The National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Grand Allianc (APGA), Mazi Ejimofor Opara, has handed warning to its members in Anambra State against supporting the presidential bid of Peter Obi and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), describing such support as detrimental to the political fortunes of the party. Opara issued the warning in a statement titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA,” in which he urged APGA members to remain loyal to the party ahead of the 2027 general election. The party scribe questioned Obi’s continued political relationship with APGA, saying the former Anambra State governor remained committed to sponsoring…
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The pan-Igbo socio- political organization, Ohanaeze on Tuesday, 6 October, 2026 called on the Federal government to commence a clear, honest and mutually beneficial renegotiation of the political and developmental relationship between the Federal Government and the people of the South-East ahead of 2027 general elections, reports thegazellenews.com. The group factional Deputy President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and Professor Chibuikeya Achoakawa, Acting Secretary-General, who stated this through a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday added that Ndigbo, as a body, had the right to know what is on the table for them before 2027. While stating that the South-East cannot…
At least nine passengers lost their lives in a fatal road crash that occurred along the JBD/Ore route in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Monday, 5 October, 2026, reports thegazellenews.com. It was gathered that those who lost their lives in the accident include three males and six females The accident, which occurred at about 4:55 p.m. in the Bethel area, involved a white Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Delta Line, with registration number 14B-299DT, and a white Sino truck commercial vehicle belonging to Bill Gas Solution Ltd, with registration number AAB162XD. It was gathered the death comprising three males and six…
Nigeria’s growing population of older persons is confronting a social protection system that remains ill-equipped to guarantee their dignity, security and independence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned. The Commission said yesterday that poverty, inadequate income, weak social protection, limited access to healthcare, delayed pensions, social isolation, age discrimination, abandonment, abuse and property dispossession were leaving many older Nigerians vulnerable. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Dr Tony Ojukwu, who raised the concerns in Abuja at the Commission’s commemoration of the 2026 International Day of Older Persons, said Nigeria must fundamentally rethink its policies, institutions and social protection…
President of Senegal and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has arrived Abuja for an official visit to the regional bloc’s principal institutions and the swearing-in of newly appointed judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice. Faye arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday, where he was received by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, General Birame Diop, senior officials of the Commission and representatives of the Senegalese Embassy in Nigeria. His visit comes as ECOWAS…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for increased and sustained investment in teachers and school infrastructure, warning that Nigeria cannot guarantee quality education without strengthening the people and institutions responsible for delivering it. The Commission stressed that access to education must go beyond getting children into classrooms, noting that the quality of teaching, availability of learning facilities and conditions in which students are taught are critical to achieving meaningful educational outcomes. The NHRC’s position was contained in a World Teachers’ Day message issued by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Chief Tony Ojukwu. The message underscored the importance of adequately…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has described her husband as deserving a second term, claiming that President Bola Tinubu administration’s economic reforms are beginning to produce tangible results and deserve the continued support of Nigerians. Speaking on Monday, 5 October, 2026, in Abuja at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Women Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, the First Lady said the government’s economic interventions had moved beyond policy pronouncements to measurable signs of national stabilisation. She urged APC women across the country to take the message of the administration’s achievements to the grassroots and…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a significant step toward strengthening Africa’s collective peace and security architecture with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the African Union (AU) and the continent’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) on the use of the African Standby Force (ASF). The agreement was signed on October 3, 2026, in New Alamein, Egypt, during the fifth AU Regional Knowledge Exchange High-Level Platform on the African Standby Force, held on the margins of the eighth AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting. The ECOWAS Commission was represented by its…
By Austin Aigbe On the 3rd of October 2026, Premium Times (PT) did what our universities, our regulatory agencies, and our studios failed to do: it asked a simple question: Professor of where, sir? The man in question is Anthony Kila. Until the PT’s investigation, he was everywhere. Arise TV called him Prof. Channels TV called him Prof. Newspapers quoted him as Professor of Political Science in one edition, and Jean Monnet Professor of Strategy and Development in another. In August 2025, he was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), Agbarha-Otor,…
By Segun Adewale in Gombe The Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NNGF) and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has expressed profound grief over the tragic crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, which claimed the lives of all 32 persons on board. Governor Inuwa Yahaya, in a condolence message on behalf of his colleagues in the NNGF, sympathised with the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Nigerian Air Force, the Armed Forces and the bereaved families over the painful loss.…