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PETER OBI’S GAME PLAN FOR 2027, BY -ISAAC ABIMBADEThe 2023 Nigeria Presidential election was a lesson course for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. As 2027 approaches, Nigerians are once again gearing up for another round of electoral theatrics. The last presidential election in 2023 saw the youth-favourite, Peter Obi, finish a disappointing third. But Obi isn’t backing …

CLARK FAULTS PDP FOR SETTING UP RECOGNITION COMMITTEE Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for setting up a reconciliation committee, arguing that the party needs a probe panel to investigate members involved in anti-party activities. In an open letter addressed to Amb. Umar Illiya Damagum, the PDP acting national chairman on Tuesday, August 20, …

RECORD OF Ex-CJN ONNOGHEN’S CCT CASE FILE DECLARED MISSING IN AGF OFFICE The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) has declared that it cannot find the case file for the trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, five years after the conclusion of the trial. Onnoghen was prosecuted …

TINUBU’S SON, SEYI, LEBANESE FRIEND, OWN COMPANY AWARDED $13B LAGOS -CALABAR HIGHWAY CONTRACT The Chagoury brothers’ company, Hitech Construction Company Ltd., recently received a contract to build a 700-kilometer coastal highway in Nigeria without a public bidding process.Leaked documents reveal that the son of Nigeria’s president co-owned an offshore company with the son of billionaire brothers Ronald and Gilbert Chagoury.The …

I AM NOT LEAVING PDP – FUBARA ASSURES BoT Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has refuted speculation that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, affirming that Rivers remains a PDP-controlled state. Governor Fubara made this clarification to dispel false rumours circulating about his imminent departure from the party. He reiterated his commitment to the PDP during a visit …

NIGERIANS DESERVES EXPLANATIONS ON NEW, OLD PRESIDENTIAL JETS – PETER OBI The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last year’s election, Peter Obi, has asked the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to come clean on the details of the newly acquired presidential jet and those of the old ones being sold off. He made the call on …

HOW TINUBU’S AIDES SHARED N54B FORFEITED FUND BY FORMER CBN GOVERNOR, GODWIN EMEFIELE Some of President Bola Tinubu’s ministers and aides are accused of sharing over N54 billion from the N120 billion forfeited to the Federal Government by Aminu Yaro and his wife, Saadatu Yaro. The Yaros, who were associates of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, reportedly agreed to forfeit …

FG RAISES 10-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO ENFORCE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON LG AUTONOMY The Federal Government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on 11th July, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen …

REVIEW MINIMUM PENSION TO MATCH WITH N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE – NUP The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has lamented how some pensioners who retired from government establishments earn as little as N500 as monthly pensions. The union’s Secretary for Kaduna State, Alhassan Musa, revealed the development which he described as precarious. He demanded the review of minimum pension to match …

US PRESIDENT STILL USING 34-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL JET, WHILE NIGERIA ABANDONED 19-YEAR-OLD AIRCRAFT After weeks of silence, the Presidency unveiled the newly purchased Airbus A330, on Monday. Discussion about a new Presidential jet began after the problems encountered by the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) acquired under former President Olusegun Obasanjo 19 years ago developed fault on separate trips to Saudi Arabia, …