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FALSE PROPHETS INFLUENCED GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER TO ACCUSE FATHER OF ‘SACRIFICING’ MOTHER – AKWA IBOM GOVT The Akwa Ibom State Government has issued an official response following a viral video in which Jane Edidiong Ufot, daughter of Governor Umo Eno, accused her father of being responsible for the death of his wife, the late First Lady, Patience Umo Eno. In the …

PATIENCE JONATHAN BAGS PhD, URGES NIGERIANS TO EMBRACE LIFELONG LEARNING Wife of a former President of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, has earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. This is as she used the occasion to inspire Nigerian women and youths to embrace lifelong learning. This was disclosed in a statement …

DISQUIET IN APC OVER AUTOMATIC TICKETS There is simmering unease within the All Progressives Congress (APC) over automatic tickets for the party’s National Assembly members ahead of the 2027 general election.It was learnt that some APC governors oppose the automatic ticket plan and may have concluded plans to frustrate the arrangement.A governor from the South East and his counterpart from …

NIGERIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS TO MEET WITH NEW POPE Catholic bishops in Nigeria have obtained a schedule to travel to Rome and officially meet with the new Pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost. The message to this effect reached the bishops at the weekend, according to the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Most Reverend Stephen Mamza. Mamza explained during an interaction with newsmen in …

NIGERIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS TO MEET WITH NEW POPE Catholic bishops in Nigeria have obtained a schedule to travel to Rome and officially meet with the new Pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost. The message to this effect reached the bishops at the weekend, according to the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Most Reverend Stephen Mamza. Mamza explained during an interaction with newsmen in …

NNPCL’S REFINERIES OF WASTE – PUNCH EDITORIAL Nigeria’s public refineries, under perpetual government control, remain trapped in a cycle of dormancy and inefficiency. At best, they operate sporadically, with the country squandering resources on endless rehabilitation efforts that yield little progress.This reality was underscored again late in May when the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited announced that it had shut …

JESUS IS TAKING OVER AS NORTHERN EX-MUSLIMS VOW.TO CONTINUE PREACHING Following the death of Rev David Azamman in a car crash on Saturday May 24, some ex-Muslims in the north have vowed to continue preaching Jesus. Rev Azamman was a popular Kaduna preacher who has a huge social media following. He died on his way to Kaduna after a mass …

15 CATHOLIC PARISHES IN MAKURDI SHUT AS HERDSMEN KILL 50 No fewer than 15 parishes in Makurdi Catholic Diocese have been shut down following the incessant attacks on communities within the diocese by suspected armed herders, This was disclosed on Sunday by the Chairman of Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association, Makurdi Diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Beba, while addressing journalists at …

‘YOU CONSPIRED, REMOVED JONATHAN YET NOTHING CHANGED, – DICKSON TO AMAECHI, ATIKU, A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has handed a subtle warning to leaders of the new political coalition. There is an ongoing coalition being built by the likes of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, among others. …

MEMO TO @officialABAT on MATTER OF SENATOR @NatashaAkpoti, BY OBY EZEKWESILI The latest act of State Capture by your administration is to collude for reasons of political gain, with the accused Senate President – to silence and repress a citizen who has made serious allegations against him for which he refuses to surrender himself to independent investigation and fair hearing. …