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I HEAR GOV MBAH HAS A SYSTEM OF WATCHING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ENUGU – KENNETH OKONKWO Kenneth Okonkwo, a lawyer, has said that the governor of Enugu State has a system that allows for the monitoring of activities across the state in real time. Okonkwo stated in a video that was shared by Channels TV that leaders in the …

LABOUR PARTY ENDORSES OBI FOR 2027 PRESIDENTIAL BID, OTTI, RHODES-VIVOUR FOR GOVERNORSHIPS The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday endorsed the 2023 Presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The party, which has equally endorsed Governor Alex Otti of Abia State’s re-election bid and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour …

GOVT OFFICIALS PAID FOR ONE HOSPITAL PROJECT FIVE TIMES WITHOUT BUILDING IT The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), Wednesday narrated how one hospital project was paid for 100 percent by government officials, five times, without building the hospital. He spoke at a media engagement with Northern media executives and Bureau …

OHANAEZE YOUTHS REJECT PROPOSED FIVE NEW STATES FOR SOUTH EAST, SCOLD REGION’S REPS The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rejected the proposed additional five states for the South-East. It was reported that Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. …

I WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR IMMIGRANTS TO GET BRITISH CITIZENSHIP – KEMI BADENOCH VOWS The United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has vowed that she will make it more difficult for immigrants to get British citizenship. While making one of her first policy announcements since she became leader, Badenoch said immigrants would only be able to apply for citizenship …

2027: OPPOSITION FORCES UNITE TO OUST TINUBU As the 2027 general elections draw closer, opposition parties and dissatisfied members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are intensifying their behind-the-scenes consultations, strategizing to form a formidable coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s administrati Key political stakeholders from the North and South, including opposition parties, APC defectors, and civil society groups, are …

HOW BANDITS ABDUCTED ARMY GENERAL Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was said to have been abducted alongside nine other residents. At the time of this report, the attackers had yet to contact the families of the abducted persons. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around midnight on Wednesday, when …

HOW TRUMP’S ORDER TRIGGERED MAJOR DISRUPTION in BAUCHI Suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the order of President Donald Trump has affected family planning programme in Bauchi State. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board, stated that the suspension activities has impacted the distribution of family planning commodities. …

KILLERS ofT ANAMBRA LAWMAKER NABBED AS SOLUDO’S GOVT CONTINUES CRACKDOWN ON GUNMEN The Anambra State Government has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic passing of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Onitsha North State Constituency I. The government extended its condolences to the Speaker and members of the Anambra State House of Assembly, …

FORMER NYSC DIRECTOR GENERAL, OTHERS KIDNAPPED BY BANDITS IN KATSINA Suspected bandits have killed one person and abducted a former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (retd), in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State. The bandits also abducted at least nine others, even as they were said to have ransacked …