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EFCC DECLARES LAGOS SOCIALITE, GOV, SANWO-OLU’S ALLY, AISHA ACHIMUGU WANTED FOR ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared businesswoman and socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted. The agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a circular released via the EFCC’s X handle on Friday. According to the EFCC, Achimugu is wanted by the agency in an alleged …

US CUTS FUNDING FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans to quit some, …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

WHY AKPABIO WON’T REACT TO ATIKU’S CORRUPTION, SEX HARASSMENT ALLEGATION -;MEDIA AIDE Eseme Eyiboh, media aide to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said his principal respects ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and will, therefore, not respond to Atiku’s claim of corruption and sexual abuse against him. Eyiboh stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He was …

NORTHERN YOUTHS REJECT BILL SEEKING TO CONVERT LAGOS 37 LCDAS TO LGS The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has vehemently rejected a proposed bill seeking to convert 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State into full-fledged Local Government Areas. In a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna, the NYCN National President, Isah Abubakar, described the proposed bill as ”unjust …

ENUGU REPS MEMBER FACES RECALL AS CONSTITUENTS PETITION INEC Registered Voters of Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency, Enugu State have commenced the process to recall the lawmaker representing them in the House of Representatives, Hon. Martins Oke. This was contained in a letter of petition dated March 27, 2025 and addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The petitioners represented …

HUMPHREY NWOSU DIED WITHOUT CONFESSING, HE CAN’T BE REWARDED – OSHIOMHOLE Senator Adams Oshiomhole has opposed any posthumous recognition for the late Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), arguing that he failed Nigerians by not officially declaring the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election. Speaking during a Senate debate on …

BAYELSA GOVERNOR, DIRI, RAISES ALARM OVER PLANNED RALLY FOR WIKE, SAYS IT COULD CAUSE CRISIS Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has raised concerns over a planned mega rally and the inauguration of a group loyal to Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. He warned that such a gathering could create tension and lead to a crisis in the state. …

ATIKU ABUBAKAR DID NOT RECEIVE MONEY FROM SANWO-OLU – ATIKU MEDIA OFFICE People’s Gazette published a strange story that Governor Sanwo-Olu was in trouble because President Tinubu discovered that he and others sent money to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, through Aisha Achimugu, for their 2023 election campaign. We at Atiku Media Office have taken note of reports in …