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2027: I’VE NO PROBLEM DEPUTIZING PETER OBI, WE’RE READY FOR TALKS – KWANKWASO The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso has hinted at the possibility of him deputizing his Labour Party counterpart in the last election, Peter Obi. In a video clip currently trending on X microblogging platform, the former governor …

FCT THREATENS TO REVOKE PLOTS OWNED BY BUHARI’S CHILDREN, OTHERSThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy C-of-O) of the plots of land belonging to some prominent Nigerians and corporate organisations if they fail to settle the outstanding payments for the certificates within two weeks.The FCTA issued the threat in a notice to 3,273 …

GOVERNOR MBAH’S CRUSADE SWEEPS THROUGH ENUGU MORIBUND ASSETS, BY UCHE ANICHUKWUDecrepit. Abandoned. Eyesore. Wasted.These and more are the immediate adjectives and pictures that confront any visitor to the once iconic Sunrise Flour Mills, one of the legacies of Senator Jim Nwobodo as the governor of old Anambra State. It was commissioned in 1983 to add to the industrialisation and economic …

PRESIDENT TINUBU SET TO REVEAL LIST OF SACKED, NEW MINISTERSMultiple sources within the Presidency have revealed that President Ahmed Tinubu has completed the selection process, identifying which ministers will be retained and which will be dropped.The much-anticipated announcement is expected to be made on Thursday night, shortly after Tinubu arrived in the United Kingdom for his two-week annual leave.The looming …

JONATHAN CAUTIONS JUDICIARY, POLICE OVER ROLES IN RIVERS CRISISFormer president, Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned the Judiciary and the Police over their roles in the crisis in Rivers State, warning that the political crisis may collapse Nigeria like the collapse of the Old Western Region. Jonathan stated this on Saturday in a statement he signed saying the unfolding political crisis is …

APP SWEEPS LG ELECTION IN RIVERS Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has regained control of the Local Government structure as his loyalists who contested elections under the Action Peoples Party (APP) have won all but one of the 23 chairmanship positions. Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, declared the result in Port …

GOVERNOR APPOINTS DAUGHTER ACTING FIRST LADY Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has appointed his daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as the Acting First Lady of the state. This comes weeks after losing his wife, Pastor Patience Eno. The governor made the announcement during a condolence visit by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and other dignitaries in Uyo, the state …

HEAVY GUNFIRE AT WIKE’S WARD AS RIVERS LG ELECTION TURNS VIOLENT The ongoing local government elections in Rivers State have descended into chaos, with heavy gunfire erupting in the Rumuepirikom community, hometown of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. It should be noted that Wike, a former governor of the state, is at odds with the present …

CONFUSION IN PDP OVER RIVERS LG ELECTION The crisis rocking opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affected its position on the Local Government election in Rivers State. While the National Working Committee of the party has asked members of the party to take part in the election, the state chapter of the party gave a directive for them to shun …

EXPLOSION ROCKS RIVERS APC SECRETARIAT HOURS TO LG ELECTION There is tension in Rivers State as individuals suspected of arson reportedly detonated explosives at the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday morning.Naija News reports that the APC is the principal opposition political party in Rivers State. The state is preparing to hold its local government elections …