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AKPABIO PETITIONS POLICE OVER ASSASSINATION PLOT, WANTS NATASHA PROSECUTED Senate President Godswill Akpabio has formally petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, requesting an investigation into an alleged assassination plot against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The petition, dated April 3, 2025, comes after Akpoti-Uduaghan’s public outburst on April 1, 2025, in which she accused Akpabio of instructing …

WE ERRED OVER LIST OF TINUBU’S APPOINTMENTS: – PRESIDENCY The presidency has acknowledged errors in an earlier released list said to be a compilation of appointments made by President Bola Tinubu since assuming office in 2023. The previous list was released on Wednesday night by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare. Dare was …

COURT SUMMONS RIVERS ADMINISTRATOR OVER LGA APPOINTMENTS The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has summoned the Rivers State Administrator to appear before it and justify why an interim order should not be issued to halt the proposed appointment of Sole Administrators across the state’s 23 Local Government Areas. Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed issued the directive on Monday, April 7, …

COURT SUMMONS RIVERS ADMINISTRATOR OVER LGA APPOINTMENTS The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has summoned the Rivers State Administrator to appear before it and justify why an interim order should not be issued to halt the proposed appointment of Sole Administrators across the state’s 23 Local Government Areas. Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed issued the directive on Monday, April 7, …

LAGOS PROBES DEATH OF A LADY KILLED BY OVERHEAD WATER TANK The Lagos State Government has announced plans to launch an investigation into the tragic death of 30-year-old Cynthia Oguzie, who was reportedly killed when an overhead water tank collapsed onto her apartment in the Lekki area of the state. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Safety Commission, Adewunmi Okoh, …

DANGOTE REFINERY SLASHES PETROL PRICE TO ₦865 As exclusively predicted by The PUNCH, the Dangote refinery has informed marketers and its customers of a downward review of its ex-gantry loading cost to N865 per litre. The new price is a reduction of N15 from N880 per litre sold by the facility on Wednesday. Our correspondent gathered that the refinery informed …

US FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE, SPEAKS ON RUMOURED DIVORCE WITH BARACK OBAMA Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has addressed divorce rumours circulating around her marriage to Barack. Michelle also claimed that it was time for her to start asking tough questions. According to her, women “struggle with disappointing people.” “They couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice …

FG STOPS ACTING VCS, RECTORS, PROVOST’S FROM CONTESTING SUBSTANTIVE POSITIONS Following recent crisis which trailed appointment of institutional heads in certain public universities and other tertiary institutions nationwide, the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, on Thursday approved the implementation of a guiding policy on eligibility for the appointment of Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts. The policy, which was announced …

CRUDE OIL PRICE CRASHES, PUTS 2025 FG REVENUE TARGET IN JEOPARDY THE price of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium oil grade, yesterday, dropped by 5.09 percent to $59.62 per barrel in the global market at the backdrop of the on-going ripples created by the tariff war that has followed the series of tariff hikes announced by the United States of America …

NATASHA AKPOTI: LESSONS FOR POLITICIANS Politicians have a lot to learn from the embattled senator representing Kogi central senatorial district, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE In just few weeks, the senator representing Kogi central senatorial zone, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has assumed a somewhat mixed image in the minds of people. That comes from a cocktail of characters either expressed herself or …