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STOP PLAYING GOD, NIGERIA BECOMING A MAFIA STATE – BAKARE TELLS TINUBU Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, has asked President Bola Tinubu to accept advice and “stop playing God”. Speaking on Sunday during his state of the nation broadcast at the church in Lagos, Bakare said the president should implement a “coordinated programme” to steer …

SOME OPERATIVES OF SOLUDO’S SECURITY OUTFIT ARE ARMED ROBBERS, KIDNAPPERS – AIDE The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on community security, Chief Ken Emeakayi, has lamented the alleged infiltration of criminally – minded people into the state’s newly established Agunechemba security outfit. Reacting to reports that some operatives of Agunechemba are now extorting people, using guns, Emeakayi said that …

ATIKU-PETER OBI ALLIANCE: SPECULATIONS STIR ABOUT POTENTIAL POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT As the 2027 presidential election approaches, speculations surrounding a potential alliance between former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have become the focal point of Nigerian political discourse. Atiku first hinted at the possibility of such an alliance in 2024 following what he described as …

I WAS TOTALLY DISPLEASED WITH ENUGU AIRPORT RUNWAY REPAIRS — KEYAMO Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has voiced his strong disapproval of the rehabilitation work carried out on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, describing it as substandard and unsafe. In a statement posted on his official X handle on Saturday, Keyamo announced …

I WAS TOTALLY DISPLEASED WITH ENUGU AIRPORT RUNWAY REPAIRS — KEYAMO Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has voiced his strong disapproval of the rehabilitation work carried out on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, describing it as substandard and unsafe. In a statement posted on his official X handle on Saturday, Keyamo announced …

NORTH CRYING UNDER TINUBU, WILL SOON DECIDE POLITICAL DIRECTION – EX-PRESIDENT’S AIDE Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said the North is crying under Tinubu’s administration. Baba-Ahmed said the North will decide its political direction because the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari made the region wiser. Making the remark in a viral …

ANGRY BENUE YOUTHS BLOCK GOVERNOR ALIA’S CONVOY There was unrest in Zaki Biam, Benue State, as angry youths vehemently rejected Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormen Alia, Ukum LGA Chairman Hon. Jonathan Modi, and other prominent indigenes from entering their community. Shouting “Go! We don’t need you here!”, the protesters blocked access and expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s presence and …

ANGRY BENUE YOUTHS BLOCK GOVERNOR ALIA’S CONVOY There was unrest in Zaki Biam, Benue State, as angry youths vehemently rejected Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormen Alia, Ukum LGA Chairman Hon. Jonathan Modi, and other prominent indigenes from entering their community. Shouting “Go! We don’t need you here!”, the protesters blocked access and expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s presence and …

HOUSE RENT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNLESS THERE IS URGENT REFORM The National President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Akintoye Adeoye, has warned that rent prices would continue to rise unless the government urgently addresses structural and economic challenges affecting the real estate sector. “Rent will continue to go up. And the reason is because of what …

DON’T BE SWAYED BY RECENT CPC ENDORSEMENTS – EX-SGF ADVISES TINUBU Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has advised President Bola Tinubu not to be swayed by the recent endorsement from former governors of Nasarawa and Katsina states, Tanko Al-Makura, Aminu Bello Masari, and some members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). In …