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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has been commended for completing the 16.4-kilometre Nawfija–Ajali–Ufuma–Ogbunka Road in Orumba South Local Government Area, a project residents say has transformed transportation, agriculture and economic activities across the axis. Vice President of Boardwalk Group and Abuja-based real estate developer and philanthropist, Chief Mrs. Obiageli Okwubanego, gave the commendation while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Maitama, Abuja. Okwubanego described the road project as a major infrastructure breakthrough that has drastically reduced travel time and eased movement for motorists and residents within the affected communities. She recalled that the appeal for the road was first made in 2019 when Soludo attended the funeral mass of her mother, Chief Mrs. Agnes Igwenagu Okeke. According to her, the deplorable state of the road at the time made movement extremely difficult for mourners and guests attending the buria...

*Optimistic  of resounding victory The National Youth Alliance (NYA), has tasked its members across the country and in the diaspora to  take the bold step and register with the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and prepare to contest and win elections in all Constituencies in Nigeria in the 2027 general elections. NYA Youth President, Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas gave the charge in a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday April 28, 2026. According to the statement signed by his SA Media and Publicity, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson,  the Youth President was optimistic of victory for all its members at the polls Quoting Ambassador Abbas, the statement said, "With our strong presence in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), we are the movement to beat on the 2027 polls. "With our recent marriage with the ADP, it will be the number one party at the grassroots on all the 774 local government areas in our great country Nigeria. "We are de...

  A pro-democracy group, the Partnership for Democratic Awareness and Good Governance (P4DAGG), has accused Presidential Political Adviser Ibrahim Masari of playing a role in the removal of former Minister of Housing and Urban Development Ahmed Musa Dangiwa. Dangiwa and Wale Edun left the Federal Executive Council earlier this week following a viral statement announcing their replacements. While many Nigerians saw the development as a dismissal, the Presidency later issued a statement claiming that both officials had resigned. Reacting to Dangiwa’s exit, P4DAGG alleged that Masari, a fellow indigene of Katsina State, orchestrated Dangiwa’s removal. The group claimed Masari has repeatedly used his position to pursue personal interests at the expense of the state’s development. P4DAGG further alleged that rather than attracting federal projects to the state, the presidential aide has acted in ways that undermine the state's development. According to the group, the Preside...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a stern warning over what he described as a grave and dangerous ambiguity in Nigeria’s Electoral Act, calling on the National Assembly to act immediately safeguard the sanctity of the ballot. In a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja, by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the Waziri Adamawa raised alarm over Section 63 of the Act, particularly the provision that allows a ballot paper without an official mark to be counted at the discretion of a returning officer. “This is not a minor technical issue—it is a direct threat to electoral integrity,” Atiku declared. He warned that any legal provision that permits discretion in determining the validity of ballot papers creates a loophole that could be exploited to compromise the will of the people. “A democracy cannot survive on ambiguity. A ballot must either meet the standard or it does not. The moment you leave such a critical decision to subjec...

Kimberly Daniels, a United States Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 14, has alleged that Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, attempted to bribe a US official to deflect the narrative of the United World Congress of Diplomats, UN-WCD, report. The lawmaker made the claim in a viral video released on her official Facebook account on Monday. She said Matawalle’s alleged move was to cover up the UN-WCD report on Christian genocide in Nigeria, which indicted him. Daniels insisted that no amount of pressure can silence her stand against the killings of Christians in Nigeria. “A US elected official was offered money by Nigeria’s minister of state defense, Bello Matawalle, to change the narrative of the UN-WCD Christian genocide in Nigeria report,” she said in the viral video. Recall that Daniels, who doubled as the chairperson of UN-WCD, had called for President Bola Tinubu to remove Matawalle over alleged complicity in the...

Political activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the United States Government to investigate and sanction the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, over alleged actions capable of undermining Nigeria’s democracy. Frank’s demand followed a viral video in which Gbajabiamila was quoted as telling Hon Leke Abejide, during his wife’s 50th birthday that: “Don’t come to APC. Stay in ADC and scatter them. We like what you’re doing… stay in ADC and win your election… bring Bala Gombe, and we’ll support him. Good luck in court.” Describing the remarks as “reckless” and dangerous, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said they point to a deliberate attempt to weaken opposition parties and erode democratic institutions. “Your statement, as Chief of Staff, raises serious concerns about the determination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s regime to truncate democracy,” he said, adding that “inference can be made that ther...