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WHY I COULDN’T TRAVEL TO AMERICA – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has revealed that he cancelled his planned trip to America due to the recent flood disaster in Borno State. “I was going directly to America, but I had to cut off the trip to be with you, if only for five minutes,” Tinubu said during a visit to the …

VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS ARREST OF MAN WHO TRIED TO ASSASSINATE TRUMP Body cam footage of Ryan Wesley Routh’s arrest has surfaced following his alleged attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life. The video, released by Martin County Sheriff’s deputies, shows the dramatic moments after Routh was pulled over on a Florida highway on Sunday. In the footage, deputies are seen …

BANDITS ATTACK KADUNA CHURCHES, KILL THREE WORSHIPPERS At least three Christian worshipers have been killed following an unprovoked attack by daredevil bandits in Bakinpah-Maro, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. About 31 persons including a pastor were also kidnapped when the assailants launched the attack targeting ECWA and Catholic churches in the community. The incident occurred …

ENUGU TO ASSEMBLE 1,000 TRACTORS LOCALLY BY 2025, 300 READY IN 2024 – GOV MBAH As part of the effort of his administration to grow the state’s economy from $4.4bn to $30bn and ensure food security, tractors needed for farming in Enugu State will be produced in the state before the end of the year, governor of the state, Dr. …

EMILOKAN CAPS, TINUBU’S SYMBOL OF HOPE, NOW RELIC OF DISAPPOINTMENT – ATIKU’S AIDE In a sharp critique of President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has likened the fate of Tinubu’s once-celebrated political symbol, the broken shackle, to the swastika’s historical transformation from a symbol of good fortune to one …

HOPE DASHED AS FUEL FROM DANGOTE REFINERY COSTS MORE THAN IMPORTED ONEAs news broke that the Dangote Refinery had reached agreement to sell petrol to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCl), Nigerians began feeling excited and hoping that gasoline prices would drop in the country.However, that hope was dashed on Sunday when the NNPCL announced that it bought petrol …

NNAMDI KANU’S HEALTH WORSENS, NO LONGER RECEIVES TREATMENT AS DSS FAILS TO MOVE HIM TO HOSPITAL – OPARA The health condition of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has reportedly worsened after Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) rejected requests to move him to Heartland Cardiovascular Consultants Limited for treatment …

TINUBU DIDN’T SIGN PEACE ACCORD IN 2023 – BISHOP KUKAH Matthew Hassan-Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State and one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee, has said President Bola Tinubu did not sign peace accord in 2023. His comment is coming in the wake of the refusal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to sign …

CHOOSE LESSER EVIL BETWEEN TRUMP AND HARRIS – POPE FRANCIS TELLS US VOTERS The Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis has told Catholics in the United States to choose ‘lesser evil’ between Trump, Kamala Harris Pope Francis condemned both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for their positions on some key topics, and labelled them “against life.” Pope Francis, while condemning Trump position …

TINUBU’S GOVT A “CAPTURED STATE” – PETER OBI National leader of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has described democracy under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu as a “captured state”. Obi disclosed this on Monday in a post to commemorate this year’s International Democracy Day. As we join the global community to commemorate International Democracy Day today, we remind …