PETER OBI, ALEX OTTI SUMMON LABOUR PARTY NEC MEETING Two leading figures of the Labour Party, the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State governor, Alex Otti, have summoned a meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party. The NEC meeting is scheduled to hold in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. A notice issued by Obi …

PROTESTERS DEFY POLICE, THRONG STREETS IN ABUJA, LAGOS, OTHERS Protesters are currently out on the streets of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital City and Lagos, commercial capital of the largest black nation on earth. The protests organised by the Take It Back Movement, are ongoing despite repeated warnings by the police. In Abuja, Omoyele Sowore, a leader of the movement, and Deji …

HOUSE OF REPS WARN RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR OVER PLAN TO MAKE LAW The leadership of the House of Representatives has cautioned the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (retired) against any plan to make laws or take up the responsibility of the Assembly in the state. Philip Agbese, the deputy spokesperson for the House of Representatives …

NIGERIA AND THE FADING LIGHTS OF JUSTICE, BY CHIDI ANSELEM ODINKALU As he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on 2 April 2025, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal …

SUSPENDED RIVERS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, AMAEWHULE, BEGINS LEGISLATIVE TOUR OF US The suspended Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, has officially commenced a five-day legislative tour in the United Kingdom alongside members of the 10th Assembly. According to Martins Wachukwu, Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker, this is the third capacity-building initiative organized …

SUSPENDED RIVERS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, AMAEWHULE, BEGINS LEGISLATIVE TOUR OF US The suspended Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, has officially commenced a five-day legislative tour in the United Kingdom alongside members of the 10th Assembly. According to Martins Wachukwu, Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker, this is the third capacity-building initiative organized …

$10 CAN’T BUY LUNCH IN US, BUT IT FEEDS YOU IN NIGERIA – TINUBU’S ECONOMIC ADVISER President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, has defended the naira’s local purchasing power despite its steep decline against the US dollar. Speaking on the Mic On Podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye on Saturday, Fasua argued that while the naira currently …

2027: ATIKU, PETER OBI IN TALKS TO JOIN SDP, WE’LL RETIRE TINUBU – EX-PRESIDENT I’LL CANDIDATE The Social Democratic Party, SDP, former presidential candidate, Adewale Adebayo, has disclosed that ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi and a long list of eminent politicians are in talks with the party. Adebayo said that Atiku and Obi’s representatives are …

OPPOSITION COALITION GAINS MOMENTUM, BACKS SINGLE-TRACK PRESIDENCY FOR 2027 Momentum is building behind a growing coalition aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, as talks among opposition leaders intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections. Central to ongoing negotiations is a proposal for the coalition to back a southern presidential candidate committed to serving only a single term. It …

UROMI: CAUSE, EFFECT AND MISDIRECTED OUTRAGE, BYCALIXTHUS OKORUWA I will not watch the videos of the events that took place in Uromi, in which travellers were lynched on the suspicion of being terrorists and kidnappers. The reports emanating from the media are gruesome enough. The incident dehumanizes us all as Nigerians and is yet another commentary on our country’s rapid …

POLICE CAUTION AGAINST TODAY’S NATIONWIDE PROTEST, SAY IT’S ILL-TIMED The Nigeria Police Force has read in the news that a group called “Take it Back Movement” is planning a protest across various states of the Federation, most especially the Federal Capital Territory, scheduled to hold today 7th April, 2025, a day earmarked by the Federal Government as the National Police …

IGP WITHDRAWS INVITATION TO EMIR SANUSI The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has withdrawn the invitation extended to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi. Egbetokun has, however, directed the Kano State Command of the force to obtain Sanusi’s statement in the state regarding the incident. The police boss issued the directive through the Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to …

LP CRISIS: ABURE- LED- FACTION CRIES OVER ALLEGED PLANNED INVASION OF OFFICE It has come to the knowledge of the leadership of the Labour Party that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC is mobilizing its members, hired thugs and some miscreants in concert with the illegal Nenadi Usman led National Caretaker Committee (NCC), and the National Transition Committee (NTC) to invade …

UGWUANYI, IKPEAZU, SHEHU SANI, RENO OMOKRI MAKE AMBASSADORIAL NOMINEES LIST The Federal Government has commenced the screening process for candidates nominated for diplomatic roles in a bid to fill the vacant roles for its 76 embassies and 22 high commissions. Nominees have been asked to report to the DSS offices nearest to them for security checks. Some have reportedly been …

SENATOR KEN NNAMANI DISMISSES ELISHA ABBO, SAYS HE DIDN’T PLEAD WITH FORMER SENATOR ON BEHALF OF ANY JUDGE A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has denied claims that he pleaded with ex-Adamawa Senator, Elisha Abbo, on behalf of a judge over the court ruling that nullified Mr Abbo’s election. Mr Nnamani, who led the senate from 2005 to 2007, described …