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PDP HOLDS CRUCIAL NEC MEETING MAY 27 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially reaffirmed the date for its 99th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, set to hold on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. In a public notice released via the party’s official social media channels, the PDP reminded all constitutionally accredited NEC members …

2027: ADC AS THE NEW BRIDE The African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to have emerged as the new political bride in Nigeria’s opposition landscape, following its adoption by a coalition of opposition leaders as the platform to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Previously on the fringes of national politics, the party was adopted by coalition …

UTME 2025: TRUCK PUSHERS CANNOT DIRECT PILOTS – JAMB REGISTRAR FIRES BACK Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has responded strongly to critics calling for his resignation following challenges during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking during a meeting with key stakeholders, including chief external examiners and civil society organizations in Abuja, …

NIGERIA REMAINS A RELENTLESS SCENE OF CORRUPTION – OBI I have consistently maintained that for this country to make progress, Nigeria must cease to function as a crime scene and be repositioned for genuine development. This entrenched corruption – persistent and deeply rooted – must be nipped in the bud if there is to be any meaningful turnaround. How else …

TRUMP CLASHES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Donald Trump has hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for White House talks Wednesday at a moment when relations between the two countries are at a nadir, with Trump laying into South African officials on widely rejected charges of allowing a “genocide” against minority white farmers. South African officials …

HUNGRY NIGERIANS, NOT DEFECTING POLITICIANS, WILL DETERMINE 2027 – GOV MAKINDE Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has stated that the outcome of the 2027 general elections will be determined by the plight of hungry Nigerians, rather than the recent defections of politicians to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Makinde made this statement during the official inauguration of the …

THOSE WAITING FOR WIKE’S POLITICAL DOWNFALL WILL WAIT FOREVER – LERE OLAYINKA Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu, has been told that people like him, who are expecting the political downfall of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, will wait forever. The Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, who responded …

AVIATION SCHOOL IN ENUGU DECRIES LOW PATRONAGE, SETS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS The Eastwing Aviation Institute, Enugu, a private institution, has decried low patronage by the South-East youths, saying the school was established to bridge aviation gap in the zone. Mr Nnamdi Hojo, the Registrar of the institute stated this when staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Enugu office …

BORNO GOV, ZULUM, NAMES POLITICIANS, MILITARY OFFICERS AS BOKO HARAM INFORMANTS, COLLABORATORS Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused some military officers and politicians of being informants and collaborators for Boko Haram terrorists. Zulum vowed to deal ruthlessly with saboteurs frustrating the efforts of his administration in tackling insurgency in the state. The governor aldo said his administration would …

ATIKU, OBI, EL-RUFAI ADOPT AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, ADC, AS PLATFORM FOR OPPOSITION COALITION Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and El-Rufai have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition. The trio are said to have agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night. “They have …