NIGERIAN BILLIONAIRE FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA, LOSES SIGHT Nigerian billionaire Folorunso Alakija has lost her sight, according to medical sources involved in her care. Sources revealed that the 73-year-old founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil began experiencing health issues after a near air mishap. She was travelling with her husband, Modupe Alakija, Chairman of Famfa Oil, when the incident caused …

MURTALA MUHAMMED WAS ASSASSINATED FOR REFUSING TO SHARE POWER -IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has revealed that the assassination of Major General Murtala Muhammed on February 13, 1976, was rooted in his refusal to accept a power-sharing arrangement after the coup that brought him to power in 1975. Babangida, in his recently launched autobiography, ‘A Journey …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

BUHARI, EL-RUFAI, AMAECHI ABSENT AS APC HOLDS NEC MEETING Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged at the National Secretariat of the party for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. All roads leading to the venue of the meeting on Blantyre Street were cordoned off by a combined team of armed security …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET HAS FAILED US – MUSLIM GROUP The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has expressed deep disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima into office in 2023, stating that it has failed to deliver the anticipated benefits for the Muslim community, particularly in Yorubaland, despite their significant population in …

MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET HAS FAILED US – MUSLIM GROUP The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has expressed deep disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima into office in 2023, stating that it has failed to deliver the anticipated benefits for the Muslim community, particularly in Yorubaland, despite their significant population in …

WHY VOTES DON’T COUNT IN NIGERIA, BY GOODLUCK JONATHAN Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the nation was not getting accurate vote counts during elections due to the involvement of those he described as ‘ghost voters.’ He also said it is better and more honourable for the chairman and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to resign …

WHY VOTES DON’T COUNT IN NIGERIA, BY GOODLUCK JONATHAN Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the nation was not getting accurate vote counts during elections due to the involvement of those he described as ‘ghost voters.’ He also said it is better and more honourable for the chairman and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to resign …

NIGERIA’S WORLD BANK DEBT MAY HIT $9.2BN AS FG EYES SIX LOANS The Federal Government is set to secure six new loans totalling $2.23bn from the World Bank in 2025 as the international financial institution continues to support the country’s economic and structural reforms. Data from the World Bank’s official website indicates that this will bring Nigeria’s total approved loans …

GOWON SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO NDIGBO BY PETER AGBA KALU “1966 Igbo Coup: A Junior Igbo Officer killed His Boss officer in front of his pregnant wife for Awolowo And For The Betterment Of Nigeria. Things They Never Revealed For About 60 years.” “Gen. Yakubu Gowon’s failure to secure and protect the lives and properties of the Igbos in the North …

2027: APC BERATES EL-RUFAI OVER ATTACK ON TINUBU, RIBADU The All Progressives Congress on Monday slammed a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, for attacking President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The National Vice Chairman of the APC (South East), Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu, decried El-Rufai’s criticism of the President and the NSA during a Monday …

FALANA TO SUE IBB OVER DETENTION, OPPOSING JUNE 12 ELECTION Renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has vowed to challenge what he describes as his “malicious” detention alongside late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) and three others during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.). Speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday, Falana revealed that he and his colleagues were …

PETER OBI NEVER INVOLVED IN JUNE 12 STRUGGLE – POMR The Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to ignore the false claim that former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was directly or indirectly involved in the struggle for the June 12, 1993 presidential election. It stated that Obi voted for the late MKO Abiola in …