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Y OBIDIENT MOVEMENT BIGGER THAN LP, WE CHANGE PARTY IF… YUNUSA The National Coordinator of Nigeria’s “Obidient” Movement, Yunusa Tanko has asserted the movement’s independence and the possibility to pivot to another platform to uphold its values of good governance and accountability. He said, “The Obidient Movement is bigger than the Labour Party… We have them everywhere, academicians, traders, some …

COMMITTEE ON LG AUTONOMY CONCLUDES ASSIGNMENT The Committee on Local Government Autonomy set up by the Federal Government has concluded its meetings and signed the technical document, which is expected to be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu soon.The National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, Hakeem Ambali, made this known in an interview with our correspondent on …

EDICT ESTABLISHING NIGERIA EXPIRED TEN YEARS AGO – NORTHERN ELDERS The Northern Elders Forum has declared that the Edict that birthed Nigeria expired 10 years ago.The chairman of the Forum, Ango Abdullahi, stated this, in an interview, on the sidelines of a “national dialogue on home grown parliamentary system” organised by a group of members of the House of Representativesunder …

NEW EDO GOVERNOR, OKPEBHOLO, HITS GROUND RUNNING, APPOINTS KEY OFFICERS Newly sworn-in governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has appointed Barrister Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to the State Government (SGG).The appointment, alongside others, was the first to be made by the governor hours after assumption of office on Tuesday.Also, a former federal lawmaker, Dr Samson Osagie, has been …

BREAKING. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, JUSTIN WELBY RESIGNS This comes after the independent Makin review discovered that the Church of England covered up sexual abuse by a barrister. Following calls for his resignation, Welby said the report “exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth”. According to Welby, he believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution …

, ABIA DECLARES FREE EDUCATION: TO PROSECUTE DEFAULTING PARENTS, GUARDIAN Abia State government has announced free and compulsory education for all children in the state irrespective of their state of origin. The free education, which will commence by January 2025, will run from primary one to Junior Secondary School three in all public schools. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey …

WAR OF FIRST LADIES: MELENA TRUMP SNUBS JILL BIDEN, SKIPS TRADITIONAL MEETING Melania Trump will not join Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, despite receiving an invitation from President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden to attend. Traditionally, when the outgoing president hosts the incoming president-elect in the Oval Office, the first lady hosts her successor for …

DANGOTE, IPMAN REACH ACCORD ON LIFTING OF PMS, OTHERS DIRECTLY The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has finally secured an agreement with Dangote Refinery to lift products directly. Abubakar Garima, IPMAN National President, announced this on Monday after a meeting of the National Working Committee of the Association in Abuja. “We’re pleased to announce that Dangote Refinery has …

THE UNTOLD STORY OF EQUATORIAL GUINEAS SEX TAPE LEAKIn recent weeks, Equatorial Guinea has been rocked by an explosive scandal involving leaked sex tapes of Baltasar Ebang Mr Engonga, a senior civil servant and nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.What began as a salacious scandal may, in fact, be the latest power play in the fight over the country’s presidential …

THERE’S A SECRET MEMO IN GOVT AGAINST THE IGBO – SOWORE Nigerian politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has claimed that there exists a confidential memorandum within the government advising caution regarding the Igbo people. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) said the memo warns against an Igbo presidency. Sowore asserted that the Igbo community cannot prosper …