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VICTORY FOR PETER OBI, ALEX OTTI AS INEC DELISTS ABURE FACTION’S CANDIDATES FOR BYE-ELECTION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the list of candidates submitted by the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) for the August 16, 2025, nationwide by-elections and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council polls, marking a major win for the faction loyal …

HOW INSPECTOR-GENERAL EGBETOKUN TURNED HIS OFFICE INTO HAREM The controversial and meteoric rise of Bukola Kuti, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO 3) to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has peeled back a sordid layer of scandal, favoritism, and internal warfare inside Nigeria’s highest policing institution. SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday that there have been clashes between Kuti and other female …

NNPCL BOSS OJULARI ALLEGEDLY FORCED TO SIGN RESIGNATION LETTER The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, has allegedly been forced to sign a resignation letter. This is according to a Peoples Gazette report on Saturday. According to the report, Ojulari was hijacked on Friday and pressured to sign a resignation letter by …

INFORMATION MINISTER REACTS TO GOVERNOR’S SHUT-DOWN OF RADIO STATION, SAYS ONLY NBC CAN SUSPEND RADIO LICENCE Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has reacted to the ongoing battle between Badeggi Radio Station and the Niger State government. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago had directed shutting down of the radio station and confiscation of its license, citing allegations of unethical …

INEC DELISTS LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES IN FORTHCOMING BYE ELECTION, ABURE FACTION REACTS In a dramatic turn of events, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has descended heavily on the Labour Party, delisting all its candidates in the forthcoming bye election slated for August 16, 2025. INEC’s action could be linked to the leadership crisis confronting the Labour Party The Julius …

OHANAEZE DECRIES EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS BOSS TENURE The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Saturday, reacted to the tenure extension granted to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi. Ohanaeze described the extension by President Bola Tinubu as an “act of institutional injustice and ethnic bigotry”. This was contained in a release by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr …

FG KNOCKS US EMBASSY FOR OVERSTEPPING BOUNDS, INTRUDING IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS Officials of the Federal Government has accused the United States Embassy in Nigeria of overstepping its diplomatic bounds and interfering in the country’s internal affairs, following the circulation of a critical media report targeting Nigerian leaders. Government officials expressed outrage over the U.S. Mission’s alleged role in promoting an …

GHANAIAN PRESIDENT SAYS NO ROOM FOR XENOPHOBIA, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO ECOWAS Ghanaian President John Mahama, has said that there is no place for xenophobia in the Republic of Ghana. This is even as he vowed his commitment to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocols, especially on the free movement of persons and goods. The Special Assistant on …

OUTRAGE AS NIGER GOV ORDERS SHUT DOWN ON RADIO STATION The directive of Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State for the shutdown of Badeggi FM Radio in Minna, the state capital, is generating a storm. Bago had directed the State Commissioner of Police and Commissioner for Homeland Security, Brigadier General Bello Abdullahi Mohammed (RTD) to shut down the media …

EX-GOVS, 37 OTHERS SILENT IN 10TH Senyate Since its inauguration on June 13, 2023, the 10th Senate has been criticised by many as a rubberstamp legislature and an appendage of the presidency. Pundits have argued that the current crop of senators primarily act to fulfill formalities, passively approving decisions made by the executive or other powerful entities rather than actively …