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WE’RE BEHIND CRISES IN OPPOSITION PARTIES — APC CHIEFTAIN A senior figure in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, has stirred political waters with a bold admission that the party is actively working to destabilise opposition ranks ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a forthright interview on Africa Independent Television (AIT) on Monday, the former …

SENATE CAN’T PROBE NATASHA’S ALLEGATION AGAINST AKPABIO BECAUSE THERE’S NO PETITION – AIDE Eseme Eyiboh, special adviser on media to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, says the senate cannot investigate the allegations levelled against his principal by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Speaking during an interview on TVC News on Sunday, Eyiboh said Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi central senator, has not submitted any petition about the …

HOW BIAFRAN OGBUNIGWE SHELL NEARLY TOOK MY LIFE – IBB RECOUNTS WAR EXPERIENCE Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after his command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces on March 27, 1969. IBB stated that the Biafran artillery began an uninterrupted bombardment of …

FEC APPROVES N4.2TRN FOR MAJOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved road infrastructure contracts worth N4.2 trillion, covering key highways and bridges across Nigeria. This was announced by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, at the end of the council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja. According to Umahi, the projects …

OBASANJO, IMF SLAM TINUBU GOVT, PRESIDENCY KEEP MUM The Presidency has kept silent on the criticisms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Obasanjo had, according to a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, alleged that Nigeria is currently under a state capture and that the country’s situation is bad.The …