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Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, demanding urgent probe of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and a Facebook influencer, Sandra Duru, popularly known as “Prof. Mgbeke”, over what her lawyers described as serial blackmail and defamation. In the petition dated 15th May, 2025 and signed by her lawyer, Dr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa SAN, …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has clarified that he is not in conflict with President Bola Tinubu, emphasising that his focus is on advocating for good governance and addressing pressing social issues in Nigeria. Tinubu, Fayemi and Obi exchangin pleasantries at the Vatican |Credit: Bayo Onanuga on X Speaking during a public engagement following his …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the recently deposed Chief Priest (Ohen) of Okhoromi Community, Ovbokhan Igbinovia Kelvin, 43, in the Iyekogba axis of Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State of Nigeria Alltimepost.com reported yesterday that operatives of the Edo State Police Command raided the home of the deposed Edo Chief Priest and arrested …

…as number of senators, Reps members, others who decamped climbs to 86 •Ganduje boasts, Atiku, Jonathan, Aliyu, others concerned. •Gov Sule: APC just wants to win 90 percent of votes Picture a Nigeria where one political party holds all the power; no opposition, no choice, just one voice.It’s a thought that’s keeping many Nigerians awake at night because there will …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, disclosed that it has published particulars of candidates to represent each of the 16 political parties participating in the forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial election. INEC, in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said the 16 political parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms in …

The kidnappers had earlier reduced their initial demand for the APC leader’s release from N100 million to N5 million. Nelson Adepoyigi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward 5 Chairman in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, who was recently kidnapped in Ifon, has reportedly been killed by his abductors. The kidnappers, however, freed two individuals who took N5 million and food …

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome, Italy, on Saturday to join other world leaders at the solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy) noted that the …

Legal luminaries, university teacher, former lawmakers among other prominent persons, at the weekend, lampooned the House of Representatives over the proposed law on compulsory voting and imposition of N100,000 fine on any eligible citizens that breaches the enactment. The bill, jointly sponsored by the Speaker of the house, Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, and Honourable Daniel Asama from Plateau State, seeks to …

A fresh, student-driven initiative is emerging to challenge the longstanding menace of human trafficking. In the heartbeat of the nation, Edo, once infamously known as the epicentre of human trafficking in Nigeria, a new kind of resistance is taking root. Not in courtrooms or campaign offices, but in classrooms. A fresh, student-driven initiative is emerging to challenge the longstanding menace …

Located along the ever-busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Isasi cemetery is a place where the dead find little peace. Overcrowded and neglected, this burial ground tells a haunting tale, as bodies are laid to rest in shallow, one-foot-deep graves, many without markers or dignity, their brittle bones protruding from the earth. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA exposes the grim realities of this final resting place, …