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IT’S NOW ‘NIGERIA MUST GO’ AS GHANAIANS STAGE PROTEST Some Ghanaians on Saturday staged a protest at the popular Obra Spot in Accra, demanding the immediate expulsion of Nigerians from their country over alleged involvement in crime and social vices. The protesters, who gathered in large numbers, displayed placards with messages such as “Nigerians Must Go,” “End Kidnapping,” “End Prostitution,” …

NO RIFT BETWEEN SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATE LEADER – SPOKESMAN The Senate has downplayed rumours of a crack within its leadership ranks. The upper legislative chamber said there is no rift between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele as widely reported. Reports had claimed that Akpabio and Bamidele clashed during an executive session. Reacting, Yemi Adaramodu, the Chairman …

APC HAS IMPOVERISHED NIGERIANS MORE THAN ANY GOVT IN HISTORY – LP CHAIR Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Esther Usman, says the party is poised to correct what she described as the “grave missteps and failures” of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government. Speaking with journalists in Kaduna State on recent developments within the …

WE WILL No LONGER MAKE MISTAKES IN CANDIDATE SELECTION – LABOUR PARTY BLASTS DEFECTORS The acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, has dismissed the recent wave of defections from the party. Speaking to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna State, Usman insisted that the LP remains strong and focused on providing a credible alternative to what she …

WHY BUHARI DIDN’T STOP TINUBU FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT – GARBA SHEHU In this interview, Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former President Muhammadu Buhari, speaks on some issues that took place in Aso Rock Villa 2015 – 2023, including the alleged existence of cabal, inaccessibility of Mr. President, his alleged support of former Vice President …

TINUBU DEATH RUMOUR: NORTHERN YOUTHS DEFEND DSS, ATTACK AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL A Northern socio-cultural group, Northern Ethnic Youths Group Assembly, NEYGA, has chided Amnesty International, AI, for supporting fake news to destabilize Nigeria. On Friday, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court had remanded 29-year-old Ghali Isma’il in prison for posting fake TikTok videos that President Bola Tinubu died due to food poisoning. …

APC STRUGGLES TO RETAIN BUHARI’S LOYAL SUPPORT BASE AHEAD ofY 2027 ELECTIONS The death of Muhammadu Buhari, former president, has triggered a scramble among northern politicians to inherit his loyal support base, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) struggling to hold the north together ahead of the 2027 elections. Buhari died recently, leaving behind a political legacy built on cult …

SOWORE CONDEMNS LAGOS GOVT OVER ETHNIC, POLITICAL MOTIVES IN STREET RENAMING Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has strongly condemned what he described as a “politically and ethnically motivated” renaming of streets and landmarks across Lagos State by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. In a statement released on Saturday, Sowore criticised the state government for executing the …

LAWYERS SUE AGF, CCB, SEEK PROBE, CRIMINAL TRIAL OF NMDPRA BOSS, AHMED FAROUK, OVER ALLEGED FRAUD Public Interest Lawyers have dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice before a High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, seeking the investigation and criminal trial of Ahmed Farouk, the managing director of Nigerian Midateam and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory …

THREE-STOREY BUILDING ACCOMMODATING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COLLAPSES IN EBONYI A section of Pentagon Lodge, a building accommodating some students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi State, collapsed on Friday afternoon. The three-storey building reportedly developed cracks before the incident, prompting some students to vacate the premises. At the time of filing this report, no casualties had been …