which took place in Daura, Katsina State. The Ex-Anambra governor has …

FINALLY, ATIKU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS FROM PDP The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned his membership of the opposition party, Daily Watch Nigeria reports. Atiku tendered his resignation in the build-up to the 2027 general election after admitting to the formation of a coalition party, the Alliance Democratic Congress. The …

FLASHBACK: BUHARI BANNED MEDICAL TOURISM IN 2016 Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the late former president Muhammadu Buhari, claimed on Tuesday that his principal’s death would have come sooner if he had entrusted his health to Nigerian hospitals. While Adesina claimed that Buhari needed time to fix the country’s healthcare, the former president did say …

NNAMDI KANU’S ‘JUBRIL FROM SUDAN’ TRENDS AS BUHARI MAKES FINAL EXIT The recent announcement of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s death has reignited one of Nigeria’s most controversial political conspiracy theories—first pushed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The theory, which once seemed far-fetched to many, is now trending again as Nigerians revisit …