Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has praised President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian military for what he described as major improvements in Nigeria’s security and economy. In a statement released by his media aide, Ismail Mudashir, Barau said the President’s efforts in his first two years have already started laying the groundwork for national progress. He pointed to military successes in the North-West and reduced kidnappings along the once-dangerous Abuja–Kaduna highway. “For instance, hundreds...

An Anambra State APC stakeholder from Aguata LGA, Chief Jude Osunde, has joined the Young Progressive Party – YPP, in his ward, Igbo-Ukwu Ward 1. Chief Osude, a known community leader, successful businessman, and Church leader in Aguata, joined the YPP formally on Monday, with some of his allies who were from other political parties. On his decision to join the YPP, Chief Jude Osude declared that “marketing YPP is easier than marketing other older...

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has relocated its 2025 Annual General Conference, AGC, from Port Harcourt to Enugu, citing the “undemocratic developments” in Rivers State following the declaration of a state of emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision, announced in a press statement dated 10th April 2025, followed the NBA’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of 27th March where the overwhelming consensus was that the association could not, in good conscience, proceed with...