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HOW PETER OBI’S EFFECT STOPPED ME FROM WINNING GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION – JANDOR Former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has opined that the effect of the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, stopped him from defeating the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Recall that …

GEORGE WARNS TINUBU OVER LAGOS, RIVERS, OSUN CRISES, SAYS DON’T ALLOW UNPATRIOTIC ELEMENTS TO DERAIL OUR DEMOCRACY Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to allow despotic and unpatriotic elements to derail Nigeria’s democracy. In an open letter titled “From Osun to Lagos and Rivers: Darkness Looms,” George …

GEORGE WARNS TINUBU OVER LAGOS, RIVERS, OSUN CRISES, SAYS DON’T ALLOW UNPATRIOTIC ELEMENTS TO DERAIL OUR DEMOCRACY Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to allow despotic and unpatriotic elements to derail Nigeria’s democracy. In an open letter titled “From Osun to Lagos and Rivers: Darkness Looms,” George …

EX-IMMIGRATION BOSS, PARRADANG, DIED IN HOTEL ROOM AFTER RECEIVING FEMALE VISITOR – POLICE The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has firmly dismissed reports alleging that retired Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Shikfu Parradang, was kidnapped and murdered. In an official statement issued by the Police Public Relations Office, authorities clarified the circumstances surrounding Mr Parradang’s death, …

FORMER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION, PARRADANG, KILLED BY BANDITS David Shikfu Parradang, former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja. Citing sources, counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, Parradang, said Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama said after being trailed from a bank where …

FORMER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION, PARRADANG, KILLED BY BANDITS IN ABUJA David Shikfu Parradang, former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja. Citing sources, counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, Parradang, said Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama said after being trailed from a …

NATASHA vs AKPABIO: FEMALE SENATORS HAVE PASSED STAGE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT – ITA-GIWA Former Presidential Adviser and senator, Florence Ita-Giwa has reacted to the sexual harassment claim made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, stating that women in the Senate cannot be sexually harassed once they are elected. Akpoti-Uduaghan recently accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of frustrating her efforts to raise …

LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKERSHIP TUSSLE: HOW TINUBU SNUBBED SANWO-OLU, TO INSIST ON OBASA The Lagos House of Assembly finally settled its political crisis as Mudashiru Obasa resumed his role as Speaker in a dramatic turn of events.His reinstatement, reportedly influenced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who also serves as the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), brought an abrupt …

SHOWDOWN LOOMS IN RIVERS OVER ASSEMBLY BUDGET PRESENTATION ULTIMATUM Governor Siminalayi Fubara is set for a showdown with the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly as he rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the lawmakers to present the 2025 budget. The governor also dismissed the assembly’s opposition to his directive for outgoing local government chairmen to hand over to …

ANAMBRA 2025: PDP FAILS TO ATTRACT ASPIRANTS AS FORMS REMAIN UNSOLD The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to sell any of its nomination and expression of interest forms for the upcoming Anambra governorship election, more than a week after it announced the commencement of the sale. As of press time, no aspirant has stepped forward to purchase the forms, …