News Category - Controversial
RESIGNATION FROM PDP: TINUBU AND ATIKU MEN IN BITTER SPAT
In his resignation letter dated July 14, 2025, and addressed to the PDP Chairman for Jada Ward One, in Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, the two-time PDP presidential candidate in 2019 and 2023 cited irreconcilable differences within the former ruling party as the reason for his decision.
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NIGERIA UNDER U.S. PRESSURE TO ACCEPT DEPORTED VENEZUELAN PRISONERS
Speaking on a television programme yesterday, TUGGAR said Nigeria has enough challenges of its own and it won serve as a dumping ground for Venezuelan prisoners.
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NNPP BERATES ADC-LED OPPOSITION COALITION OVER "UNGUARDED" STATEMENT
The NNPP maintained that the leadership crisis in its fold had nothing to do with APC, or the Tinubu-led administration but borne out of the betrayal of trust by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Elder Buba Galadima.
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COURT SLAMS N5M FINE AGAINST SEN NATASHA, ORDERS HER RECALL FROM SUSPENSION
The Court held that the six-month suspension against Senator AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN was the same as pushing her away from her responsibilities to her constituents.
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PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN MOCKED FOR CRITICISING NEW COALITION-LED ADC
Professor JIDEOFOR ADIBE, disagreed with the opinions expressed by DANIEL BWALA, reminding him how he once sang the praise og former Vice President ATIKU ABUBAKAR.
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PDP NWC INSISTS 100TH NEC WILL HOLD JUNE 30, SAYS "SPECIAL EXPANDED NATIONAL CAUCUS" UNKNOWN TO CONSTITUTION
For the avoidance of doubt, the National Working Committee (NWC) assures all Party members that the 100th NEC meeting will proceed as scheduled tomorrow Monday, 30th June, 2025 at the NEC Hall of the Wadata Plaza, PDP National Secretariat, Abuja.
Read More →SENATOR GEORGE AKUME REMAINS AS SGF - FG
The Office of the SGF urged the public, media organisations, and digital platforms to discountenance such rumours and to exercise caution as well as verify the authenticity of information before dissemination.
Read More →PRESIDENCY DEFENDS TINUBU'S HISTORIC VISIT TO ST LUCIA
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, BAYO ONANUGA, said the visit paves the way for the rekindling of ancestral bonds and the igniting a new era of diplomatic, cultural, and economic possibilities between Nigeria and Saint Lucia.
Read More →NNPP KNOCKS KWANKWASO OVER RUMOURS OF HIS ALLEGED MOVES TO JOIN APC
NNPP’s National Secretary, Comrade OGINNI OLAPOSI, disclosed in a statement that it would be a relief to the party for KWANKWASO to be accepted into the APC.
Read More →IRAN CONFLICT: FG DISAGREES WITH U.S OVER ABUJA SECURITY WARNING
The US Mission Nigeria said its Embassy employees and their families are prohibited from non-official travels to a Nigerian military site or other government venues in Abuja.
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100TH PDP NEC MEETING THREATENED, AS DAMAGUM MEETS INEC CHAIRMAN
This comes after INEC rejected the PDP’s notice for its forthcoming 100th National Executive Committee on June 30, 2025, for noncompliance with the commission’s guideline.
Read More →ERNEST OMUSO-IBIMO SECURES N150 COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST SAIPAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN RIVERS STATE
ERNEST OMUSO-IBIMO dragged Saipan construction company and five other defendants before the court, challenging his detention and confinement within the company's premises.
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SERAP WARNS, AS 2-WEEK GRACE FOR ABUJA GROUND RENT DEFAULTERS ENDS
President BOLA TINUBU had intervened after the FCTA sealed the PDP National Secretariat and granted a fourteen-day grace period for the affected property holders to settle their outstanding obligations.
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7 AFRICAN COUNTRIES FACE VISA RESTRICTION, AS U.S. TRAVEL BAN BEGINS
The travel restriction affects Chad, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Congo-Brazzaville and Equatorial Guinea.
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TINUBU AT 2: PETER OBI, OTHERS FAULT IMPACT OF PETROL SUBSIDY REMOVAL
He noted that there was no point building new road infrastructure when citizens do not feel safe to travel to their villages due to threats of insecurity.
