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Jul

2025

BREAKING NEWS: Tension Rocks Edo State As Okpebholo Resigns

POLITICS#Democracy, #EdoStateGovernment, #Okpeboloresigns

BREAKING NEWS: Tension Rocks Edo State As Okpebholo Resigns Political tension is seething silently in Edo State consequent on the resignation of Deacon Darlington Okpebholo Ray, the Lead Spokesman of the Team Asue Media Organization (TAMO), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In citing the hijack of the party by undemocratic forces. In a letter dated July 17, 2025, and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 5 in Esan North East Local Government Area, Okpebholo Ray, amidst a feeling of disappointment, bemoaned the subsisting hijack of the party by perceived undemocratic forces. He also announced his immediate withdrawal from…

Jul

2025

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Breaking! Labour Party gets presidential aspirant

POLITICS#2027PresidentialElections, #Anti-PartyActivitiesInLabourparty, #KenedyAhanotu, #LabourParty

Breaking! Labour Party gets presidential aspirant The National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Ahanotu, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election. Ahanotu, 41, becomes the first member of the party to publicly announce interest in the race. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the LP youth leader said Nigeria needs a generational shift and institutional reform. “I am contesting for the highest office in the land to offer Nigeria and Nigerians a fresh start rooted in institutional transformations and overhauling, so that together we can rise again. “At the point where we are today,…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

David Mark speaks on imposition of candidates, anti-party activities in ADC

POLITICS#ADC, #Anti-PartyActivitiesInLabourparty, #DavidMark, #Impositionofcandidatesinadc

David Mark speaks on imposition of candidates, anti-party activities in ADC The interim national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC),David Mark, says under his leadership the party will not put up with the imposition of candidates, anti-party activities, or any form of indiscipline. Speaking during the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja, Mark pledged to lead the ADC with integrity, transparency, courage, and vision. The former senate president commended the immediate past national chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu and his team for their role in building the party and for stepping down in the nation’s…

Jul

2025

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Breaking news: Former Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai banned for 30 years

POLITICS#ADCCoalition, #NasirEl-Rufai, #SDP, #SDPbansNasirEl-rufai

Breaking news: Former Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai banned for 30 years Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna State has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party, SDP. SDP, did not only announce El-Rufai's expulsion from the party, but also imposed a 30-year ban on him SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in consonance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act pertaining to the exclusive right of a political party to determine its membership. A statement by the party’s…

Jul

2025

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Why Northerners won’t support Atiku, Obi’s presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani

POLITICS#AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #AnthonySani, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #DrPeterObi, #MohammaduBuhari

Why Northerners won't support Atiku, Obi's presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani Chief Anthony N.Z. Sani, a former Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the North would rather allow President Bola Tinubu complete a second term in 2027 and wait till 2031 to have one of its own installed as the next president, other than support either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or Dr. Peter Obi. According to Sani, this will enable the North to have the presidency for two terms of eight years. The ex-ACF scribe disclosed this to The Nation during an exclusive interview in Kaduna, stressing that this…

Jul

2025

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APC vs Coalition: Atiku Reacts to Tinubu’s Mockery

POLITICS#ADCCoalition, #AfricanDemocraticCongress, #AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #Coalition, #MisuseofPublicfunds

APC vs Coalition: Atiku Reacts to Tinubu's Mockery The former president of Nigeria and the champion of the coalition movement, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has accused the President, Bola Tinubu of meddling in the internal affairs of the opposition parties instead of focusing on governance and fixing the subsisting economic problem bedeviling the country. Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, has called out President Bola Tinubu to stop meddling in the internal affairs of the opposition parties. The former vice president said President Tinubu should respond to the alleged rift between him and Vice President Kashim Shettima, as well as focus…

Jul

2025

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Popular Pastor reveals prophecy, warns Peter Obi against deceit in presidential bid

POLITICS#DrPeterObi, #PeterObi'sbetrayal, #ProphetBoma, betrayal

Popular Pastor reveals prophecy, warns Peter Obi against deceit in presidential bid Pastor Boma reveals prophecy, warns about Peter Obi becoming presidentProphet Abel Boma has predicted that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 polls, might not win the next election cycle as political debates heat up in anticipation of the general elections in 2027. In a video that was uploaded to his official YouTube page, the cleric revealed the information. Pastor Boma warned of a perceived spiritual backlash in what he called a prophetic revelation that listed several events that would allegedly transpire if Obi were…

Jul

2025

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“If telling Peter Obi to notify me of his coming is a crime, so be it'”, Akpebholo insists

POLITICS#MondayOkpebholo, #Okpebholo'sCommentOnPeterObi, #Okpebholo'sthreat, #PeterObi, #VisaBanOnOkpebholo, security

"If telling Peter Obi to notify me of his coming is a crime, so be it'", Akpebholo insists "If telling Peter Obi to notify me of his coming is a crime, so be it'", were the recent words of the Governor Okpebholo. Monday Okpebholo, Governor of Edo has stressed that his duty is to protect the people of his State, insisting that Peter Obi must notify him before visiting his State. Okpebholo, while reacting to the wide reaction his comments on Peter Obi has attracted, maintained that he had no regrets about his earlier demand on the former Governor Rochas…

Jul

2025

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JUST IN: Why Peter Obi must inform Akpebholo before visiting Edo, Wike snaps back

POLITICS#DrPeterObi, #GovernorAkpebholo'scommenton PeterObi, #MondayAkpebholo, #NyesomWike

JUST IN: Why Peter Obi must inform Akpebholo before visiting Edo, Wike snaps back The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has explained why former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, must get security clearance from Governor Monday Okpebholo before visiting Edo State. Declaring his support for the statement by Edo State Governor, Wike maintained thatOkpebholo was accurate when he demanded a notification before Obi could visit Edo. Wike made the submission today, Tuesday, July 22, in Benin City, during the launch of modern mass transit buses by the Edo State government, amidst the controversies generated by Okpebholo, who…

Jul

2025

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BREAKING: IGP ignores Natasha’s Request for Police Protection ahead of Senate Resumption

LEGAL, POLITICS#IGP, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #NatashaAkpoti-Uduaghan

BREAKING: IGP ignores Natasha’s Request for Police Protection ahead of Senate Resumption Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has officially informed the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, of her planned return to the National Assembly on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, following a recent Federal High Court decision overturning her suspension from the Senate. This newspaper gathered that the Inspector-General has yet to restore her security details, with no formal response issued by the Nigeria Police Force as of the time of filing this report. In a letter titled “Police Acknowledgement – Notification of Resumption and Request for Restoration of Police Protection”*, the Kogi…