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Aug

2025

Single Term: It’s An Insult For Obi To Compare Himself To Mandela – LP Chieftain, Arabami

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Single Term: It’s An Insult For Obi To Compare Himself To Mandela – LP Chieftain, Arabambi Factional National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP) Abayomi Arabambi, has slammed Peter Obi for citing Nelson Mandela’s presidency in South Africa as a justification for his single-term vow if elected Nigeria’s president in 2027. The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party recently reiterated his pledge to serve one term of four years, saying he does not need eight years to fix the country. In a recent statement, the ex-governor cited the leadership examples of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Nelson…

Aug

2025

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Stop Distracting Tinubu, Go Find A Job – APC Replies El-Rufai

FGN, News Flash, Presidency

Stop Distracting Tinubu, Go Find A Job — APC Replies El-Rufai The All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked former Kaduna State Governor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to shelve political campaigns and wait for 2027 before unfolding a media war against the ruling party. National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, gave the admonition on Sunday while speaking with Tribune Online in a telephone interview. Basiru was reacting to remarks attributed to El-Rufai on Saturday in Sokoto state, where the latter was addressing ADC faithful in the North-West state as part of the opposition…

Aug

2025

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I’m Not Like Other Politicians, I Keep To Promise – Peter Obi

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I’m Not Like Other Politicians, I Keep To Promise – Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has declared that he is not like other politicians who make promises they do not intend to keep, insisting that his vow to serve only one term if elected president remains “sacrosanct”. In a statement issued on Sunday, Obi said Nigerians are right to be sceptical because broken promises have become the norm in politics. However, he maintained that he stands apart from that trend. “They are judging me by their own standards —…

Aug

2025

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New FG’s Industrial Policy Plans To Make Going On Strike Criminal – NLC Alleges

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New FG’s Industrial Policy Plans To Make Going On Strikes Criminal – NLC Alleges The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concerns over the newly adopted National Industrial Relations Policy by the Federal Government. In a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, alleged that the new policy would make embarking on strikes a criminal issue and silence trade unions. “NLC considers the statement by the Federal Government that the newly-adopted National Industrial Relations Policy is aimed at stopping frequent industrial actions, particularly strikes by trade unions, as very reprehensible. “The statement was part…

Aug

2025

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Kwankwaso Will Be Next President, Akpabio Will Be VP – Cleric Predicts

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Kwankwaso Will Be Next President, Akpabio Will Be VP – Cleric Predicts An Akwa Ibom-based cleric, Francis Udo, has predicted that former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will become Nigeria’s next president after Bola Tinubu’s tenure ends in 2031. Kwankwaso contested for the presidency in 2023 under the New Nigeria Peoples Party (PDP). According to Udo, God revealed in a vision that power will return to the North after Tinubu’s presidency, and that Kwankwaso has been divinely chosen to take over. He also said the current Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, will become Kwankwaso’s running mate. “In the…

Jul

2025

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Solidarity Visit By A Seven-Man Delegation Of The UNIEC – A Renewed Appeal For Unconditional And Immediate Release And Rehabilitation Of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And His Comrades

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Solidarity Visit by a Seven-Man Delegation of the UNIEC Worldwide National Advisory Council to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja.A RENEWED APPEAL FOR UNCONDITIONAL AND IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND REHABILITATION OF MAZI NNAMDI KANU AND HIS COMRADES Various non Igbos and Igbo leaders, including Chief Edwin Clark and Chief Ayo Adebanjo made similar call for the release of Mazi Kanu , but were ignored and incidentally the two men like Mbazulike Amaechi, Chukwuemeka Ezeife , George Obiozo who also made the call as Ohanaze President General, all are now demised. Other igbo leaders such as Maj Gen Collins R.U Ihekire rtd and…

Jul

2025

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President Tinubu Renames Federal University After Buhari

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Tinubu Renames Federal University After Buhari President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday announced that the University of Maiduguri would be renamed in honour of the late leader, Muhammadu Buhari. The institution will now be known as Muhammadu Buhari University, Maiduguri. Presiding over the session, President Tinubu delivered a stirring tribute, celebrating Buhari’s life as one defined by discipline, moral fortitude, and unwavering patriotism. He described Buhari not as a perfect man—no leader is—but as a good, decent, and honourable man. While acknowledging that Buhari’s record, like all legacies, will be subject to debate, Tinubu insisted that the character he brought…

Jul

2025

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How We Are Using Funds Saved From Subsidy – President Tinubu

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How We Are Using Funds Saved From Subsidy – Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Monday that the government was channelling funds saved from the removal of fuel subsidy into the provision of critical infrastructure across the country. He said this at the opening of a National Conference on Public Accounts and Fiscal Governance, organised by the Public Accounts Committees (PACS) of the Senate and House of Representatives in Abuja. The event had as its theme “Fiscal Governance in Nigeria: Charting a New Course for Transparency and Sustainable Development.” Tinubu said the funds were also being channelled into social…

Jul

2025

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‘Let There Be Light. But First, Let The Minister Go’ – By Charles Ude Esq

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Power & Energy, Presidency

Let There Be Light. But First, Let the Minister Go By Charles Ude Esq, Abuja-based legal practitioner and public opinion analyst In a bitter twist of irony, even the Presidential Villa now runs on solar power , a quiet confession that Nigeria’s national grid is no longer fit for purpose. If the seat of government has effectively abandoned public electricity, what hope is left for ordinary citizens? Under the current Minister of Power, the nation's electricity supply has gone from bad to worse. Outages are constant. Tariffs are skyrocketing. The national grid collapses like a house of cards , sometimes…

Jul

2025

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I’m Ready To Serve As One-Term President If Given ADC Ticket – Amaechi Makes Same Promise As Obi

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I’m Ready To Serve As One-term President If Given ADC Ticket – Amaechi Makes Same Promise As Obi Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, says he is willing to be a one-term president in 2027 if he secures the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Amaechi spoke on Thursday during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television programme. The former governor of Rivers said he is prepared to step down after four years in office to allow for rotation and stability. “For now, the way Nigeria is, you must keep to that unwritten agreement that says south…