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AHEAD APC NEC MEETING: NORTH WEST, NORTH CENTRAL FIGHT FOR PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), there are indications that the party is yet to agree on where to pick its national chairman from. Credible sources told the Weekend Trust that while the party is waiting to hear from …

MIXED REACTIONS TRAIL LAUNCH OF ENUGU AIR Enugu State Government, under Governor Peter Mbah, earlier this week, floated an airline, the Enugu Air. Thus becoming the second state to own a commercial airline in Nigeria and the first in South East Nigeria. The first is Ibom Airline, which was set up in June 2019 and wholly owned by the Akwa …

ENUGU ASSEMBLY PASSES TOWN UNION REGISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION BILL INTO LAW Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Tuesday, passed into law, a bill that will regulate the registration and administration of Town Unions in Enugu State and for other Connected Purposes, House Bill, No. 9, 2025. The bill when accented to by the state Governor, will help regulate the …

CONTEMPT CHARGE: NATASHA AKPOTI HEADS TO APPEAL COURT, CITES MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a formal appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja, challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court, which found her guilty of contempt and imposed a ₦5 million fine alongside a public apology. The appeal, dated, targets the July 4 decision of Justice …

I FABRICATED RAT INFESTATION AT VILLA TO COVER BUHARI’S ILLNESS — GARBA SHEHU Former presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu has revealed that the widely reported story about rats invading President Muhammadu Buhari’s office in 2017 was intentionally fabricated to shift public attention from concerns over the president’s health. The disclosure is contained in Shehu’s newly published memoir, According to the President: …

NNPCL BOSS, OJULARI, CONTEMPLATES SELLING NIGERIAN REFINERIES Bayo Ojulari, the group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says it is becoming a ‘bit more’ complicated to revamp state-owned refineries. On November 26, the NNPC said the Port Harcourt refinery had officially commenced crude oil processing, but the refinery shut down in May for maintenance. …

TRUMP’S VISA CLAMPDOWN LINKED TO NIGERIA’S REFUSAL TO HOUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS Nigeria’s refusal to accept asylum seekers from the United States is partly responsible for the recent visa restrictions imposed on the country by President Donald Trump, TheCable can report. TheCable understands that the talks are part of broader demands from the Trump administration, which are currently being negotiated. Diplomatic …

FUBARA’S SUSPENSION IN ORDER, CONSTITUTIONAL – SHETTIMA The Office of the Vice President has noted with stern concern the gross misrepresentation of the remarks made by His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, during the public presentation of the book, “OPL 245: The Inside Story of the $1.3 Billion Oil Block,” by Mohammed Bello …

THE NORTH WILL ALWAYS STAND FOR THE NORTH – SHETTIMA Some of you are paying more attention to a lesser issue of what Shettima said yesterday, but forgot about the key and underlying lesson. Shettima indirectly told you that the North will always stand for the North. Goodluck, planned everything as the president to remove Shettima as Governor of Borno …

US MISSION IN NIGERIA REPLIES FG ON US VISA RELATED ISSUES The U.S. Mission Nigeria wishes to address misconceptions about the recent reduction in visa validity for most nonimmigrant U.S. visas in Nigeria and other countries. This reduction is not the result of any nation’s stance on third-country deportees, introduction of e-visa policies, or affiliations with groups like BRICS. The …