Author: Aminu Imam

PDP crisis worsens, as 83 members drag chairman, INEC, others to court

Aminu Imam
PDP crisis

The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Imo State has deepened, as 83 aggrieved members have sued the party’s state chairman, Hon. Austin Nwachukwu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and others over the conduct of the state congress, which they allege was marred by exclusion and illegality. The aggrieved members in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Owerri, the state capital, are seeking to unseat Nwachukwu and other top officials of the party. The plaintiffs, led by Lambert Eze, are accusing the party of…

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Katsina: Village Head arrested for alleged links with bandits

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Katsina village head

Security operatives have arrested the head of Sukutum village in the Kankiya local government area (LGA) of Katsina State for allegedly serving as an informant to armed bandits. Security consultant and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Makama said the suspect, whose name has not yet been released, was apprehended following intelligence reports linking him to criminal gangs operating in the area. Quoting security sources, Makama said the village head was accused of providing information to the bandits about the movement of security personnel and…

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‘All set for Kogi Saturday by-election’ — INEC

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INEC on Kogi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the preparation for the Saturday by-election in Dekina-Okura Constituency of Kogi State has been completed. Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Oliver Agundu, disclosed this in Lokoja on Tuesday, during an interview with newsmen. The by-election follows the death of former Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Enema Paul, on December 14, 2024, after a prolonged illness. Agundu, through INEC’s Education Officer, Haruna Halliru, said that the commission had held a meeting of Inter Agency Consultative Committee…

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Gaza genocide: “Don’t do business with Israel” – MURIC warns FG 

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MURIC warns FG

A faith-based civil society organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the Federal Government, states and parastatals to resist the temptation of doing business with Israel. The group frowned upon a deal between Nigeria and Israel’s foreign ministries involving forty startups in the country. MURIC argued that any business deal with Israel is a romance with a terrorist state. In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday, MURIC’s Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the startups as vehicles of deception from a rogue genocidal state. The…

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Anambra by-election: Obi shuns LP, campaigns for ADC candidate 

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Obi shuns LP

Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was spotted wearing an African Democratic Congress (ADC)-branded cap while campaigning for the party’s candidate, Justina Azuka, in the Onitsha-North State Constituency by-election slated for Saturday. Azuka, widow of the Late Labour Party lawmaker for Onitsha-North, entered the race under the ADC platform following her husband’s killing last December. The slain legislator was abducted on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. His body was found weeks later at the…

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Baro Port: FG eyes private concession, as lack of funds stalls dredging, rail, road

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FG on Baro Port

The Federal Government is considering concessioning the Baro River Port, in Niger State, to private operators as a way of unlocking its long-stalled potential, citing chronic funding shortages for dredging and vital road and rail connections. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, told the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Baro Port on Tuesday that the facility — commissioned in 2019 — has struggled to operate due to the absence of key infrastructure and navigability challenges along the River Niger. “When the port was conceived, one would have…

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‘Northern bloc rises for 2027’ — Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal 

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Babachir Lawal on Arewa bloc

…Re-ignites claim that Obi won 2023, not Tinubu Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has launched a blistering attack on President Bola Tinubu while unveiling a new northern political platform to shape the 2027 presidential race. Lawal, speaking in a televised interview on Monday, said prominent northern politicians outside government have formed the Nigerian People’s Consultative Political Forum (North) to end regional disunity and vote as a bloc. He vowed the group would back only a candidate — northern, southern or “even from heaven” —…

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Trump imposes tariffs on Nigeria, 59 others

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Trump imposes

Sixty countries, including Nigeria, face increased tariffs after United States President Donald Trump launched a reciprocal-tariff programme targeting products and countries with different rates. According to the White House website figures, Nigeria will face a 15% tariff under the programme. It said the plan sets a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the US, with additional duties applying to particular products or countries. China would face a 30 percent tariff, with extra levies on some products, while Brazil is listed at 50 percent, with lower levels for specific sectors,…

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Sokoto: Gunmen kill worshipper, abduct several in mosque attack

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Sokoto gunmen

Armed men have attacked a mosque in Sokoto State during morning prayers on Sunday, killing one worshipper and abducting several others, local officials and residents said. The assailants, wielding what witnesses described as sophisticated weapons, stormed Marnona village, in Wurno local government area, at dawn, opening fire indiscriminately, and sending worshippers fleeing in panic. “They targeted innocent people in a sacred place — it is barbaric and cowardly”,  according to Isah Achida, the Sokoto State chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Achida said the state government was working…

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Petrol: Marketers raise prices amid drop in crude cost

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Marketers raise prices

Filling stations have raised their pump prices for petrol to ₦900/litre and above despite a decline in the cost of crude oil since Sunday. Some retail outlets owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) raised petrol prices to ₦900 per litre in Lagos and Ogun states, even as crude prices dropped from nearly $69 to $66 per barrel. Dangote refinery partners, including Ardova and Heyden, jerked prices above ₦900 per litre. Our correspondent observed that AP, a partner of the Dangote refinery, sold petrol at the rate of…

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