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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Ahead of the 2027 general elections, strong backing has come for candidate of opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) for Benue North West Senatorial District, Dr. (Mrs) Eunice Erdoo Ortom, as leaders, elders and stakeholders of the party insisted that she has the capacity to deliver effective representation. Flaying what they see as deliberate smear campaign and coordinated misinformation circulated on social media targeted at Dr Ortom, the major stakeholders further described such campaign as "desperate propaganda of political jobbers and merchants of falsehood whose stock-in-trade is blackmail and distortion." In a statement jointly signed by Sen.…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has sworn in Justice Christine Terlumun Clement Ende as a Judge of the Benue State High Court. Performing the ceremony at the Old Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, the Governor described the appointment of the new judge as a significant milestone in the administration of justice in the state. Governor Alia said that the appointment was in recognition of Justice Ende's distinguished career which has spanned over three decades in legal practice, judicial administration, human rights advocacy, and public service. According to the Governor, "the new judge's wealth…

*Uzodimma Applauds Humanitarian Ministry, Highlights State's Youth Empowerment Drive Imo State has a new Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Okigwe following the conversation of the former FMC,Owerri, into a Teaching Hospital for Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) not long ago. The pact to have the former General Hospital, Okigwe become Imo State's new FMC was sealed Wednesday, June 3, 2026 between a Federal Government delegation, led by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, and those of Imo State led by Governor Hope Uzodimma. These were disclosed in a statement made available to…

*Pours Invectives On Tinubu A mass protest today rocked Abuja with hundreds of people storming streets in the nation's capital to express their feelings over recurring abduction of school children and general insecurity in the country. Led by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, they called for the immediate rescue of the schoolchildren. Sowore also launched a damning attack on President Bola Tinubu, whom he alleged as being responsible for the worsening insecurity in the land. The protest, which followed a nationwide mobilisation, according to Sowore, is a prelude to what he described as an imminent revolutionary push against poor governance…

*Panic Escalated Into Nasarawa State By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Scores of residents ran helter skelter, some screaming in palpable fear, many visibly shivering, sparking widespread panic today in Gbagalape, a suburb of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following reports of an attack by alleged terrorists on LEA Primary School in the community. An account referred to the group as "cult boys" and not terrorists or bandits. The pandemonium even spiraled into contiguous communities, including Rugar and Mararaba, both in Nasarawa State. Panic-stricken parents/guardians hurriedly sought out their children/wards and withdrew them from the primary school and other schools. Obviously shaken by…

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 convicted and sentenced one businessman, Bukar Ahmed Shuwa to ten years imprisonment. The convict was arraigned on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one -count amended charge for the offence of cheating to the tune of N2,950,000.00 (Two Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The charge reads: "That you, Bukar Ahmed Shuwa sometimes in the year 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court fraudulently…

By SAMUEL CHUKWUKA Lagos — Dr Felicia Tamuno, Institutional Banking Lead at The Alternative Bank, Nigeria’s leading non-interest financial institution, has called for a major shift in Africa’s banking system, urging greater adoption of non-interest and ethical finance models to bridge the massive financing gap facing women entrepreneurs. Speaking at the African Women in Banking and Finance Conference & Awards 2026, Tamuno said traditional interest-based lending models, which rely heavily on fixed asset collateral, property titles, and long credit histories, continue to exclude millions of women operating in the informal and semi-formal sectors.“Many women-led businesses remain locked out of formal finance despite their enormous…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Crisis is brewing in the Oyo State branch of main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as five of the party's governorship aspirants passed a vote of no confidence on the party’s State Chairman, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, demanding his immediate resignation. They cited alleged bias and actions which they claimed have undermined the integrity of the party. The aspirants, former Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan; Mr. Hakeem Alao, Mr. Akeem Agbaje, Mr. Ololade Usman Bakare, and Mr. Musibau Asanike, tabled the demand in a statement issued after what they described as a crucial meeting held on Monday.…

*Sent Home Barely A Year After Appointment The axe fell on Managing Director (MD) of Imo State Housing Corporation (IMSHC), Barr. Raymond Ucheoma, as Governor Hope Uzodimma approved his suspension from office, barely one year after he was appointed. Ucheoma's suspension, effective 2 June, 2026 was communicated to him through a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) which said the suspension was immediate. Ucheoma, the letter stated, was directed to hand over all government property in his custody to the Secretary of the Corporation or the most senior officer in IMSHC before the close…

*Accuse Urhobo, Ijaw Of Orchestrating Media Attacks On Tinubu, Wife By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri Leaders of the Itsekiri ethnic nationality on Wednesday rejected the proposed delineation of wards, polling units, state constituencies and the creation of an additional federal constituency in Warri federal constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that the exercise was fraught with constitutional, legal and technical irregularities. Addressing a world press conference at Ubeji Town Hall in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State, the Itsekiri leaders accused INEC of relying on flawed fieldwork and disputed Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping…