Day: September 22, 2025

Bugaje: Obasanjo’s Third-Term Denial is False

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Dr. Usman Bugaje, a political activist and civil society leader, has vehemently disputed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim that he did not pursue a third term in office, asserting that the former leader “did everything within his power” to prolong his term. Speaking last week at a democracy dialogue organized by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Ghana, Obasanjo brushed off the long-running third-term dispute, declaring, “I’m not a fool.” I know how to go about getting a third term. And no Nigerian, living or dead, would claim that I contacted…

NNPP Secretary: Only Kwankwaso and his movement are planning to defect to APC

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'Very Disheartening' - Kwankwaso Breaks Silence On Power Blackout In Nigeria

According to Dr. Ogini Olaposi, national secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiya Movement are planning to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). The explanation was provided by the NNPP scribe in a statement released in Lagos on Monday. Former Kano State governor Kwankwaso, who is the NNPP’s 2023 presidential candidate, announced on Saturday that he and his followers are now prepared to join the ruling APC. Kwankwaso cautioned, nevertheless, that his political movement will not permit itself to be utilized to win…

400,000 Evacuated by China as Super Typhoon Hits Philippines

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As Super Typhoon Ragasa continued on its collision path with southern China on Monday, inhabitants of the northern Philippines sought cover from gale-force winds, and the Chinese city of Shenzhen started preparations to evacuate 400,000 people. According to the Philippine weather service, the typhoon hit the Philippines at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) on Calayan Island, which is a part of the sparsely populated Babuyan group. The national weather service said that the storm’s center had maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour (134 mph) as of 5:00 pm (0900…

Ibas Rejects Lawmakers’ Investigation of Spending Over Last Six Months

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The Rivers State House of Assembly may be preparing for a confrontation with the immediate past Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), after the latter decided to look into the state’s spending during the previous few months under the former. After President Bola Tinubu ordered Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended state governor, his deputy, and the members of the state House of Assembly to return to their positions from the previous Thursday, Ibas resigned as administrator of the oil-rich state on September 17, the day after the six-month emergency…

Middlemen out as bulk fuel buyers go directly to Dangote.

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Filling stations and bulk gasoline consumers are abandoning their intermediaries suppliers in favor of Dangote’s free delivery since the refinery’s direct fuel distribution plan was introduced. This was said by Yusuf Othman, President of the National Association of Road Transport Owners, in a live TVC News show. Buyers have now renounced the contracts they signed with his members in order to receive free delivery from Dangote, according to Othman, who denounced the free delivery of petrol to filling stations, telecom companies, and other bulk consumers. The president of NARTO clarified…