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WHY APC CHOSE YILWATDA AS NATIONAL CHAIIIRMAN The emergence of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as the substantive national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday has continued to elicit mixed reactions over the political calculations that led to his selection. Nentawe, who currently serves in the federal cabinet as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, …

STATES HAVE NO JURISDICTION TO DEVIATE FROM TARIFFS – NERC WARNS The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued a stern warning to state electricity regulators, declaring that states do not possess the jurisdiction to unilaterally deviate from federally-determined electricity tariffs when importing power from the national grid. The statement follows a controversial tariff order issued by the Enugu State …

US GOVT TELLS CITIZENS TO RECONSIDER TRAVELING TO NIGERIA The United States (US) government has urged its citizens to reconsider traveling to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services. The United States government issued the warning on July 15, 2025 in a fresh travel advisory to its citizens published on …

NYESOM WIKE SIGNS MoU TO REPLICATE DUBAI LIFESTYLE IN ABUJA The Federal Capital Te,rritory Administration, FCTA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MAG International Links Ltd, a private investor, for the development of City Walk Abuja. Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, said that the project would be a replica of City …

DEFECTIONS MAY LEAD TO MILITARY TAKEOVER – HURIWA The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned that the ongoing wave of defections by federal lawmakers to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), could destabilize the country’s fragile democracy and potentially open the door for a military takeover. A statement on Wednesday by the group’s National Coordinator Emmanuel Onwubiko …

ENUGU COMMUNITY CRIES OUT OVER ALLEGED FORCEFUL ACQUISITION OF COMMUNAL LAND Obeagu Awkunanaw community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State has raised the alarm over what it called forceful acquisition of its communal land. They made the outcry in a statement issued on Thursday, signed by Chief Andy Egbo, a key stakeholder, Chief Chiene I. Chiene, Chairman …

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS THREATEN DARKNESS FOR BAND A CUSTOMERS IN ENUGU OVER TARIFF REDUCTION The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, has threatened to plunge Band A electricity customers in Enugu State into darkness if they pay the N160 per kilowatt-hour as an electricity bill in line with the Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission Multi-Year-Tariff Order. Sunday Oduntan, gave the warning on …

I WILL COME TO EDO AGAIN – PETER OBI DISMISSES OKPEBHOLO’S THREAT Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that he will return to Edo, despite threats by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo. Obi spoke while responding to questions from journalists in Awka over Okpebholo’s warning that his safety will not be guaranteed if he comes to the …

KWANKWASO HITS TINUBU: SAYS HE NEGLECTS THE NORTH, DEVELOPS SOUTHERN NIGERIA The strongman of Kano politics, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the President Bola Tinubu administration for what he described as the neglect of the northern region of Nigeria and the concentration of the nation’s resources on developing the southern part of the country where the president comes from. “Let me …

COALITION OF CONFUSION – TINUBU MOCKS ADC; YOU’RE AFRAID COALITION WILL SEND YOU YOU BACK TO IRAGBIJI – ATIKU COUNTERS President Bola Tinubu has chided the opposition coalition formed on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, describing it as a “coalition of confusion.” Tinubu made the remark on Thursday at the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the …