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WE’VE SHUT DOWN ALL ‘MIRACLE CENTRES’ IN ABIA – GOV OTTI..Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, has stated that several places used for examination malpractices, code-named Miracle Centres have been closed down by his administration in most parts of the State. He also said his administration is doing everything to provide conducive learning environment for Abia children. The Governor said …

GOWON’S FAILED PROMISE TO SECURE IGBOS’ TRIGGERED CIVIL WAR – IBB General Ibrahim Babangida, a former military head of state, has revealed that a commitment made to the Igbos by General Yakubu Gowon that their lives were safe in northern Nigeria, was unfulfilled. According to him, this led to the 1966 progrom that saw thousands of Igbos killed in every …

MERANDA STEPPED DOWN AS SPEAKER DURING PEACE MEETING, CLAIMS OBASA The ousted speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has claimed that the speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda, had stepped down as the parliament leader. Obasa stated this on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. The embattled lawmaker said Meranda resigned at …

GOWON, WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK, ABARIBE TELLS FORMER MILITARY LEADER The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, to write a book chronicling his experiences as a former leader of the country and revealing the truth about the 1966 coup, as former President Ibrahim Babangida has …

WE REJECT OBASA IN TOTALITY – LAGOS LAWMAKERS Thirty-six members of the Lagos State House of Assembly loyal to Mojisola Meranda on Thursday reaffirmed that the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker was final, declaring Meranda as the legitimate leader of the House. The lawmakers convened at the Assembly garden, maintaining their stance based on their February 17 vote of …

OBASA STORMS LAGOS ASSEMBLY, SAYS HE REMAINS THE SPEAKER Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has announced that he has resumed his position as the leader of the parliament, Obasa made the declaration on Thursday after arriving at the Assembly complex with police and State Security Service (SSS) personnel, marking his first return since his …

MASSOB SLAMS FANI-KAYODE OVER COMMENTS ON 1966 COUP The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode over his recent claim that the January 15, 1966, coup was orchestrated by the Igbo. MASSOB said it condemned Fani-Kayode’s “bold, empty claim and assertion that former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, …

NEW TWIST IN LAGOS ASSEMBLY AS POLICE RESTORES OBASA’S SECURITY DETAILS, WITHDRAWS MERANDA’S ESCORTS Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa who was impeached as speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly on January 13, 2025, is set to return. His security details have been restored just as those of Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, have been withdrawn. Meranda was Obasa’s deputy before the …

REAL STORY BEHIND NIGERIA’S DRUG MARKET RAID The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s recent drug market raid has been dangerously skewed. What many perceive as heavy-handed overreach is, in reality, a complex struggle against a deeply entrenched public health crisis. At the heart of the controversy is NAFDAC’s recent crackdown on open drug markets, which have long fueled the circulation of fake …

GOVT PLANS TO PHASE OUT POWER GENERATORS The Federal Government said there are plans to boost power generation and phase out the use of power generators in individual homes and offices. This is as the government concluded plans to unveil the Integrated Resource Plan for the power sector. The Special Adviser to the Minister of Power on Strategic Communications and …