Read More →TANZANIA BLOCKS ACCESS TO X DUE TO PORNOGRAPHY
Tanzanians on social media reported that access to X was blocked due to rising political tensions.
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FUBARA VISITS PRESIDENT TINUBU, AS IBAS APPOINTS NEW PERM SECS IN RIVERS STATE
Images shared by the Presidential spokesman, BAYO ONANUGA, show Governor FUBARA in a warm handshake with President TINUBU
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LET YOUR FINDINGS OFFER PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS: RIVERS SOLAD CHARGE COURSE PARTICIPANTS
He emphasized the significance of their study tour to Rivers State, saying that there were prevailing security threats to lives and property, which necessitated the intervention of the current administration through the proclamation of a state of emergency.
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FIRST LADY EMPOWERS 500 RIVERS WOMEN AMIDST PROTEST AGAINST WIFE OF SOLE ADMINISTRATOR
Senator Oluremi Tinubu was represented at the event by the wife of the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Mrs. Theresa Ibas, who said that the initiative was part of a broader national program targeting 18,500 women across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
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RIVERS WOMEN WERE DECEIVED, SHUN MRS IBAS
The women noted that they had happily mobilised in their numbers to attend the occasion, expecting to receive and welcome the wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hajiya Fatima Abbas and not Mrs. Theresa Ibas.
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NASS SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDAL: NATASHA PENS SATIRICAL APOLOGY TO AKPABIO
Please find it in your magnanimous heart — somewhere buried deep beneath layers of entitlement — to forgive this stubborn woman who mistakenly believed that her seat in the Senate was earned through elections, not erections.
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DEFEND YOURSELVES AGAINST PRO-FULANI MILITIA KILLING SPREE IN PLATEAU AND BENUE - SMBLF
The group noted that it may appear that the Nigerian state had surrendered its sovereignty and territory to the wanton violation by an ethnic nationality which members are acclaimed to have no respect for the territorial boundary and integrity of modern nation states.
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NBA SHOULD REFUND RIVERS STATE MONEY IMMEDIATELY - ADEGBORUWA, SAN
"Going forward, NBA should thread cautiously in raising funds from all manner of persons and institutions. Lawyers in Nigeria are well endowed to fund any programme for the NBA."
Read More →LP CASE SEEKING TO UNSEAT 27 RIVERS LAWMAKERS ON GROUNDS OF DEFECTION FAILS
Justice Emmanuel Obile, in his judgment, cited the recent judgment of the Supreme Court on the Rivers State political crisis, which touched on the issue of defection and declared that he can not preside on a matter that has already been decided by the apex court.
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IGNORE THE FAKE NEWS OF ABIA GOVERNMENT ENGAGING ESN TO FIGHT CRIME
"For the records, the government of Abia State under the leadership of Dr. Alex Otti could not have contemplated embracing the services of none-state actors to fight criminals and insecurity of any kind in any part of the state."
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INEC HALTS SENATOR NATASHA'S RECALL AS PETITION FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT OF MORE THAN HALF KOGI WEST VOTERS
INEC said after the physical count of signatures and thumb-prints supplied by the petitioners, in line with the Regulations and Guidelines for Recall 2024, it was able to ascertain 208,132 voters, which represents 43.86% of the total 474,554 registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District.
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INEC PROCEEDS WITH RECALL OF KOGI CENTRAL SENATOR, AS PETITIONERS FULFILL WITH PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Committee on Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, said the petitioners have now supplied the contact addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of their representatives, as required by law, INEC guidelines and regulations.
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PETITION FOR RECALL OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN OF KOGI CENTRAL FAILS LEGAL REQUIREMENT
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, acknowledged that the petition was accompanied with six bags of documents said to be signatures of over half of the 474,554 registered voters in Kogi Central.
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NIGER DELTA YOUTH COUNCIL DARES FG OVER STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE
The National President of the group, Chief Ambassador Bene Mamamu, who made the demand in a statement, said the current situation in Rivers State was an imposition of military dictatorship on the people.
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I'M NOT LINKED TO ANY MILITANT GROUP - GOV FUBARA
Already, the communities where these incidents are alleged to have occurred have reacted, dismissing any claims of explosions on oil and gas facilities in their domains, and reassuring that all critical government assets within their areas are safe, secure and efficiently functioning.
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