The Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACON) has condemned the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, warning that the move amounted to “political marginalisation” of the North. Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group cautioned that the decision could have “grave consequences” for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections. Naija News recalls that the PDP’s National Executive Committee, at its 102nd meeting in Abuja on Monday, resolved that the party’s next presidential candidate should emerge from the South. But JACON argued that the decision was unjust,…
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The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has dismissed petitions from some members of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, who are demanding his removal from office. Describing the petition as “frivolous and baseless,” Ekpo said it was the handiwork of disgruntled individuals bent on tarnishing his reputation. A group of APC stalwarts from 29 of the state’s 31 local government areas had written to President Bola Tinubu, accusing the minister of betraying the party and undermining its growth in the state. The petition, endorsed by leaders including Michael Essien (Ini LGA), Obong John (Itu), Victor Okon…
The Osun State Government has filed a fresh suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), over what it described as the unlawful withholding of statutory allocations due to its 30 local government councils since March 2025. Naija News reports that the new legal action, instituted on Monday, comes months after the state applied to withdraw an earlier case on the same subject. In the originating summons, filed by the state’s Attorney-General with a legal team led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), Osun is asking the apex court to compel the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed allegations by businessman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, that his rights were violated while in the agency’s custody. Haske had claimed in an interview with The Africa Report that he collapsed during interrogation at the EFCC and was hospitalised. He has since filed a lawsuit against the anti-graft agency over the alleged violation. Reacting to the report on Tuesday, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the commission had not received any court processes regarding Haske’s claims. “The EFCC has not been served…
The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Braima Camara, was on Tuesday rushed to hospital in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during an official ceremony. Naija News reports that Camara, 57, who was appointed prime minister in early August, slumped while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was delivering a speech at the presidential palace. According to eyewitnesses who spoke with AFP on the incident, the prime minister initially stood up before suddenly collapsing, prompting immediate medical intervention. “At the end of the ceremony, he felt unwell and fainted,” a source close to his office told AFP. Camara was evacuated aboard a Senegalese army plane…
The Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Aminu Alkali, has reportedly returned to Jalingo, the state capital, after a prolonged absence. According to sources who spoke to Daily Trust, he arrived from Abuja and was taken to his official residence at Government House in a convoy of four vehicles. Although there is no official statement from the government on Alkali’s return, there is a short video clip of him circulating on social media. Alkali, who has been reportedly battling an undisclosed ailment, was last seen in the office eight months ago. Sources said that Alkali came into the state through Yola…
The Benue State House of Assembly, in a dramatic turnaround on Tuesday, confirmed the nomination of Timothy Yangien Ornguga as commissioner, just a week after his rejection. Naija News reports that Ornguga, a law lecturer at the Benue State University, had been rejected under the leadership of the former Speaker, Aondona Dajoh. While presiding over Tuesday’s plenary, the new Speaker, Alfred Berger, read a fresh letter from Governor Hyacinth Alia, which included the screening of five additional nominees. Among them was Ornguga. Berger explained that the governor urged the House to clear Ornguga and James Dwem, the two nominees earlier…
The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The monarch, 62, was convicted on charges of conspiracy to exploit COVID-19 emergency loan programmes created for struggling businesses. Oloyede, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko. In a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio on Tuesday, the monarch, was also ordered to “serve three years of supervised release…
The National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima has condemned the move by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the south. Naija News reports that the National Executive Committee of the party, at its 102nd meeting on Monday, zoned the presidential ticket to the South, while retaining the current National Working Committee headed by Ambassador Umar Damagum. Speaking on the development during an interview with Punch, Shettima, stated that the PDP’s decision to zone its ticket has raised many questions that require answers. “By preemptively zoning the presidential ticket to…
Dunamis Seeds Of Destiny 27 August 2025 Devotional By Dr. Paul Enenche: The Beauty Of The Lord TOPIC: The Beauty Of The Lord (Seeds Of Destiny 27 August 2025) SCRIPTURE: And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. – Psalm 90:17. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It is not possible to approach the Presence of God and not be beautified. MESSAGE: Our God is a good and beautiful God. That is why it is not possible to be connected to God and…
