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Labour Party candidate for the Owerri Federal Constituency in the coming election into the House of Representatives, Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has launched a new developmental drive for the constituency. Tagged “The New Deal”, the governance and representation framework aimes at strengthening collaboration among federal and state lawmakers to drive coordinated development in Owerri Federal Constituency. […]

Rtd Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has dismissed claims that Chief MKO Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from four countries attributed his death to natural causes. The revelations are contained in Chapter 21 of Abubakar’s 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty,’ obtained […]

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Traditional rulers in Yorubaland are considering invoking ancestral deities and deploying other indigenous spiritual mechanisms to combat terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes. The development comes amid persistent insecurity across the South-West, where communities continue to grapple with rising cases of abductions and violent attacks Some of […]

Rtd Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar A Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said the hours surrounding the death of Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998, left him with a lingering sense that “something was fishy.” He disclosed that he and the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside […]

By John Dike, Osogbo National Assembly and Osun State House of Assembly members elected on the platform of Accord Party have called for the immediate redeployment of the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan, over alleged partisanship and what they described as his failure to effectively address the growing wave of political violence […]

Many of the terrorists dislodged from Zamfara and Sokoto states have been relocating to the South-East and South-South regions, security and intelligence sources have revealed to Saturday PUNCH. The insurgents, according to the sources, are utilising interconnected forest corridors and riverine routes stretching through Niger, Kogi, and Anambra states to escape military pressure in the […]

Ex-Director of Defence Information, Brigadier-General Rabe Abubakar Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who died while in the custody of bandits, describing the incident as a tragic loss to the state and the nation. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Commissioner for […]

On Thursday, the house of representatives passed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police. The bill, which intends to amend several sections of the 1999 constitution, provides a framework for the creation, funding, regulation and operation of state police services while retaining the federal police as a national institution. Among other provisions, the […]

National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Joash Amupitan, has disclosed that registered voters who lose, damage or misplace their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will no longer be automatically disenfranchised under the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. He said the new electoral law introduces a simplified process that allows eligible voters […]

Mr Peter Obi. Photo: X / Peter Obi IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has reiterated his call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, saying there is no justification for the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Obi stated this during an […]