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EVEN WITH A JOINT TICKET ATIKU, OBI CAN’T DEFEAT TINUBU  —  ONANUGA Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said a joint ticket of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can’t stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The opposition coalition adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) …

TINUBU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR U.S DECISION TO RESTRICT VISA FOR NIGERIANS – PRESIDENCY The presidency has debunked the claim that the American government’s decision to restrict visas for Nigerians is due to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stop issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens. According to a statement on Thursday by the presidency, President Tinubu has never stopped issuing …

US TO REVOKE GREEN CARDS FROM NIGERIANS, OTHER NATIONALS The US government has announced its plans to revoke Green Card of holders with criminal histories. The warning stated that such individuals risk losing their residency status and facing deportation. This decision follows recent changes to Nigerian visa policies by the US embassy. The latest decision focuses on individuals with crimes …

AKPABIO REMOVES NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN AS SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIR Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced the replacement of suspended senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations Akpabio, during plenary on Thursday, announced Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new chairman of the committee. As a result, Bassey replaces Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, whose leadership of the committee …

DELUSION AS DISTRACTION – ATIKU OPENS UP ON PRESSURE TO STEP DOWN FOR SOUTHERN CANDIDATE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied attending any meeting where he was pressured to drop from the 2027 presidential race for a southern candidate. Atiku, alongside other political bigwigs like Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Tambuwal, Nasir El-Rufai, had recently adopted the African Democratic …

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MONDAY OKPEBHOLO (APC) AS EDO GOVERNOR: I FEEL BETRAYED – PDP CANDIDATE The Supreme Court panel upheld the concurrent decisions of the tribunal and Appeal Court The supreme court has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decisions of the court of appeal in …

ADC RELEASES NAMES OF PARTY’S STATE CHAIRMEN Members of the public are hereby notified that the National Secretariat of ADC has released the names of the Party’s State chapter chairmen and the Federal Capital Territory, as follows: Hanatu Garaba — Plateau Musa S. Shuaib —Nasarawa Adekolu O. Moses — Ekiti Patrick Obianyo — Anambra Hon. Haruna Hassan —Bauchi Otunba Pat. …

BUSTED: WIKE LIED ABOUT DRIVING BENZ IN SCHOOL—EX-CLASSMATE REVEALS HE TREKKED FOR FOUR YEARS Controversy erupted online Tuesday after a former classmate of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, accused him of fabricating stories about his student life at the University of Port Harcourt. In a now-deleted Facebook post, Allen Wogu challenged Wike’s claim that he drove a Mercedes-Benz while studying …

PRESIDENCY FIRES BACK AT OBI AS OHANAEZE DEMANDS KANU’S FREEDOM The ongoing detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has reignited tensions between the Presidency and major voices from the South-East. Among the voices are the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, IPOB and former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter …

TUNJI-OJO MEETS US ENVOY OVER NEW VISA POLICY, SAYS FG WILL CURB OVERSTAY Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, met on Wednesday in Abuja with Richard Mills, the United States ambassador to Nigeria. The meeting was attended by Kemi Nanna Nandap, comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and Magdalene Ajani, the permanent secretary in the ministry of interior. In …