BY AUSTIN OYIBODE Senator Ned Nwoko, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Reparation and Repatriation, has voiced strong support for a proposed bill seeking to grant Nigerian citizenship to Afro-descendants who can trace their ancestral roots to the country. The bill was formally presented to the senator midweek by a delegation from the African Diasporan Union during a courtesy visit to the National Assembly. The proposed legislation aims to recognize and integrate members of the African diaspora whose lineage connects them to Nigeria, as part of broader efforts to strengthen cultural and historical ties. “I assured them of my support…
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By Dennis Naku The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, sent shockwaves through the densely populated Bishop Okoye Street when news of the act emerged. According to sources, the altercation began when Gift’s lover, identified only as Sunday, requested to have sex. Gift reportedly refused, accusing him of using sex-enhancing drugs that made their encounters excessively prolonged. A resident who spoke to our correspondent on…
By Abel Johngold Orheruata Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, CFR, owes the people of Delta Central—and indeed the entire Urhobo nation—a heartfelt apology for imposing a successor who has failed to uphold the legacy of strong, vocal representation in the Nigerian Senate. According to Abel Johngold, a journalist cum humanist, Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, CFR facilitated the emergence of a weak successor. The emergence of Senator Ede Dafinone has not only dimmed the vibrant political light once shining from Delta Central, but it has also silenced the voice of a people known for producing bold, articulate, and principled lawmakers. From…
by PM News One Ayorinde Festus Morakinyo has been handed six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to trading in naira notes in Ibadan, Oyo State. Morakinyo was arraigned before Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Oyo State Federal High Court by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 26, 2025. He was arraigned on a one-count charge that bordered on illegal trading of naira notes. The charge reads: “That you Ayorinde Festus Morakinyo sometimes in December. 2023 in Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did sell the sum of N1,000,000.00 (One…
Immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, OON, has commended the Executive Chairman of Aniocha North Local Government, Hon. Emmanuel Bazim Chinye, for the construction and commissioning of the Issele-Uku Modern Market and the Onicha-Uku Community Town Hall in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State. Elumelu spoke with Journalists on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Onicha-Uku after the Commissioning of Issele-Uku Modern Market and the Onicha-Uku Community Town Hall The Wife of the State Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, commissioned the legacy projects executed by Hon Emmanuel Bazim Chinye’s-led administration. According to Rt. Hon.…
By Vanessa Onah Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced plans for a broad political alliance that would bring together the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP) to challenge what he described as the “incompetent and inefficient” administration of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku made the disclosure while speaking in Abuja to a delegation of stakeholders from Kogi East Senatorial Zone, led by former Kogi State Deputy Governor Simon Achuba. The discussion also centered on tackling insecurity in the region and promoting unity across the northern part of the country. Expressing grave concern…
by Jerrywright Ukwu Nenadi Usman, caretaker committee chairperson of the Labour Party (LP), has dared Julius Abure over his threat to expose Peter Obi, Alex Otti and other high-ranking members of her faction. She spoke on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, on Friday. BACKGROUND On Monday, Abure, factional national chairman of the LP, challenged Obi and Otti to name party members who received funds for the 2023 election. “I am waiting for them — from top to bottom — to make any other move and I will open my mouth,” he said. “And when I open my mouth,…
by Nduka Chiejina, Abuja The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.681 trillion as revenue generated in April 2025 to the Federal Government, 36 States, and 774 Local Government Councils across the country. This figure, distributed at the FAAC meeting in Abuja on Friday, reflects an increase of N103 billion compared to the N1.578 trillion shared in March 2025. According to the communiqué at the end of the meeting, the total distributable revenue for April 2025 consisted of statutory revenue amounting to N962.882 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N598.077 billion, Electronic Money Transfer Levy…
By Patrick Odey The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, in Akwa Ibom State on Friday, said that there will be no political party in the state come the 2027 general election. This is as he stated that the Peoples Democratic Party’s umbrella has been torn into shreds and can no longer protect the people. Akpabio, who represents Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District at the Red Chamber, said during his midterm empowerment briefing held at Ikot Ekpene township stadium. A total of 1,690 were empowered with items ranging from minibuses, passenger tricycles, danfo tricycles, cassava processing machines, generating sets and cookers…
BY AUSTIN OYIBODE In a stirring address at the National Assembly on Thursday, Senator Ned Nwoko described Nigeria’s rampant crude oil theft crisis as a national emergency that must be brought to an end. Speaking during a public hearing of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft, which he chairs, Senator Nwoko underscored the devastating economic and environmental toll of the illicit trade and pledged sweeping reforms to curb its spread. “When I moved the motion that led to the formation of this committee, I knew it wasn’t just about stolen barrels—it’s about stolen futures,” said Nwoko. “Nigeria is…