By Ayomide Otitoju In an effort to resolve internal tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s Special Reconciliation Committee, led by former Senate President Bukola Saraki, met with Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah on Friday in Enugu. The closed-door meeting, held at the Government House, Enugu, was part of a wider effort to…
By Ayomide Otitoju Twenty suspects have been arrested in Abuja for allegedly hacking the 2025 Computer-Based Test (CBT) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The arrests were made by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force. The suspects are believed to be members of a syndicate…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday visited former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola at his residence in Osun State. Atiku shared a video from the visit on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, captioning it: “Breakfast time at the residence of the former Governor…
By Ayomide Oitoju The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the 36 state governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging the Federal Government’s alleged mismanagement of recovered looted funds. In a unanimous decision delivered by a seven-member panel, the apex court ruled that the case was wrongly brought before it….
By Ayomide Otitoju Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called on members and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to throw their full weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement released on Friday, Abbas endorsed the President’s performance since assuming office, acknowledging…
By Ayomide Otitoju Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has drawn a striking comparison between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, lauding Tinubu’s “reform-driven governance” as a transformative force in Nigeria’s development journey. Speaking on Thursday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit in Abuja,…
By Ayomide Otitoju Armed men have abducted a 76-year-old retired Major of the Nigerian Army, Joe Ajayi, from his home in Odo-Ape, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, further fueling concerns over the rising wave of insecurity in the region. Ajayi, a former chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kabba-Bunu chapter, was…
By Ayomide Otitoju Israel’s intensifying military operations have pushed Gaza’s fragile health system to the verge of collapse, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as hospitals shut down and essential services vanish under continued bombardment, displacement, and critical shortages. In a statement on Friday, WHO revealed that only 19 of the Gaza Strip’s 36…
By Ayomide Otitoju Proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja grew tense on Thursday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resumed with a stern reprimand from the presiding judge directed at the Federal Government over repeated delays and lack of preparedness. The judge, visibly frustrated by…
