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LAGOS MONARCH DETHRONES SIX CHIEFS FOR ATTENDING LABOUR PARTY CAMPAIGN The Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba AbdulFatai Oyegbemi, on Monday took the decision to dethrone six chiefs. The chiefs had attended the campaign flag-off of the Labour Party, LP, in Apapa – ahead of the Lagos State local government polls. Oba Oyegbemi called a palace meeting, in which …

DANGOTE REFINERY REDUCES FUEL PRICE AS PETROL MARKETERS HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has reduced its premium motor spirit ex-depot price to N840 from N880 per litre. This comes as petroleum product marketers plan an emergency meeting to drop fuel prices from Tuesday. The President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this during an …

HOW PDP GOVS, BOT RESOLVED IMPASSE The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared to ease on Monday after leaders at the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting agreed to reinstate Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the national secretary. Anyanwu’s status had been a major bone of contention since the PDP’s loss in the 2023 presidential election, with divisions …

871,000 DIE FROM LONELINESS EVERY YEAR – WHO The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday says that no fewer than 871,000 people die worldwide annually from loneliness. According to WHO commission, one in six people worldwide is affected by loneliness, which, along with social isolation, can lead to physical illness. It said that loneliness increases the risk of strokes, heart …

80 YEARS OLD, 40 YEARS IN OFFICE, UGANDA’S PRESIDENT, MUSEVENI, IN 7TH TERM RACE Africa is truly a funny place. 80 year old President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has been President since 1986. He announced this week that he will be running for President again 2026, a record 7th time! After 40 years in power, the man has not yet …

I HAVE BEEN PART OF COALITION FROM DAY ONE; ATTENDED ALL MEETINGS – PETER OBI Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he cannot tell for now what his next action would be if the proposed political coalition fails to adopt him as the presidential candidate. This is even as he allayed the fears …

RIVERS, BAYELSA, PLATEAU, KANO GOVS TO JOIN US IN TWO MONTHS – APC CHIEFTAIN The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Vice Chairman (Southeast), Ijeoma Arodiogbu, has disclosed that governors from Bayelsa, Rivers, Plateau, Kano, and either Abia or Enugu States would defect to the party within the next two months. Arodiogbu made the disclosure while dismissing claims of an opposition …

PDP UNITED: NO ROOM FOR FACTIONS OR COALITIONS – BALA MOHAMMED The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reaffirmed the unity of the PDP, declaring that there are no factions, parallel meetings, or splinter coalitions within the party. Mohammed made this known while addressing party leaders at the 100th National …

PDP NEC AFFIRMS SAM ANYANWU AS PARTY NATIONAL SECRETARY The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, declared on Monday that the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, has affirmed Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary. Damagum spoke in Abuja after the NEC meeting, which was held at the party’s headquarters. According to him, Anyanwu’s affirmation was …

YOU WANT TO TURN THIS COUNTRY TO NORTH KOREA OR RUSSIA – BODE GEORGE WARNS AFTER POLICE HALT PDP MEETING A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has condemned the blockade of the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja by security operatives, describing it as a dangerous drift toward authoritarianism. George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the …