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Suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the Senate, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has claimed that the Nigerian Senate operates like a cult. She also maintained her stance that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio made sexual advances towards her. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Akpoti-Uduaghan stated that senators avoid expressing opposing views in the upper chamber due to fear of retaliation. She described her six-month suspension for alleged gross misconduct as an attempt to silence her. “I am being victimized. My suspension is a means of silencing me,” she said. Recounting an incident, she alleged that during a visit to the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday lost two of its members in the House of Representatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Husseini Jallo, representing Igabi Federal Constituency, Kaduna State and Adamu Tanko, representing Suleja/Tara/Gurara Federal Constituency, Niger State identified what they called the perennial crisis in the PDP as the reason for their defection. In a letter read by Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, during plenary, Jallo said the lingering instability in the opposition party had hindered his ability to serve his constituents effectively. “Mr Speaker, your leadership style and my belief in the principle of national unity was…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has said the call for the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has no connection to insecurity in the South-East. Speaking on Monday during a media chat to mark his third year in office, Soludo, who has been advocating for Kanu’s release, stated that the issue should be viewed separately from security concerns in the region. Soludo said, “The release of Nnamdi Kanu for me is different from the issue of security, I separate the two, I don’t link the two.” According to Soludo, his call for Kanu’s freedom…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to allocate land in the FCT to the University of Port Harcourt for the establishment of its Centre for Leadership and Political Studies. Wike made the promise when the university’s Governing Council, led by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, visited him in Abuja on Monday. The promise followed a request by Ohuabunwa for the minister’s support to enable the university to build the centre, a replica of the John F. Kennedy Leadership Center in America. He disclosed that “Wikematics Political Ideology” would be…

The former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Monday, urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to retrieve her seized assets from their buyers. The former minister specifically requested that the court direct the anti-graft agency to recover the seized properties from the individuals or entities to whom they were sold. Alison-Madueke made this request through an amended application filed on her behalf by her lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), before Justice Inyang Ekwo. She sought an order to set aside the EFCC’s public notice, which served as the basis for the…

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has lampooned Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, following his return to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Adediran, who was the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections,  announced his return to  APC at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. Adediran, leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, announced his resignation from the PDP on March 3, 2025, citing a lack of discipline in the party and betrayal by its leaders. He was previously a member of the APC before joining the PDP. READ ALSO: Former Lagos PDP Governorship…

Nigeria and Brazil have signed the commercial phase of the $1.1 billion Green Imperative Project deal as part of measures to ensure food security in the country. A statement by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of the Vice President), on Monday, said the project will boost agriculture productivity and enhance private-sector investment in Nigeria. “GIP, the largest agricultural project in Africa that prioritises the development of sustainable, low-carbon agriculture, aims to develop structural conditions to boost food production in Nigeria efficiently and competitively.” The MoU for the GIP 1.1 billion 1 was…

Governor Chukwuma Soludo threw a challenge to opposition parties in Anambra State on Monday, saying he sees no competent challenger as he seeks re-election in the November 8, 2025 governorship poll. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said there is a consensus among Ndi Anambra (the people of the state) that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has delivered dividends of democracy and should be given another chance in the next election. Soludo, during a media chat to celebrate his third anniversary, said the people of the South-East state can vote for any party…

Lawyers to businessman, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria, Olabisi Onasanya, on Monday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that they were exploring an out-of-court settlement of the fraud case brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawyers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Mr Olumide Fusika (SAN), Mr Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), and Dr Charles Adeogun-Philips (SAN), therefore urged the trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke to adjourn the case to enable the parties conclude on the negotiations. The anti-corruption agency is accusing Otudeko, a former Chairman of First Bank…

The Nigerian Senate has rejected claims made by suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, concerning a purported plan to arrest her upon return from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) event in New York. Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, in a statement on Monday, maintained that Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate have no reason to engage with Akpoti-Uduaghan on the matter. “She’s looking for her lost content creation needle in a haystack,” Adaramodu said, dismissing the senator’s claims. “The Senate President and the Nigerian Senate have no reason to join issues with her anymore.” Senator Natasha claimed on Sunday that…