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ORKAR COUP: WHY I KEPT MUTE FOR 35 YEARS – GWADABE After over three decades of deliberate quietude, former governor of Nigeria State, Col Lawan Gwadabe has decided to say something about what he knew about the Major Gideon Orkar of 1990. After avoiding reporters’ recorders and TV cameras for decades, Gwadabe, who bears so many labels that included veteran …

ORKAR COUP: WHY I KEPT MUTE FOR 35 YEARS – GWADABE After over three decades of deliberate quietude, former governor of Nigeria State, Col Lawan Gwadabe has decided to say something about what he knew about the Major Gideon Orkar of 1990. After avoiding reporters’ recorders and TV cameras for decades, Gwadabe, who bears so many labels that included veteran …

PARIS CLUB REFUND: CONSULTANT FILES CONTEMPT CHARGE AGAINST CBN GOVERNOR, CARDOSO, OVER FAILURE TO RETURN N220M Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Kofo Salam-Alada, the apex bank’s director of legal services, are facing contempt proceedings for allegedly failing to fully comply with a supreme court judgment that ordered the release of funds previously forfeited …

PDP GOVERNORS PREFER TINUBU TO ATIKU – FAYOSE Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose stated that governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prefer President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Alliance, APC, to their own party’s former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Fayose made the remark while featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today, where he described the …

Nigerien army forces patrol in pickup trucks near Malam Fatori on April 3, 2015, after the town in north-eastern Nigeria was retaken from Boko Haram by troops from Chad and Niger. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) RESURGENCE OF BOKO HARAM amYid DENIAL The recent resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in Borno and neighbouring Yobe …

DRAMA AS BAUCHI DEPUTY GOVERNOR, SLAPS NIGI FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER There was mild drama at the Emir’s Palace in Bauchi on Friday, when the state’s Deputy Governor, Auwal Jatau, allegedly slapped the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, during a heated altercation. The incident occurred during the turbaning of former Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, as Makama Babba …

VICE PRESIDENT SHETTIMA NOT BARRED FROM ASO VILLA – PRESIDENCY Vice President Shettima Not Barred From Aso Villa – Presidency by fergie001: 8:18amSTATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT RE: MISCHIEVOUS REPORT ON ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA BY VICE PRESIDENT KASHIM SHETTIMA, GCON In recent times, there has been deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood against the Vice President’s person and office …

WHY PEACE HAS ELUDED PLATEAU Recent attacks on communities in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which claimed lives and property have again pushed the issue of violent conflicts, killings and wanton destruction of property in the state to the front burner. In the latest incidents, which occurred between March 28 and April 16, 2025, surviving residents …

PRIESTESS, SEVEN OTHERS KIDNAPPED IN ENUGU COMMUNITY Eight individuals, including a priestess and four local farmers, have been reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers at Ohebe Orba in the Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. It was gathered on Friday that the incident happened on Wednesday night, when the priestess, was reportedly on her way to a river for rituals …

BOKO HARAM HAS FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM MALI, BURKINA FASO — BORNO COMMISSIONER The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, made this statement on Thursday during an appearance on News Central, where he addressed the growing insecurity in the state. The Borno State government has raised concerns over the infiltration of the state by foreign terrorist elements. The …