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The House of Representatives Minority caucus has set up a seven-member committee to investigate allegations that the recently assented tax reform laws were altered after being passed by the National Assembly. Headed by the lawmaker, Afam Ogene, representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra State, the committee is tasked with unraveling the circumstances surrounding the alleged discrepancies and advising the caucus …

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has dismissed rumours of his plan to defect from Labour Party, stating he would remain to “rescue” the party that brought him to power. Otti made this clear during his monthly media chat, “Dr. Alex Otti speaks to Abians.” At the media interactive, he was asked to respond to defection rumours and to also …

The Parish Priest of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Agbor, in Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State, Rev. Fr. (Barr.) Stephen Chukwuma, has d!ed after collapsing on the pulpit while delivering a homily. The incident which occurred during the New Year Eve Mass on 31st December, 2025 stunned worshippers and sent shockwaves across the Catholic community. …

United States President, Donald Trump has announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Trump disclosed this in a post via his Truth Social media account on Saturday. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and …

As with many godfather-godson relationships in Nigeria’s political history, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf appears to have fallen out with his political mentor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. In what has become a dramatic week in Kano politics, a relationship spanning more than four decades, dating back to their years as civil engineers at the Water Resources and Engineering Construction …

Suspected political thugs have invaded Londa Hotel in the Orazi axis of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State on Friday night disrupting Arise News live interview. The Arise TV crew were having the live interview with former Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa at the hotel when the assailants stormed the hotel. Nwibubasa was speaking on …

The Anambra government has described the chieftaincy title recently conferred on Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of state for foreign affairs, as fake. Odumegwu-Ojukwu had taken to X on Wednesday to announce what she described as her 11th traditional title in Igboland. The minister said she was conferred with the title “Anyanwu N’Awalu Ora”—meaning light of the community—at the Igu Aro cultural …

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami will today, December 2, begin bail battle in the N9bn corruption charges brought against them by the federal government. Malami, his son and one Hajia Bashir Asabe, a staff of Ramadiya Property Limited currently in Kuje prison on remand, are expected …

Special Adviser on Public Communications to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has dismissed claims by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, that a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi, deceived his followers. This was as Shaibu also dismissed Keyamo’s claim that Obi joined ADC because he wanted to be running mate and …

Nigeria’s political and public landscape witnessed a flurry of major developments this week. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu insisted on the January 1 implementation of new tax laws despite opposition backlash, while former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of 2027. In the same period, a Federal High Court ordered the remand of …