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A founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Farouk Adamu Aliyu, said there is no way Nigeria would become a one-party state. Aliyu, in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday, remarked that suggestions by the APC national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, that Nigeria should emulate China’s model of one-party state remain his personal view and not that of the APC. The Jigawa-born politician noted that it is in the best interest of Nigerians if the country operates a multiparty democratic system. “A one-party state is certainly not the best for us. The APC is not looking…

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the citizenry to be wary of excessive intake of salt beyond the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended daily limit of five grams. CAPPA called on the Federal Government to accelerate the formulation of regulations for enforcing salt targets in processed and packaged foods, which are critical to checkmating the country’s growing prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney failure. In a statement to mark World Salt Awareness Week 2025, the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) referenced World Health Organization (WHO) data showing that reducing salt intake is one of the most…

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has called for a radical shift in Nigeria’s governance framework, advocating for a departure from the Western-style democratic model that has failed to deliver stability, development, and national cohesion. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday signed by him, tagged: “Reimagining Governance in Nigeria: A Post-Western Democratic Framework.” According to Dr. Agbakoba, the adversarial nature of the current system has intensified divisions, enabled systemic corruption, and hindered meaningful development. He believes that the Western democratic model has faltered in Nigeria due to its inability to address the country’s…

Abiodun Nejo No fewer than people from 14 communities seek treatments at the State Specialist Hospital in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State. ABIODUN NEJO writes on the mining activities at Ijero Ekiti and the consequent safety concerns for the community, patients, and staff of the hospital, which is in the local government of the  Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake Forty-year-old Mr Ola Adeyemi, a teacher at Ijero Ekiti in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, is ever persuaded that many buildings around the Olowere House area, including the state government-owned State Specialist Hospital, Ijero Ekiti, may not survive integrity…

Residents of Agege and Orile-Agege, under the aegis of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest over what they described as political imposition and lack of internal democracy in the selection of candidates for the upcoming local government elections. The protest, which drew a large turnout, followed the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, where a candidate reportedly aligned with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, was declared winner for the chairmanship slot of Agege Local Government. The demonstrators, carrying placards with inscriptions such as “United We…

The House of Representatives has ordered security agencies to step up actions for the release of 18 persons abducted by sea pirates on Degema coastal axis in Rivers. The order followed a motion under urgent National Importance, moved by the member representing Degema/Bonny Federal constituency, Rep. Cyril Hart, on Tuesday in Abuja. Hart had called the attention of the house to the abduction of 18 persons by sea pirates sometime in March. The lawmaker, who raised the alarm over security of the abductees, said that a pregnant woman was among them. Contributing, the member representing Baruten/Ikalama Federal Constituency, Kwara, urged…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has denounced the recent statement attributed to the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, that his “spirit has already left the Government House” and that he is reluctant to return to his seat, even if reinstated. CUPP, in a statement by its National Secretary, Chief Peter Ameh, noted that the remarks undermine the collective struggle to defend Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution on the alleged infraction committed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. CUPP asserts that Fubara’s acquiescence is a betrayal of the millions who resisted Tinubu’s…

Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Olajade Lookman, has revealed how proud he his of Atalanta’s performance on all fronts this season, Soccernet.ng reports. The 27-year-old was La Dea’s poster boy last season after he scored a hat-trick that sealed their first-ever European silverware against an unbeaten Bayer 04 Leverkusen side. This season, Atalanta were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Club Brugge and didn’t make the round of sixteen. However, they improved domestically, and are third, just behind Inter Milan and Napoli. Ademola Lookman Panini player of the match during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta…

Three senators representing Kebbi State on Tuesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors are Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South). Their letters of defection were read on Tuesday by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who presided over Tuesday’s plenary session. They are Adamu Aliero, senator representing Kebbi central; Yahaya Abdullahi, lawmaker for Kebbi north; and Garba Maidoki for Kebbi south. Their letters of defection were read during Tuesday’s plenary by Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, who presided over the session. Jibrin described the…

  Umar Sani The United Nations Children’s Education Fund has disclosed that it had resolved a reasonable number of polio vaccination non-compliance in the Kundum Durum community of Bauchi, Bauchi State. Speaking with journalists during a monitoring exercise, the Polio Ward Focal Person, Kundum Durum, in Bauchi Local Government, Nuru Abdullahi, noted that on the first day of the exercise, non-compliance was recorded in 10 houses in the community. Nuru, while acknowledging that residents of the community are gradually accepting and embracing the polio vaccines, explained that “Out of the over 2000 houses visited in the community, less than 10…