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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and a host of other prominent Nigerians will on May 1st, pay tribute to the late Niger Delta Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark who passed in February at the age of 97 years. A press release on Tuesday signed by Mrs. Baroong Tony Urata on behalf of the Organising Committee, noted that associates, friends and relatives of...

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Former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has told the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki that he lacks the moral right to comment on his defection. According to Okowa, Saraki had at a point dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and so shouldn’t tackle him over his defection. Recall that key political stakeholders in Delta State, including Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Okowa and political appointees in the state, officially defected to the All...

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Renowned legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has written a second letter to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, urging her to withdraw her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Agbakoba, who represents Akpabio through his law firm, Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), said the senator’s claims are riddled with contradictions and lack credible evidence. Speaking to journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Agbakoba explained that his latest letter...

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Former Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has disclosed that former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is preparing to leave the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Dr Okowa made this revelation on Tuesday during an interview on Arise News. He noted that the former vice president had already informed him of his intentions. “And I also know that he is already heading out...

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Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging. Justice Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, delivered the verdict on Monday, marking the end of a long and emotional trial. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide, after the court held that the prosecution successfully proved he caused the death of his wife on 8 April 2022. “The prosecution discharged the...

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…ECWA Cries Out Over Fresh Killings in Kaduna, Plateau The Chairman of Agatu local government area in Benue State, James Ejeh, has given Fulani herdsmen 48 hours to vacate all farmlands in the area to allow farmers to prepare for the planting season without fear. Ejeh issued the ultimatum on Saturday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the council secretariat in Obagaji that brought traditional rulers, Fulani community leaders, youth groups, and security officials together to...

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… Seeks Establishment Of State Police LAGOS – Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization has expressed concern over the upsurge in terrorism across the country, especially North East, North Central and North West, and demands the enforcement of anti-terrorism law, counter-terrorism strategy and establishment of  state police. The National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a press statement on Monday also lamented over kidnapping incidents in parts of the South West. He said,...

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi over comments at Johns Hopkins University. The Lagos State Governor told the former Anambra State Governor that prominent Nigerians project the country positively overseas and not demarket it. A release on Monday signed by the Governor, noted that Obi made unflattering remarks not just about the incumbent Nigerian government, but also about Nigeria,...

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The national chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Sani has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is stifling opposition political parties in the country through state capture. Sani stated that the ruling party uses institutions of government like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate opposition parties. Reacting to the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the...

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The presidency has refuted claims in some quarters that democracy is under threat in Nigeria, saying that accusations that the administration is moving into authoritarianism are baseless. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a press statement on Sunday said, “We’ve read the alarming claims orchestrated by disgruntled opposition figures,  some partisan human rights crusaders and emergency defenders of democracy over recent defections of key members of opposition parties into...

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