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By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Barrister Richard Agu as the Commissioner for Transportation in the administration of Governor Peter Mbah. The appointment was confirmed on Thursday after screening at the Assembly's plenary. Before his appointment, Agu was Chairman of the board of the state-owned Enugu Air. He hails from Ngwo in Udi Local Government Area (LGA) of the State and was nominated by Gov. Mbah for the position. The Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu, confirming the appointment, commended lawmakers for their active participation in the process.

*'What Has Tinubu Done With His 'Electoral Victory', If Not Oversee Conditions That Many Citizens Experience As One Hardship After Another?' *'What Has That 'Victory' Delivered To Ordinary Citizens Apart From Escalating Economic Hardship, Higher Living Costs, Worsening Poverty, And Intensifying Insecurity Under A Government Marked By Grandiosity And Corruption?' By our reporter The Peter Obi Media Office on Saturday took aim at lead spokesman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mr Dele Alake, and the Council, to move beyond their perceived preoccupation with Obi’s assertion that he won the 2023 presidential election and explain to Nigerians…

*Court Orders Arrest Of Quartet *INEC Writes Police, DSS To Investigate Them, Says Their Alleged Actions Can Trigger Breakdown Of Law, Order By our reporter Trouble has come for former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, former Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and two others as a Senior Magistrate Court in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) issued a bench warrant for their arrest. They are to be nabbed for alleged criminal conspiracy, forgery and tendering of false documents. The warrant was issued by Senior Magistrate Ebiwari E. Damini at the Senior Magistrate Court 3 in Jiwa, under case numbers CR/M/JW/084/2026 and CR/M/JW/085/2026…

*'Eye Witnesses Said Individuals Who Attacked Alhaja Alli, Engr. Remi Oseni, and Hon. Funke Olunloyo-Osinowo Were APC Members Caught In Middle Of Their Party’s Internal Disagreements' *Rating Reflects Deliberate Choices We Made To Put People At Centre Of Governance -Gov Makinde *Phillips Consulting's 2025 Liveability Index Ranking Oyo State As Nigeria's Most Liveable, Thumbs Up For Visible Developmental Strides Of Makinde Administration -Govt Gushes By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has denied allegation by the Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation that members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were attacked in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Alli is the 2027 election…

*'It's Tokenism, Move To Deceive Voters' *Turn Out En Masse 16 January, Vote Out Clueless Tinubu, Usher In Obi-Kwankwaso For Pain Relief, Party Urges By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged suffering Nigerians not to fall for the antics of President Bola Tinubu and his sinking All Progressives Congress (APC) government through what it described as the ill- conceived 30-day discount on petrol at NNPC filling stations. The party dubbed the exercise a deceptive tokenism. Instead the party urged the hard-pressed Nigerian citizenry to remain resilient and look ahead with courage, come out en masse and vote…

*'The Address Comes As Nigeria Works To Attract Investment, Deepen Its Global Partnerships And Change Long-held Perceptions Abroad' *'A Country's Image Is Built Daily Through Its People's Conduct, How Well Its Public, Private Institutions Work, The Growing Power Of Digital Platforms To Spread Both Good And Bad Stories About Nigeria' By Ademola Adegoke Renowned leadership architect, management turnaround expert andformer Director-General and Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, will deliver the keynote address at this year's 2026 Nigeria Reputation Day Conference. The event, being organized by the Nigeria Reputation Management Group (NRMG),…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) in Oyo state has condemned alleged attacks on Alhaja Tawakalitu Alli, wife of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, and two candidates of the party in Ibadan on Wednesday. A statement by the organization on Thursday indicated that Mrs. Alli was attacked during a medical outreach she organised at Ibikunle House, Ayeye, Ibadan while the Oyo South APC senatorial candidate, Hon. Aderemi Oseni, and Ibadan North West/Ibadan South-West Federal Constituency candidate, Hon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo’s campaign trains were attacked during separate campaign events at…

By our reporter On a day that Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) grumbled loudly over the deleterious effects of high petrol price on workers and the masses and issued an ultimatum to Federal Government (FG) on petrol, FG today pegged the amount payable on the vital product at N1,350 a litre across the country. Additionally, government announced a 30-day discount on petrol bought at all retail outlets run by its oil behemoth, Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPCL). The FG clarified that the discount was not a subsidy, but its way to assist public transportation bring down fares for the benefit of…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Nigeria may witness a nationwide industrial convulsion as, embittered by seeming official indifference to the spiralling poverty in the land arising from dire socioeconomic difficulties, Labour has handed the Federal Government (FG) two weeks, beginning tomorrow (Friday) to reverse petrol price to the January 2024 rate, or face consequences. People&Politics notes that a litre of petrol at pump heads of retail outlets in January 2024 sold for about ₦668.30 whereas presently it goes for about N1,500 in different parts of the country - a jump of over 100 per cent. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who…

*Soyinka Won It In 1986 Canadian poet, classicist and translator, Anne Carson, has, today, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 76-year-old is best known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red, a queer coming-of-age story which reimagines a poem by the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus. Born in 1950 in Toronto, Carson earned a PhD in Classics and has taught at a number of universities throughout her decades-long career. Her works include Plainwater, Wrong Norma and The Beauty of the Husband. She became the first woman to ever win the TS Eliot prize with the latter in 2001.…