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PETER OBI BEATS BUHARI, TINUBU TO EMERGE MOST IMPACTFUL POLITICIAN OF FOURTH REPUBLIC Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election has emerged the most impactful politician of the Fourth Republic. He beat both former President Muhammadu Buhari and the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Champion Newspapers Ltd. gave the award to Obi at …

THUGS, ANTI-ABURE SUPPORTERS CLASH AT LP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT Pandemonium erupted on Monday when suspected thugs attacked members and executives of the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party who came to protest the continued stay of the National Chairman, Julius Abure, in office after his purported suspension last week. The hoodlums, numbering about 20 swooped on the demonstrators as they …

TINUBU, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO HOLD SPECIAL JOINT SITTING Nigerian President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is expected to be in attendance at the joint sitting with the National Assembly on Wednesday, May 29, while other leaders including State Governors, former leaders of the country and the National Assembly are also expected at the joint sitting. The President is anticipated to initiate the …

MILITARY BOWS TO PRESSURE, REOPENS BANEX PLAZA After over a week siege on the popular Banex Plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja, the military has reopened the market for business. A correspondent who visited the market on Monday evening learnt that the plaza resumed operations around 2:30pm. Recall that the market was sealed by military authorities on May 18, …

OVER 300,000 SOUTH EAST STUDENTS MAY MISS WAEC EXAM DUE TO IPOB ORDER A whopping 300,00 students in the South East may not write General Mathematics in the ongoing May/June 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) schedule for May 30, 2024, over sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The IPOB last week asked the West …

WAS JUSTICE LIMAN’S SIGNATURE ON KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE FORGED? A fresh finding has raised suspicion of forgery in the controversial order issued by Justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano on the emirship tussle in the state. Justice Liman had on Thursday last week granted an ex-parte order restraining the Kano State Government from implementing an already signed …

KANO EMIRATE CRISIS: GUNFIRE REPORTED AROUND ADO BAYERO’S MINI PALACE Gunfire was on Monday night reported around the mini palace where the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, is staying in Nasarawa GRA of the state capital. The palace is located about 300 metres to the Kano Government House where movement of vehicles is restricted to one portion of …

COURT STOPS ADO BAYERO, OTHERS FROM PARADING AS EMIRS A High Court in Kano State on Monday granted an order restraining the newly sacked Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and four others from parading themselves as monarchs in the state. The order, which was granted after an ex parte motion was heard by the court, mandated all the dethroned …

LP CRISIS: OBI’S VISIT TO PARTY HQRS WORSENS ABURE’S WOES Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general elections, Peter Obi, last week paid a surprise visit to the headquarters of the party in Abuja on Tuesday. However, the visit earlier perceived to be an endorsement of the national chairman, Julius Abure, outlived its glamour quite shortly, …

SOYINKA AS OKONKWO IN ‘THINGS FALL APART’ BY VAL. OBIENYEM Prof. Wole Soyinka is a distinguished Nigerian whose contributions to literature and politics are globally recognized. However, despite his achievements, he sometimes fails to heed that each profession, especially in his writings, has the moral obligation to be understood or keep quiet. I read Soyinka’s comments about Mr. Peter Obi …