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Sen Natasha Issues Scathing Sarcastic Apology To Akpabio

28.04.2025

The suspended Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), has issued a satirical and sharply worded “apology” to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, further intensifying the ongoing tensions within Nigeria’s legislative arena. In a letter laced with biting irony, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan mockingly apologised for what she described...

2027: Defections Decimate Opposition Parties Defections To APC Depletes PDP, LP, NNPP, Other Opposition Parties Ahead 2027 Polls

28.04.2025

FELIX NWANERI writes on the gale of defections that has seen some political office holders and chieftains of the opposition political parties, switching political camps by joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election Defection in Nigeria’s politics predates the country’s independence. It first crept into the country’s political lexicon...

Democracy Not Under Any Threat In Nigeria – Presidency

27.04.2025

The Presidency has described allegations that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is driving towards authoritarianism by opposition elements as baseless, insisting that democracy is not under any threat in the country. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a release on Sunday, maintained that no government policy has so far sought to weaken the opposition or encourage...

Buhari Group Urges Jonathan To Contest Presidential Election

27.04.2025

Dr Jibril Mustapha, the President of the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation and former leader of the Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), has appealed to former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election. Mustapha made this appeal in a statement issued on Sunday, April 27, in Lagos, calling on Jonathan to heed growing calls for...

Oborevwori, Okowa Defection Will Strengthen APC In S’South — Abe

27.04.2025

A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has reacted to the defection of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, his deputy, the entire state cabinet, and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC. Abe who spoke on Sunday said the recent...

Be Cautious Or Risk Removal, Primate Ayodele Warns Akume

27.04.2025

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday issued a cautionary message to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, warning him to exercise vigilance if he wishes to avoid removal from office. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed that...

Tinubu Must Deploy Well-equipped, Dedicated Troops On Plateau, Says Rev Para Mallam

27.04.2025

The Revd (Dr.) Gideon Para-Mallam is the President and CEO the Para-Mallam Peace Foundation, a Global Missions Leader, Advocate for Peace and Social Justice. He is member of the Christian leaders who organised the Peaceful March Protest over killings in Jos. In this interview with MUSA PAM, he speaks on the killings and other issues...

Otti Dismisses APC Defection Claim

27.04.2025

On Saturday, the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti dismissed the news reports suggesting that he is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Labour Party (LP). Reacting to the purported report in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Governor described the claims...

Tinubu Has Captured PDP – Ekpenyong

27.04.2025

Senator Chris Ekpenyong, one of the founding fathers of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed deep concern over the recent wave of defections by prominent figures within the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, who served from 1999 to 2007, voiced his fears in...

Gov Buni Denies Defection Rumours, Reaffirms Loyalty To APC

27.04.2025

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on Saturday denied news reports making rounds that he is planning to join an opposition coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 general elections. Governor Buni made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Damaturu by the Director-General of Press and Media Affairs,...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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