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THERE’S A SECRET MEMO IN GOVT AGAINST THE IGBO – SOWORE Nigerian politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has claimed that there exists a confidential memorandum within the government advising caution regarding the Igbo people. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) said the memo warns against an Igbo presidency. Sowore asserted that the Igbo community cannot prosper …

APPEAL COURT SETS UP PANEL OVER RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has set up a three-member special panel to hear all appeals relating to the political disputes in Rivers State, including the one between Governor Simianalayi Fubara and the House of Assembly. According to reports, the panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, …

NJC, COURT OF APPEAL DISPEL RUMOURS OF DEATH OF JUSTICES WHO UPHELD TINUBU’S ELECTION The National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Court of Appeal have denied reports of the mysterious deaths of two of the justices who upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu in 2023. According to the NJC and the Court of Appeal, these claims are false and …

PLATEAU UNITED FANS ATTACK, BEAT ENUGU RANGERS COACH, PLAYERS Some irate fans of Plateau United on Sunday evening attacked the team bus of Enugu Rangers after the Flying Antelopes held their football club to a goalless draw on the Match Day 11 of the 2024/2025 Nigerian Football League. This was disclosed by an official of the team, Felix Ifeanyi, who …

FG SPENT N19B ON PRESIDENTIAL PLANES IN 15 MONTHS – REPORT At least N19.43bn was spent on the maintenance and operations of the Presidential Air Fleet from July 2023 to September 2024.Checks on GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal Government’s spending, showed that for 2024, the payouts amounted to N13.55bn, representing 66 per cent of …

EVERY NIGERIAN NOW OWES N620,000 – DEBT PER CAPITA REPORT A dats review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501. According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at …

UNLIKE YOU, I’M NOT A BIGOT, WICKEDNESS IS EXTRAORDINARY FOR T-PAIN, ATIKU REPLIES TINUBU Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and approach to governance is killing Nigerians, and this should be his focus rather than attacking the opposition which is not in the saddle.Naija News reports that Atiku said this in a statement on …

TINUBU’S EX-MINISTER KICKS AGAINST REMOVAL,, SAYS HE’S NOT GUILTY The sacked Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Gwarzo, has kicked against his removal from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Gwarzo claimed that he was not guilty of poor performance. In a cabinet reshuffle on October 23, 2024, Tinubu dismissed Gwarzo alongside four other ministers. The other dismissed ministers …

PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTIONERS LAMENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners, ANPMP, says private hospitals in Nigeria are folding up due to the ravaging economic downturn. It also revealed that the nation’s economic situation has forced several Nigerians into self medication, resulting in organ failure and subsequently, death. ANPMP’s Chairman, Dr Odia Festus Ihongbe in an exclusive interview …

.RENO OMOKRI DEFENDS PETER OBI AGAINST GOOGLE Controversial political activist, Reno Omokri has defended Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election following claims that he lied about building a branch of Savannah Bank in Anambra. Omokri said Google’s answer on the issue was wrong. Recall that Omokri since throwing his support for Bola Tinubu after …