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POLICE ARREST AGIS OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF LEAKING WIKE’S LAND ALLOCATIONS TO SON Nigerian Police Arrest AGIS Staff As FCT Minister Wike Goes After Insiders Who Allegedly Exposed Land Allocations To Son Shaharu, who works with the Fresh Applications Unit of AGIS, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by a team of police detectives, The Peoples Gazette reports. A staff of the …

CRISIS BREWS IN ADC AS NEW FACTION EMERGES, REJECTS COALITION WITH ATIKU’, DAVID MARK, OTHERS A major faction within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kicked against the move by an opposition coalition to adopt the party as its political platform. In a statement issued by Musa Isa Matara, the faction’s national publicity secretary, the group warned that the ADC …

SENATE BACKS CREATION OF SIX FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES The Senate Monday set the stage for creation of six new federal universities through public hearing on establishment bills by its Committee on tertiary education and TETFUND The bills are Federal University of Education (Special), Oyo (Establishment) Bill, 2024; Federal University of Health Sciences, Funtua, Katsina State (Establishment) Bill, 2024 and Federal University …

I AM HAPPY PDP IS FINALLY DEAD – DEJI, CELEBRATES ATIKU, OBI, MARK, OTHERS OVER COALITION Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has lauded key leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition figures for coming together to battle the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the next election. The lawyer specifically thanked the concerned leaders of the main opposition …

HOW AGUIYI IRONSI BECAME 1ST NIGERIAN ARMY GOC Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was born to Mazi Ezeugo Aguiyi’s on 3 March 1924, in Umuahia-Ibeku, present-day Abia State, Nigeria. When he was eight years old, Ironsi moved in with his older sister Anyamma, who was married to Theophilius Johnson, a Sierra Leonean diplomat in Umuahia. Ironsi subsequently took the last name of …

ATIKU BEHIND ALLEGATION I ALLOCATED LANDS TO MY CHILDREN – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has alleged that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is behind allegations that he allocated choice plots of land to his children in exclusive parts of Abuja. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, …

FCTA WORKERS BARRICADE OFFICE, DEMAND WIKE’S REMOVAL OVER UNPAID WAGES, POOR CONDITIONS Staff members of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Abuja have barricaded the entrance of the FCTA Complex, demanding the removal of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over alleged neglect of their welfare. The workers, drawn from various departments, stated that they could no longer endure the …

DAVID MARK, AREGBOSALA NAMED CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY OF COALITION, ADOPTS ADC The political landscape ahead of the 2027 general elections is taking shape as the Atiku-led Coalition has officially adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform for the polls, News360 Nigeria reports. In a key meeting held on Tuesday evening, leaders of the Coalition agreed to reposition the ADC …

OUR ANCESTORS TRACED TO NIGERIA – SAINT LUCIAN SENATE PRESIDENT President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, has highlighted the strong ancestral connections between Nigeria and Saint Lucia. Reynolds cited data from a British census conducted on the island in 1815, revealing that many Saint Lucians trace their origins to Nigeria. She made this known while welcoming President Bola …

ATIKU, DAVID MARK, LAMIDO, OTHERS DUMP PDP, BACK COALITION Key leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, ex-Senate President David Mark, and other party bigwigs, are reportedly on their way out of the party. This was disclosed in a communiqué issued shortly after a meeting of Concerned Leaders …