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The Special Assistant to Atiku Abubakar on Public communication, Phrank Shaibu, has disclosed that he gave President Bola Tinubu’s media aide, Daniel Bwala, money to sustain his lifestyle outside what the former vice president gave him. Shaibu said Bwala needed “extra cash” to fund his luxurious lifestyle outside what Atiku paid him while he was working with the former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate. Bwala served as a spokesperson for Atiku’s presidential campaign during the 2023 general election, spanning from roughly 2022 to early 2023. He was key in the PDP campaigns, focusing on challenging the All Progressives Congress,…
Following the defection of Peter Obi from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, alongside Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Obidient Movement said it is advancing to strengthen its collective efforts on the platform of the NDC. In a statement signed by its National Director, Yunusa Tanko, the movement said the transition signifies the strategic need for national renewal, which requires a united, stable, and functional political platform through which the aspirations of the Nigerian populace can be effectively pursued. “We urge all members of the Obidient Movement to proceed with their registration into the Nigerian Democratic…
Two clubs are currently battling to sign Manchester United midfielder Casemiro. According to talkSPORT, Inter Miami and LA Galaxy are the two leading contenders to sign the Brazilian. The two Major League Soccer, MLS, clubs are both currently in talks to try and sign the veteran midfielder in the summer. Casemiro is leaning towards a move to the MLS despite strong interest from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The 34-year-old confirmed a few weeks ago that he would be leaving Old Trafford at the end of the season despite fan calls for him to stay for another season. Casemiro is one…
Athletics Federation of Nigeria president Tonobok Okowa has praised President Bola Tinubu for supporting Nigeria’s successful outing at the World Relays in Gaborone, where the country secured multiple qualification tickets for the 2027 World Athletics Championships, The PUNCH reports. Team Nigeria concluded their campaign in Gaborone with four qualification slots for the Beijing event, adding to an earlier African record performance in the mixed 4x100m relay on the opening day. Reflecting on the campaign in an interview with The PUNCH, Okowa credited the Federal Government and the National Sports Commission for ensuring timely preparations, noting that financial support played a…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have apprehended 25 suspected cultists, including 10 females, in a renewed push against criminal elements in the state. A statement issued by the command’s public relations officer, DSP Timfon John, on Monday, stated that the suspects were arrested in the Abak Local Government Area of the state during a meeting of their members. According to John, the operatives, acting on credible intelligence after receiving directives from the Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, to intensify raids on identified black spots and dismantle criminal networks, carried out the operation which led to…
The coordinated jihadist assault of 25 to 26 April did not merely expose the limits of the AES and Mali’s military junta. It shattered the strategic illusion that has guided the country since its rupture with ECOWAS and the wider international community. The events that unfolded across Mali last weekend are not merely another chapter in the Sahel’s long-running crisis. They represent something deeper: the unravelling of a strategic gamble that replaced cooperation with isolation, institutions with propaganda, and diversified partnerships with dependence on a single, unreliable and overstretched ally. On April 25, coordinated attacks struck Bamako, Kati, Gao, Kidal,…
A member of the Action Democratic Congress, Chille Igbawua, has dismissed claims that the party was being structured to serve the political ambition of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Igbawua stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. “We have sufficiently over time denied this issue that the ADC is a special-purpose vehicle for Atiku Abubakar. That certainly is untrue because nobody who has come into the ADC has been given preference over him. “To confirm that, Atiku Abubakar himself has said that he will contest this as his last attempt at the presidency…
Habeeb ‘Portable’ Badmus has claimed his defeat to Carter Efe at the Chaos in the Ring 4 event in Lagos was engineered to protect organisers from paying out billions of naira wagered on his victory, insisting he was stopped prematurely when he could have continued, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. “It was cheating. They couldn’t pay the money, so they rigged it. We are the ones who won, so they ripped me. They couldn’t pay the N23 billion that people bet on me. If Portable wins, they can never pay the money,” the ZaZoo crooner said. He further claimed that the…
A new governance accountability initiative that uses data analytics, field verification and citizen reporting to assess local government performance has been launched in Lagos, as Nigeria expands scrutiny over how public funds are spent at the grassroots level. The initiative, known as the Steward Awards, introduces a digital verification platform designed to independently track, validate and rank the delivery of public projects executed by local governments and selected state ministries, departments and agencies. Organisers told reporters in Lagos that the system is intended to address long-standing concerns around transparency, visibility and impact assessment of projects carried out at the local…
Decentralized finance protocol Aave filed an emergency motion on Monday in New York to vacate a restraining notice from a US law firm aimed at blocking Arbitrum DAO from transferring 30,766 Ether to the victims of the Kelp exploit. Gerstein Harrow LLP served Arbitrum DAO with a restraining notice on Friday, arguing its clients are owed over $877 million in default judgments against North Korea. The law firm claims the North Korean hacker group behind the Kelp exploit had possession of the tokens, giving its clients a legal claim over the Ether.Aave filed the emergency motion in a New York district…
