Political Parties Step Up Campaign for Anambra South Senatorial By-Election

Three days to the Anambra South senatorial by-election, candidates of participating political parties have stepped up campaigns across the seven local governments of the senatorial districts. Altogether, about four political parties, namely, YPP, ADC, APGA, and APC, have intensified campaigns across the senatorial zone. The YPP candidate, Prince Oforbuike Okoli-Egbo, who is the youngest of all the contestants, is a diehard supporter of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah to the end, and he is the only...

Rights Group Accuses Nigerian Government of  Plotting to Erase Christianity by 2075

…Intersociety warns of Fulani jihadists’ plan to impose Sultanate, as attacks intensify across Africa Nigeria is at the centre of a grave plot to wipe out Christianity and indigenous cultures by 2075, replacing them with a Sultanate system, a human rights organisation has warned In a “facts-laden” special report, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the country of “headquartering 22 Islamic terror groups in Africa seeking to obliterate Christianity...

Atiku Attributes Tambuwal’s Detention To Tinubu’s Agenda To Intimidate Opposition

…Says Coalition Won’t Succumb To Anti-democratic Machination Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the detention of former Governor Aminu Tambuwal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an agenda by President Bola Tinubu to intimidate and harass the opposition. Atiku, in a press statement on Tuesday, noted that the coalition won’t succumb to anti-democratic machinations to turn the country into a one-party state. It will be recalled that the EFCC detained...

2027: PDP Can’t Be Pocketed By Anybody, Group, Presidential Hopeful Declares

Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a presidential hopeful and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that nobody or group can pocket the main opposition party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. According to him, the party remains the only truly democratic political party in Nigeria, which can’t be controlled by any individual or group. While speaking in an interview on the AIT programme on Tuesday, Olawepo-Hashim said the PDP’s long-standing tradition of competitive primaries...

Ibom Air Passenger Remanded in Kirikiri, Faces Lifetime No-Fly Ban Over ‘Unruly’ Conduct

Comfort Emmanson, the female passenger who assaulted airline crew and security personnel on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged to court and remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility. Officials confirmed on Monday that Emmanson was arraigned before a magistrate court in Ogba, Lagos, which ordered her remand until 6 October after she failed to provide adequate sureties. The incident, described by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) as “one of...

Ezeagu Native Doctor Obieze, Accomplices Arraigned In Court, Pleads Not Guilty

His Worship Osondu Chukwuani, of Court 1, Enugu North, in the case of Levi Obieze and cohorts, recommends that a higher court presides over the case, as the Magistrate Court has no jurisdiction to try capital offences. The Magistrate stated this after the defendants pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge against them; Recall that Levi Obieze aka ‘E dey play, e dey show’ was arrested at Badagry-Seme border as he tried to flee the...

Gov. Mbah Offers ROFR To Affected Ogige Market Traders At Nsukka International Market

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has given Ogige Market traders whose shops were pulled down during the construction of the modern transport terminal at Nsukka a right of first refusal, ROFR. Governor Mbah made this proposal on Saturday during the laying of the foundation of the Nsukka International Market. Mbah assures the people that in 4 months, the 5000 shops at the Nsukka International Market will be ready for business. “We know...

Chukwuma, Okagbue, Storm Onitsha for Princess Njideka Ndiwe, ahead of Saturday’s By-Election

The Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and the Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, stormed Onitsha North LGA on Saturday, August 9, in style, for Princess Njideka Ndiwe, the YPP candidate for the Onitsha North State Constituency 1, ahead of the by-election on August 16. The Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC, has scheduled August 16th, 2025, for all outstanding by-elections, nationwide. In Anambra State, the Anambra South senatorial zone...

ASUU Calls On Government To Avert Impending Industrial Crisis In Public Universities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal and State Governments to address long-standing issues of the union to avert an impending industrial crisis in Nigeria’s public universities. The president of the union, Christopher Piwuna, who issued the warning in a press statement, expressed the union’s growing frustration among its members, including poor welfare, inadequate funding, and the government’s failure to honour signed agreements. The union stressed that many teach “on empty...

Security Uncovers Plot To Disrupt Edo By-elections

An alleged plan by suspected cultists to instigate violence during the August 16, 2025, senatorial and House of Representatives by-elections in Edo state has been uncovered. The Edo State Special Security Squad, ESSS, which uncovered the plot,  warned cultists involved in the plot, along with other criminal elements, to abandon such plans, emphasizing that all security agencies in the state would be fully mobilized to ensure hitch-free and peaceful conduct of the elections. Ameloemen Noah,...

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