US PRESSURING AFRICANS TO ACCEPT VENEZUELAN DEPORTEES – FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, on Thursday disclosed that the United States (US) is mounting pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees. Tuggar revealed that some of these Venezuelan deportees are prisoners in the US. He made this disclosure while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today. …

SEN. DINO MELAYE, 5,733 OTHERS BECOME CERTIFIED LEGAL PRACTITIONERS A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Dino Melaye has been called to bar, making him a duly certified advocate of the Nigerian Supreme Court, ABUJAPRESS reports. He was among the 5,734 presented for call to bar in Abuja on Wednesday, a figure said to be the highest in the …

GOVERNORS GET ₦4.5TRN LG FUNDS One YEAR AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING Exactly one year after the Supreme Court granted full autonomy to the 774 local government areas, the Federal Government has continued to channel allocations through state governments. An analysis by The PUNCH shows that state governors retained control of council allocations totalling N4.5tn, defying the landmark judgment that mandated …

NO ONE CAN CHASE US OUT OF PLATEAU, IT’S OUR STATE too’ – FULANI YOUTH LEADER VOWS A Fulani youth leader in Plateau State, Hamisu Garba, has insisted that any attempt by natives to forcefully intimidate and chase them out of the state will not work as they are also citizens of the state. Hamisu, who spoke in an exclusive …

ONE KILLED, AK-47, VEHICLES RECOVERED AS POLICE, SUSPECTED ESN MILITANTS CLASH IN ANAMBRA A fierce two-hour gun duel broke out early Tuesday morning between police-led joint security forces and suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) at the Ekwulobia Roundabout near the flyover in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to a security situation report filed by …

TINUBU DIDN’T SUPPORT BUHARI’S EMERGENCE AS APC CANDIDATE — LAURETTA ONOCHIE Lauretta Onochie, former Special Assistant (SA) to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that Nigeria’s incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, did not support Buhari’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. Buhari, a two-term president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, emerged the first …

TINUBU SENDS SHETTIMA TO LONDON TO VISIT AILING BUHARI IN HOSPITAL President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to check on ailing former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, following reports that he was undergoing treatment in an undisclosed London hospital, THISDAY learnt on Thursday. Shettima had on the invitation …

TINUBU SENDS SHETTIMA TO LONDON TO VISIT AILING BUHARI IN HOSPITAL President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to check on ailing former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, following reports that he was undergoing treatment in an undisclosed London hospital, THISDAY learnt on Thursday. Shettima had on the invitation …

NNPC REFINERIES MAY NEVER WORK AGAIN — DANGOTE The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has doubted the possibility of the state-owned Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries functioning again. Dangote also stated that the refineries, which are under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, had gulped up to $18bn, yet have refused to work. …

JONATHAN PLOTTED TO UNSEAT ME AS BORNO GOVERNOR – VP SHETTIMA Vice President Kashim Shettima has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan once plotted to remove him from office during his tenure as Governor of Borno State. Shettima, who governed Borno from 2011 to 2019, made the revelation on Thursday in Abuja during the public presentation of OPL 245: Inside …

WHY EVERYONE TOLD ME I MADE A MISTAKE – EL-RUFAI Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said his decision to choose a different path by speaking up made “everyone to tell me that I made a mistake”. According to TheCable, El-Rufai said this in Abuja, on Thursday, during the launch of “OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3 …

WE’VE UNCOVERED MIND-BOGGLING CORRUPTION IN OIL AND GAS SECTOR – EFCC The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday disclosed that the agency had begun investigating the financial records of the oil and gas sector and had already uncovered “mind-boggling” levels of corruption. He revealed that the ongoing probe into the oil and …

EVEN WITH A JOINT TICKET ATIKU, OBI CAN’T DEFEAT TINUBU  —  ONANUGA Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said a joint ticket of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can’t stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The opposition coalition adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) …

TINUBU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR U.S DECISION TO RESTRICT VISA FOR NIGERIANS – PRESIDENCY The presidency has debunked the claim that the American government’s decision to restrict visas for Nigerians is due to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stop issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens. According to a statement on Thursday by the presidency, President Tinubu has never stopped issuing …

US TO REVOKE GREEN CARDS FROM NIGERIANS, OTHER NATIONALS The US government has announced its plans to revoke Green Card of holders with criminal histories. The warning stated that such individuals risk losing their residency status and facing deportation. This decision follows recent changes to Nigerian visa policies by the US embassy. The latest decision focuses on individuals with crimes …