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INSIDE STORY OF EL-RUFAI 2027 AGENDA TO STOP Tinubu Mallam Nasir El-Rufai may have emerged as the Disrupter-in-Chief in the plot to stop a second term for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Just two days after defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, the former Kaduna State governor was already, according to analysts, fully …

NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA EXEMPTED AS TRUMP PLANS TRAVEL BAN ON 43 COUNTRIES The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter. A draft …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …

INSECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA DUE TO POVERTY – PETER OBI Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi has attributed the insecurity ravaging the northern part of Nigeria to poverty. Obi made this claim on Friday, during a visit to the Muslim community in Awka, the Anambra State capital, where he broke …

FUBARA SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH SELFISH ADVISERS — WIKE The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor of Rivers State Simi Fubara has surrounded himself with those he wants to be governor of the state. The Minister made the claims while addressing a large number of Kalabari people at a grand reception in Rivers State on Saturday. …

DSS ARRESTS FIVE SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS IN ENUGU Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has commended the Department of State Services for the arrest of five suspected high-profile kidnappers operating in forests across the state. The DSS operatives acting on credible intelligence on Wednesday, traced the suspects to their hideouts in two separate locations in the state. The suspects were believed to …

NIGERIA LAUNCHES PROBE INTO NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S PARTICIPATION At IPU Nigeria’s internal and external intelligence agencies are probing how Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, secured access to the recent Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York without being nominated by her country to attend A high-ranking administration official and two top security officials involved in the inquiry said the State Security …