SOWORE CONDEMNS LAGOS GOVT OVER ETHNIC, POLITICAL MOTIVES IN STREET RENAMING Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has strongly condemned what he described as a “politically and ethnically motivated” renaming of streets and landmarks across Lagos State by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. In a statement released on Saturday, Sowore criticised the state government for executing the …

LAWYERS SUE AGF, CCB, SEEK PROBE, CRIMINAL TRIAL OF NMDPRA BOSS, AHMED FAROUK, OVER ALLEGED FRAUD Public Interest Lawyers have dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice before a High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, seeking the investigation and criminal trial of Ahmed Farouk, the managing director of Nigerian Midateam and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory …

THREE-STOREY BUILDING ACCOMMODATING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COLLAPSES IN EBONYI A section of Pentagon Lodge, a building accommodating some students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi State, collapsed on Friday afternoon. The three-storey building reportedly developed cracks before the incident, prompting some students to vacate the premises. At the time of filing this report, no casualties had been …

YOU CAN’T RENAME A LEGACY – CHARLY BOY FAULTS RENAMING OF LAGOS BUS STOP Veteran entertainer and rights activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has reacted to the renaming of the popular Charly Boy Bus Stop in Lagos, describing the move as an attempt to erase history and silence activism. The bus stop, located along the Gbagada–Bariga axis, …

WHY NO GOVERNOR IS WILLING TO JOIN OUR COALITION – ADC SPOKESMAN Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says no governor is willing to join the coalition because of the alleged intimidation by the Federal Government. Abdullahi said this at the third plenary session of the Northern Political Consultative Group (NPCG), in Abuja, on …

YOU’VE LOST POLITICAL RELEVANCE, LEAVE OUR PARTY – PDP TELLS FAYOSE The Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described former governor Ayodele Fayose as a betrayer. The party further warned Fayose to rather leave PDP than ridiculing the party in public. This is coming hours after Fayose during his appearance on Channels TV claimed that PDP is dead. Condemning …

NORTHERN CONSULTATIVE FORUM HAS ADOPTED ADC – EX-SGF, BABACHIR LAWAL A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has revealed that the National Political Consultative Group (North) has embraced the African Democratic Congress as its preferred opposition platform to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 elections. Lawal, an ADC chieftain, stated this on Saturday …

NO TO N5,000 PALLIATIVE, CREATE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES – FORMER GOVERNORS TELL TINUBU The Class of 1999 governors have advised President Bola Tinubu to create cottage industries in all the local government areas of the federation to create jobs for the people, rather than give N5,000 palliatives that can barely sustain the poor. The Ex-Governors gave the advice after a closed-door …

ADC COALITION INSISTS ON SACKING TINUBU, HOLDS CLOSED DOOR MEETING IN ABUJA The African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led opposition coalition has reiterated its resolve to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, as it convened a closed-door strategic meeting in Abuja on Saturday. The meeting, which marked the third expanded session of the National Political Consultative Group (North), …

SDP DISOWNS EL-RUFAI, SAYS HE’S NOT A REGISTERED MEMBER The Social Democratic Party has disowned former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, declaring that he is neither a member of the party nor authorised to speak for it or represent it. The SDP Zonal Secretary, North-West Zone, Inuwa Idris, made the disclosure on Friday in Kaduna during a press briefing. …

ABATI WAS FIRST AMONG THOSE THAT LED TO GOODLUCK’S FAILURE – AISHA YESUFU Socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu has called out former presidential aide, Reuben Abati. She fingered him among those who led to the defeat of former president, Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Recall that Abati was Special Adviser on media to the former president between 2011 and …

TWO BUHARI’S EX-AIDES DISAGREE OVER FORMER PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN MEDICAL TRIPS Garba Shehu, former media aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has countered the claims of his former colleague, Femi Adesina, on Buhari’s foreign medical trips. Shehu said Buhari’s regular medical trips abroad were not a rejection of Nigeria’s healthcare system but a matter of personal preference. The ex-presidential media …

125 UK LAWMAKERS WRITE PM STARMER, CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATE Over a hundred members of Parliament are demanding that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, recognise Palestinian statehood. According to Sky News, 125 MPs have signed a mass cross-party letter urging him to take the step. The letter is reportedly being organised by Labour backbencher Sarah …

OSUN GOVT, FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AT SUPREME COURT OVER LOCAL GOVT FUND The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has urged the Supreme Court to compel Osun State Government to refund seven months’ local government allocations to the Minister of Finance. The request was contained in a response filed through Fagbemi’s counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi …

THE TINUBU, KWANKWASO MEETING THAT NEVER HELD On Monday, media reports (not Daily Trust) suggested that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), held a secret meeting at the Presidential Villa. The report, which has since been debunked to Daily Trust by close aides of the former Kano …