Our attention has been drawn to growing media frenzy about possible replacement of Vice President Kashim Shettima as the running mate to President Bola Tinubu under the platform of our great Party ahead of the 2027 General Elections. While these stories have been mostly subtle, they recently assumed a new dimension when names of specific individuals were touted as possible replacement for Vice President Shettima. Our Party states in categorical terms that the stories are purely speculative, untrue and utterly baseless. We urge media organizations to refrain from lending their platforms to rumour-peddlers and mischievous “news sources” of questionable provenance…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
By Chuks Collins, Awka Jan 26,2026 The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has ordered the immediate closure of the popular Onitsha Main Market. The move, according to government sources was to enforce compliance with the Governor’s earlier directive to stop adherence to the controversial Mondays sit-at-home order/closure of the market on the order and threats of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Prof Soludo ordered the immediate shutdown/sealing of the Onitsha main market for one week in the first instance. He also threatened to seal the market indefinitely if the need arises. The Governor’s action follows repeated disregard to…
The next generation of Olympic superstars could be born in the heart of the Niger Delta. That is the bold vision of NDDC Chairman Chiedu Ebie, who believes the upcoming Niger Delta Games will become a factory for world-class talent. Speaking at a high-level strategy summit in Benin City, Ebie revealed he wants the Games to be the commission’s “legacy project”—turning local hopefuls into international icons. The NDDC chief is dreaming big, aiming to see home-grown athletes flying the Nigerian flag at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and the All-Africa Games. “The Board of the NDDC wants to make the games…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, through his lawyer Nnemeka Ejiofor, has warned people who visit him in prison not to make public statements about their discussions, reports thegazellenews.com. Kanu also said he does not collect money from anyone before allowing visits. IPOB leader Kanu is currently serving a life sentence at the Sokoto Correctional Centre. Ejiofor, who made this known in a video message, said that from now on, anyone who visits Kanu must not speak publicly about what was discussed during the visit. If Kanu has any message for the public, it will…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi A middle aged man, Hamza Abdulllahi Sama, a resident of KCC area in Birnin Kebbi has been arrested by the Police for defrauding at least 170 persons on the pretext of securing jobs for them in primary and secondary schools reports thegazellenews.com The suspect was reported to have collected various sums of money from the victims amounting to N1.5 million. SP Bashir Usman, in a statement on Sunday, 25 January, 2026, said that the suspect, Hamza Abdulllahi Sama now in Police custody said that he promised his victims jobs slots in school. The Police added that,…
By Ngozi Omah, Awka The extended family of Ozo Godfrey Udemezue of Enugwu-agidi in Njikoka Council of Anambra State has was laid him to rest in his Etiti village country home. The burial ceremony which drew his relations, acquaintances, business associates, friends and well-wishers from all over the country and beyond was described as a grande, as they all gathered to celebrate his life and times. As a member of the revered Ozo title holder and Christian leader. Ozo Godfrey reportedly lived an exemplary christian life, exhibiting remarkable Christian values until her passing. He was an extraordinary father who instilled…
By Oluwole Solanke PhD, FCIB In an age of moral relativism and ethical shortcuts, the ancient virtue of rectitude, moral uprightness, integrity, and adherence to what is right, can seem almost quaint. Yet those who cultivate this quality discover something remarkable: rectitude isn’t a burden that constrains us but a foundation that frees us to live with profound purpose and peace. The Backbone of Character Rectitude is more than simply following rules or avoiding wrongdoing. It’s the alignment between our deepest values and our daily actions, the harmony between who we claim to be and who we actually are when…
‘Tayo Aderinola, Publisher/Editor of Lagos Panorama and Chairman/Executive Director of the Ikeja All-Stars Football Club, has dismissed claims by former Super Eagles captain Sunday Oliseh that Victor Osimhen’s disagreement with Ademola Lookman cost Nigeria the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. Oliseh had alleged that Osimhen’s public outburst against Lookman during Nigeria’s Round of 16 match against Mozambique disrupted team chemistry and contributed to the Super Eagles’ failure to win the tournament. However, Aderinola described the claim as misleading and unsupported by facts. According to him, the incident occurred during the Mozambique match, yet in the quarter-final clash against…
Amid reports of the alleged disqualification of some of its members by the council of kingmakers in the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, the Council of Otunbas in Ijebuland has declared that no law prohibits holders of the Otunba title from ascending the Awujale stool. The Otunbas made the clarification in a letter addressed to the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council. The letter was jointly signed by the council’s chairman, B. Alebiosu; second vice chairman, Akin Osiyemi; and secretary, Ayodele Osibogun. They stated that holders of the Otunba title have, at various times in history, ascended to obaship positions, stressing that the title…
By Moshood Isamotu If Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the Swedish inventor who instituted the prestigious global Award, the Nobel Prize, were alive on January 27, 2002, he probably would have had more regrets about one of his revolutionary 355 inventions. Alfred invented dynamites that propelled discoveries of high-profile war arsenals (bombs), which changed the human destructive capacity forever. About 130 years after his death on December 10, 1896, his weapons of mass destruction are still speaking for him on war fronts across the globe in gargantuan proportions he probably never envisaged. Since Alfred invented the lethal instruments, the knowledge and their…