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PETER OBI’S STRONG ALLY, OBAZE DUMPS LABOUR PARTY Mr Oseloka H. Obaze, a key ally of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has resigned his membership of the party. Obaze disclosed this in a letter addressed to LP Chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru Local Government in Awka on Sunday. Obaze, …

AISHA ACHIMUGU STILL IN EFCC CUSTODY, YET TO MEET BAIL CONDITIONS Detained businesswoman Aisha Achimugu is yet to meet the bail conditions set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because her two sureties have no landed property in Abuja. Aisha was still in custody at the weekend over alleged N8.71billion oil bloc transactions. The EFCC will on Monday …

PRESENT PROOF OF YOUR CLAIMS, EX-NIGERIAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS CHAIR TELLS NATASHA The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi …

WIKE CONDEMNS WALKOUT ON TINUBU’S WIFE, APOLOGIZES As for me and those who subscribe to my leadership, we condemn in totality yesterday’s show of shame and we apologise to our First Lady for the embarrassing conduct of those few women who do not represent the characters and ideals of the people of Rivers State,” Wike added.The FCT minister cautioned supporters …

WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF SUING ME? – DR SANDRA DURU TO NATASHA, EZEKWESILI The political controversy surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has deepened following a scathing May 1st live video by Dr. Sandra Duru, in which she accused the senator of fabricating her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and claimed that Dr. Oby Ezekwesili was bribed to …

HUNGER, MALNUTRITION DESTROYINGNORTHERN NIGERIA – GUARDIAN DITORIAL At the paediatric ward of Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, Zamfara State, Fatima (surname withheld) sat silently beside her frail eight-month-old daughter, Mariam, but her mind was on Abdul, her two-year-old son, who had died days earlier. Desperate to save them from malnutrition, Fatima had rushed both children to the …

HOW THE NORTH IS WEIGHING JONATHAN OPTION TO SUCCEED TINUBU In this analysis, Abuja Bureau Chief LEON USIGBE explores the quiet but strategic conversations in the North about positioning former President Goodluck Jonathan as a potent tool to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. BY 2027, Nigeria’s political terrain may witness another momentous shift, and politicians in the north are …

2027: PDP GOVERNORS STRIKE DEAL WITH WIKE Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have agreed to make concessions to foster unity within the party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. A reliable source told Sunday PUNCH that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, represented PDP governors in a …

WALKOUT ON TINUBU’S WIFE BY RIVERS WOMEN WORSENS FUBARA-WIKE FEUD The political feud between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have worsened following a dramatic walkout by women believed to be Fubara’s supporters at an event attended by the wife of the Sole Administrator, Theresa Ibas. This came …

IMPLEMENT 2014:CONFAB REPORT TO HONOUR CLARK, ADEBANJO – BODE GEORGE TELLS TINUBU A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the 2014 Constitutional Conference to honour Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark. George made this appeal at a media briefing, on Friday, in …