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THREE STATES RECORD 26 TERROR ATTACKS, 227 DEATHS IN FOUR MONTHS Terrorists appear to have renewed attacks in three states of the Northeast after reports analysed by Sunday Vanguard show that about 227 persons may have been killed in the past four months. The killings took place in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, where Boko Haram insurgents and ISWAP fighters …

OPPOSITION GOVS RECONSIDER MOVE TO APC Some governors elected on the platforms of opposition parties and reported to be bound for the All Progressives Congress may have ditched the plan. This might not be unconnected to moves by parties to stop the defections of their chieftains to the ruling APC, including changing political dynamics. The recent defection of Delta State …

INEC DENIES RESUMPTION OF CONTINUOS VOTER REGISTRATION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it has announced a date for the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC also denied announcing a date to commence the process for the transfer and replacement of lost Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs). The commission made the clarification in a statement …

EMERGENCY RULE: TINUBU UNDER PRESSURE TO REINSTATEMENT FUBARA MAY 29 Since March 18, 2025 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency, there has been relative peace in Rivers State. The eventual suspension of Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Ordu, and the entire Legislative Arm of government is the biggest setback that may likely affect the …

PETER OBI’S STRONG ALLY, OBAZE DUMPS LABOUR PARTY Mr Oseloka H. Obaze, a key ally of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has resigned his membership of the party. Obaze disclosed this in a letter addressed to LP Chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru Local Government in Awka on Sunday. Obaze, …

AISHA ACHIMUGU STILL IN EFCC CUSTODY, YET TO MEET BAIL CONDITIONS Detained businesswoman Aisha Achimugu is yet to meet the bail conditions set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because her two sureties have no landed property in Abuja. Aisha was still in custody at the weekend over alleged N8.71billion oil bloc transactions. The EFCC will on Monday …

PRESENT PROOF OF YOUR CLAIMS, EX-NIGERIAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS CHAIR TELLS NATASHA The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi …

WIKE CONDEMNS WALKOUT ON TINUBU’S WIFE, APOLOGIZES As for me and those who subscribe to my leadership, we condemn in totality yesterday’s show of shame and we apologise to our First Lady for the embarrassing conduct of those few women who do not represent the characters and ideals of the people of Rivers State,” Wike added.The FCT minister cautioned supporters …

WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF SUING ME? – DR SANDRA DURU TO NATASHA, EZEKWESILI The political controversy surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has deepened following a scathing May 1st live video by Dr. Sandra Duru, in which she accused the senator of fabricating her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and claimed that Dr. Oby Ezekwesili was bribed to …

HUNGER, MALNUTRITION DESTROYINGNORTHERN NIGERIA – GUARDIAN DITORIAL At the paediatric ward of Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, Zamfara State, Fatima (surname withheld) sat silently beside her frail eight-month-old daughter, Mariam, but her mind was on Abdul, her two-year-old son, who had died days earlier. Desperate to save them from malnutrition, Fatima had rushed both children to the …