31 APC Govs vs wike: Tinubu faces difficult options
Tension that had simmered for months within the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the immediate circle of President Bola Tinubu has finally spilled into full public view, setting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, against a bloc of governors elected on the party’s ticket, and raising hard questions about how the president plans to keep his disciples intact heading into the 2027 election.
Where each side stands
SSS parades four suspected kidnappers in Awka
AWKA—FOUR students of Imo State University, Owerri were yesterday paraded before newsmen in Awka by the men of the State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly kidnapping a four-year old boy, Sopuluchukwu Orji from his school at Awada near Onitsha last week. They were alleged to have also demanded the sum of N10 million ransom from the father of the boy, Mr. Cyril Orji.
N-Delta crisis: Group plans 10m man march in Abuja
Continuing, the statement called on all Christian youths in the area, “to within the next 10 days mobilize for a 10-million youth protest and rally. We must peacefully march the streets to protest these acts of genocide. To sit at home is to be timid and stupid.
BNC wants Britain to return stolen Benin artefacts
THE Benin National Congress (BNC), a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has appealed to President Umaru Yar’Adua to prevail on the British authorities to repatriate stolen Benin artefacts estimated at over five billion pounds.
Speaker decries Oshiomhole’s alleged failure to implement House resolutions
THE Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba, yesterday, lamented what he described as alleged persistent failure of the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led state executive to implement resolutions of the House.
Adiotomre asks FG to declare state of devt emergency in N-Delta
Government should declare developmental emergency in the Niger Delta. Let’s face the Niger Delta like they faced Abuja.
