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FG SCREENS CANDIDATES, FOR AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS The Federal Government is vetting potential candidates to fill diplomatic roles in its 109 missions, 76 embassies, 22 high commissions, and 11 global consulates. Impeccable sources familiar with the developments revealed that a former Minister of Aviation under the Obasanjo administration, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, and a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro, …

EXTEND NYSC TO TWO YEARS – EDUCATION MINISTER, ALAUSA The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa has commended the Management of National Youth Service Corps for its proactive and digitalized efforts in mobilisation process, towards curbing certificate racketeering involving some foreign trained graduates within West Africa. He also hailed the Scheme for resolving the lingering issue of OND part-time …

WE CAN SNEAK INTO UROMI AND TAKE REVENGE – FAMILIES Of SLAIN HUNTERS The families and colleagues of 16 hunters lynched in Uromi, Edo State, have issued a stern warning, threatening to “take the law into their own hands” if the government fails to arrest and prosecute those responsible for the killings. The hunters, who were reportedly travelling from Port …

UROMI KILLINGS: UNTOLD STORY OF HOW VILLAGERS IDENTIFIED SOME OF THEM AS KIDNAPPERS BEFORE LYNCHING WHAT occurred at Uromi, headquarters of Esan North East Local Government Area in Edo State on Thursday, March 27, could have befallen any other community in the heartbeat of the nation, given the prevailing circumstances, tension, and anger over the hair-raising operations of suspected herders …

ANAMBRA GOVERNOR, CHUKWUMA SOLUDO, WINS APGA GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES Governor Chukwuma Soludo has been elected as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra State. The party held its governorship primary election on Saturday at the Alex Ekwueme Square, in Awka, where Soludo stood as the lone contestant. Announcing the results, …

VOA GOES OFF AIR IN NIGERIA, GHANA, OTHERS AS TRUMP CUTS OFF FUNDING When listeners in northern Nigeria tuned into Voice of America last month, they found music playing in place of their regular broadcast — a telltale sign, historically, that soldiers had seized telecoms offices, and even the government. “Was there a coup in the US?” Babangida Jibrin, a …

VIOLENCE AT APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY IN ANAMBRA Reports coming out of Anambra State have it that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary has descended into chaos, with Police allegedly colluding with thugs to scuttle the process. The all-important election, which took place at the Beautiful Gate Hotel in Awka, the state’s capital, on Saturday, April 5, 2025, was contested …

TINUBU ADMINISTRATION: MANY SPOKESPERSONS, ZERO COMMUNICATION There is no denying the fact that President Bola Tinubu has the highest number of media aides in the history of Nigeria, in the same manner his government boasts of the highest number of ministers. However, this cacophony of voices appears to be singing disjointed music, with the songs sounding fragmented, uneven or more …

WIKE VS FUBARA: WAR WITIIOUT END AS PLANNED PEACE DEAL FLOPS The political crisis rocking Rivers State shows no sign of ending as efforts to reconcile Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, have stalled, two weeks after a peace committee was proposed by the National Assembly.Political candidate merchandise Recall that following heightened tension in the state, …

2027:m GOVERNORSHIP RACE GATHERS MOMENTUM IN STATES Ahead of the 2027 general election, the race for some Government Houses at the states is gaining momentum. While some aspirants have publicly declared their interest in becoming governors in their states, others are doing so from behind the scenes. Similarly, some aspirants, conscious of their light political weight, are forming alliances with …