Two High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have granted leave to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve documents on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate Deputy Chief Whip Onyekachi Nwaebonyi about two alleged sexual harassment, defamation and rights violation suits filed by the Kogi Central lawmaker In a ruling on the first suit marked:FCT/HC/CV/754/2025,…
Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has denied consulting a native doctor over his re-election bid in the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state. A video that surfaced online on Tuesday purportedly shows the governor engaging with a traditional doctor. In the clip, the alleged native doctor is seen making incantations on the floor while the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has dismissed growing speculation suggesting he is planning to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor reaffirmed his commitment to the PDP. “Governor Adeleke remains a bonafide member and…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received Tunde Bakare, founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, at his Lagos residence. Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, shared a photo of the visit via his official X account. Bakare was among the aspirants in the 2023 presidential primaries of the All Progressives…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central in the National Assembly, has strongly disassociated herself from a viral audio recording circulating on social media, which falsely attributes statements to her regarding key national figures. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 4, 2025, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan described the content of the audio as entirely fabricated, noting…
A former governor of Rivers State who served between 2017 and 2015, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not have won the 2015 Nigerian elections if the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, was the chairman at the time. Amaechi said this while speaking on…
The Councillor representing Evwreni Ward 8 in the legislative arm of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Obukoadata Aghoghofia, has reportedly slumped and died while playing football in the Evwreni community. A Facebook post noted that Aghoghofia’s death comes barely two months after another councillor in the same local government area, Friday Ohwoevworuemu,…
Elon Musk on Tuesday hammered US President Donald Trump’s proposed spending bill as a “disgusting abomination” as tensions between the pair burst into the open following the tech billionaire’s White House exit. Musk left his role as an official government employee last week, lauded by Trump for spearheading a federal spending cuts program, but disagreements…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday received the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, at his private residence in Lagos, amid growing speculation over a possible defection of the governor to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Also present at the meeting were Chief Adedeji Adeleke, a renowned businessman and elder brother to the…
Suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos. The Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the visit. Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast on March 18, 2025 declared a state of emergency citing the need to restore law and order as…