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Partners with Anambra State Health Insurance Agency ….Urges Ositadimma Age Grade to Champion Community Development and Support State Initiatives Former Minister of Aviation and Chancellor of the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, Chief Osita Chidoka, has announced the provision of one year’s free health insurance for over 1,000 youths and women in Obosi community under the Nneka Chidoka Outreach Programme. This initiative, undertaken in partnership with the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency, reflects Chief Chidoka’s enduring commitment to expanding access to affordable healthcare and supporting state-led programmes that promote public welfare. The announcement was made during the Outing visit…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is currently meeting with the protesting retired police officers in Abuja. The meeting is taking place at the peacekeeping hall, Force Headquarters in Abuja. On Monday, some retired police officers protested at the National Assembly to demand their removal from the contributory pension scheme (CPS). The demonstrators, mostly elderly, stood in the rain, holding placards and chanting anti-government songs. Some of the retired police officers also besieged the force headquarters in Abuja to protest against CPS. Addressing the protesters, the IGP said welfare of retired police officers is being addressed but the exit of…
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, says he does not regret working against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, despite that he was the flag bearer of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I did not hide it. I have no regret,” the former governor said on Politics Today programme on Monday. Ortom was one of the five PDP governors at the time, known as G5, who openly rejected Atiku as the PDP flag bearer and worked for Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 poll. The former governor said he didn’t…
The Senate has asked Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to stay away from its proceedings, saying the suspended lawmaker can’t resume yet. In a statement on Sunday, Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu insisted that there was no subsisting court order mandating the Senate to recall the lawmaker before the expiration of her suspension. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended in March 2025 for violating Senate rules after a seat arrangement brawl with Senate President Godswill Akpabio whom she accused of sexual misconduct, an allegation Akpabio denied. Recently, the suspended lawmaker, who relied on a recent judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said the blessings of the late Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, were instrumental to his emergence as president in 2023. Tinubu stated this when he joined family members and other distinguished personalities on the 8th day of Fidau prayers for the late monarch. At the event, Tinubu referred to the late Awujale as a moral compass, emphasising that his leadership significantly contributed to the socio-economic and political growth of Yoruba land and Nigeria as a whole. He remembered with nostalgia the roles played by the late monarch in the revalidation…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has approached the Court of Appeal, challenging the ruling of the Federal High Court Abuja, which directed the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate following her suspension. In a notice of appeal, the Senate President is seeking to overturn the July 4 judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako. Akpabio’s legal team is contesting the High Court’s jurisdiction, insisting the matter concerns the internal affairs of the National Assembly and falls outside judicial purview as provided under Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution. In the 11-ground appeal, the senate President faulted the…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on charges of money laundering and theft amounting to ₦6.9 billion. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke discharged the former governor after upholding his no-case submission filed to challenge his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court held that the EFCC had not been able to link Fayose to the crime, nor was a prima facie made case against him to warrant further defence.On May 20, the court had reserved its decision after hearing arguments from counsel to Fayose (the 1st defendant) Senior…
The Executive Chairman, Urue Offong/Oruko Local Government Council, Rt. Hon. (Amb.) Chief Uno Etim Uno JP, has described the current political climate in Akwa Ibom State as one of remarkable and unprecedented unity. He made this assertion on Monday in his country home, Eyulor, when a socio-political group, Uno Grassroots Foundation (UGF), held its Patrons Investiture ceremony. Chief Uno emphasized the unity Governor Umo Eno has fostered across the state, saying: ‘It is even a waste of time to form opposition camps in today’s Akwa Ibom. Governor Umo Eno has transformed all of us into Akwa Ibom United, where our…
The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari has departed London in the United Kingdom for Daura, Katsina State, ahead of a state burial in the honour of the late ex-Nigerian leader. The body of the late president was conveyed on a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) craft on Tuesday before 8am. Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other top government officials accompanied the body of the late former president. Buhari passed on on Sunday, July 13, 2025, in a London hospital, at about 4.30 pm, following a prolonged illness, though the nature…
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a brother, friend, and a true patriot whose life was defined by unwavering commitment to the nation. In a personally signed statement, Babangida expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the former head of state and two-term civilian president, saying the news was received with a heavy heart. “Our paths crossed in 1962 when we both joined the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna,” he recalled. “From those early days, Muhammadu stood out — quiet yet resolute, principled…