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Truckers, operators clash as Apapa gridlock returns

•Operators lose N100bn due to congestion —NCJTFLCA •AMATO blames Strait of Hormuz disruption •Gridlock under control — TTP FRESH concerns have emerged over the return of the Apapa gridlock as key stakeholders in the maritime and logistics sector passed the buck over the persistent congestion choking access roads to the country’s busiest ports. The renewed traffic crisis has reportedly cost operators an estimated N100 billion, according to the National Compliance Joint Task Force of Licensed Clearing Agents, NCJTFLCA, while the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, attributed the situation to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite these claims, the Traffic Transit Point, TTP, engaged to manage truck movement in the Apapa corridor, insisted that the situation was under control. Recall that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, in 2021 entered into a five-year agreement with TTP as part of efforts to ensure seamless traffic. The electronic call-up system, popularly known as “Eto...
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Katsina fights out-of-school children with free education

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THE governor of Kwara State and Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Abdullah and Abdulaziz, and the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Maruf Alausa, yesterday joined their Katsina State host, Governor Dikko Umar Radda, to commission the Radda Special Model Secondary School, Radda, Charanchi LGA. The over 2,000 capacity institution is one of three such smart schools already completed in the three senatorial districts of the state which act as the pilot of an educational model that raises the bar in the free education agenda of the Radda administration. According to Radda in his address during the commissioning, the school, which is a coeducational boarding school, is open for children of the state, irrespective of the financial incapacity of their families.  In an interview with newsmen, the principal of the school, Lawal Shehu, said:  “All that parents need to do is bring their admitted children here. We cater for their school uniforms and dormitory  wears, feeding, tuitio...
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How 19 NASS members defected to NDC

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From left: Peter Obi, Seriake Dickson and Rabiu Kwankwaso . *ADC, NNPP lose three seats in Senate as Abaribe, Umeh, Hanga defectl18 Reps defect from ADC, 17 to NDC, one joins APC *Senate Configuration: APC 88, ADC 8, PDP 4, NDC 3, APGA 1 and Accord 1, vacant 4 *Reps: APC 260, PDP-38, LP-21, NDC-17, NNPP-14, APGA-5, others-4 *ADA distances self from Ardo’s fight against NDC’s registration *I think ADC is dead — Akpabio THE re-invigorated Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has reaped no fewer than 20 defectors and became the fourth force in the National Assembly.  Currently, it has overtaken the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the House of Representatives and is pursuing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, closely, in terms of National Assembly slots. The All Progressives Congress, APC, is leading all the opposition parties with a very wide gap. In the Senate, yesterday, former Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South, dumped the ADC for Labour Party, LP.  Also ...
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2027: PDP crisis deepens as Makinde faction claim control

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Nyesom Wike (left) and Seyi Makinde. •Appoints Turaki interim NWC chairman •We’ll stabilise PDP, win 2027, Turaki declares •Wike bloc declares action null and void THE crisis rocking Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, worsened as rival factions moved to assert control of the party. A bloc aligned with Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, announced the constitution of an Interim National Working Committee, NWC, following what it described as the party’s 103rd National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja. But a rival faction loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, swiftly disowned the meeting, declaring it illegal and rejecting all decisions reached, including the emergence of a caretaker leadership. The development comes days after a Supreme Court ruling voided the PDP’s previous leadership, deepening internal divisions and triggering a scramble for control of party structures. At the Abuja meeting, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, sai...
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Court: Plotters admit to planning coup against Tinubu

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THE Federal Government has played video evidence in court to establish the botched plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration through a coup d’état. In the video recordings tendered by the FG before the Federal High Court in Abuja, some of the defendants on trial for masterminding the alleged coup plot were seen explaining their level of involvement to investigators. The defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026, are retired Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana; retired Naval Captain Erasmus Ochegobia Victor; serving Police Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim; and three others, including Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Kashim Goni, and Abdulkadir Sani. Former governor of Bayelsa State, who also served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources under the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Timipre Sylva was also mentioned in the charge filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The former governor is said to be at large after fleeing the ...
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Obi, Kwankwaso, others defect to NDC

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a *Obi, Kwankwaso, others join Dickson’s NDC, brainstorm in Abuja  *Why we left ADC –Obi  *You’re a political nomad, Presidency mocks Obi  *APC closes sales of forms today  *Same lawyer, 2 parties: Coalition demands INEC probe of APM, NDC FORMER Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi; his Kano State counterpart, Senator Musa Kwankwaso, and others, have left African Democratic Congress, ADC, and charged Nigeria’s political atmosphere with their defection to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. Indeed, the polity is astir  as political parties and politicians are locked in a realignment rat race to beat  the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s May 10 deadline for submission of membership register. Following last Thursday’s decision of the Supreme Court, which made the main opposition ADC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, “uncertain platforms” as a political leader put it, last night, leading opposition politicians are leaving both parties ...
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Coup: How we uncovered plot to overthrow Tinubu, Army tells court

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•Insists ex-Gov Sylva was involved THE Nigerian Army has confirmed before the Federal High Court in Abuja that there was, indeed, a plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Tinubu through a coup d’état.  A soldier from the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, NACMP, whose identity was shielded by order of the court, mounted the witness box and testified against the six alleged masterminds of the alleged coup plot.  The defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026 are retired Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana; retired Naval Captain Erasmus Ochegobia Victor; serving Police Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim; and three others, including Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Kashim Goni, and Abdulkadir Sani. Former governor of Bayelsa State, who also served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources under the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Timipre Sylva, was also mentioned in the charge filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Just...
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