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*Prizes ranging from N500,000 to N50,000 was presented to NYA quiz  winners The National Youth Alliance (NYA)  in its bid at ensuring that youth are empowered through digital skills, has hosted Arewa Tiktokers, in view of its resolve to birthing a new Nigeria. At the well attended event in Kano on Wednesday evening, no fewer than 50 Tiktokers from Northern Nigeria, under the aegis of Arewa Tiktokers were hosted, with several empowered with cash rewards. According to a statement by his SA Media, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, speaking at the event, President of the NYA, Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas said that NYA is a youth-led political movement and leadership platform dedicated to empowering young Nigerians to take active roles in governance, policymaking, and national development.  "It serves as a unifying force for patriotic youth across Nigeria, advocating for political inclusion, social justice, economic empowerment, and responsible leadership from the grassro...

‎By; YAUBA SARKIN YAKIN JAGABAN ‎ ‎Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s tactical move towards the All Progressives Congress (APC) may appear, on the surface, as a strategic recalibration and realignment needed to remain politically afloat ahead of 2027.  ‎ ‎But beneath the optics of political survival lies a potentially explosive confrontation that could fracture the party in Adamawa State and ignite a bitter struggle with the very establishment he has battled in the last seven years. ‎ ‎Already, a number of the APC stakeholders such as Abdurrahman Kwacham have openly voiced their concern against the likelihood of Fintiri's annexation of a party he has fought all his life and even claimed to have killed. ‎ ‎But apart from Kwacham, a number of core stakeholders are working behind the scene to frustrate Fintiri's move to hijack the party from behind. ‎ ‎Two towering figures within the Adamawa APC, namely Sadiq Walin Ganye and General Buba Marwa are reportedly said to be wo...

The pioneer financial officer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Oladimeji Fabiyi has been inaugurated as the Deputy National Financial Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Fabiyi’s nomination was ratified by the Southwest zonal caucus of the ADC at the party’s meeting held in Ibadan on Tuesday. Other officials of the ADC whose nomination were ratified at the Ibadan Southwest meeting include Mr. Akinbowale Omole, (National Vice Chairman SouthWest), Capt. Tunji Shelle (National Director of Communication & Programmes) and Alh. Kafilat Olayiwola (Deputy National  Woman Leader). Others are Arc. Bashir Lawal (Assistant National Secretary, Diversity & Inclusion Secretary), Prof. Bode Ayorinde (Assistant National Organising  Secretary), Mrs Yidiat Oseni (Deputy Coordinator, Diaspora), Olufemi Adeleye, and Lady Lydia Olufunmiloye (Assistant National Woman Leader). The National Secretary  of the ADC and former Governor of Osun State Ogbe...

*Says 2027 elections  about masses vs people in power  Ahead of the nationwide congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon, Yekini Nabena, has cautioned Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda-led National Working Committee (NWC) against ceding all the structures to the incumbent governors across the county. The APC chieftain said ceding all the structures from the Wards, local governments and the state to the governors would only breed resentment, deprive real party men and women, and eventually chasing away the few remaining  masses in the APC. In a statement he released Wednesday in Abuja, the Bayelsa State APC chieftain warned that,  "the 2027 general elections is about masses against the few people in the corridor of power, hence the masses must be carried along." According to him, the ongoing preparations by the current NWC only shows preparation to handover the structures to the Governors ...

‎How his clandestine, deceptive schemes rupture, exposing weak, soft underbelly  ‎ ‎Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the seeming omnipotent and intrepid political adventurist, is about to face the real test of his strength, political strategy and most importantly his touted popularity ahead of 2027 general elections as political realignments ahead of the election intensify. ‎ ‎Investigation by this reporter indicated that Fintiri's phenomenal luck which catapulted him from obscurity to national limelight in the last 25 years of this democratic dispension may desert him due to one or a combination of factors including arrogance, ego, deceit, betrayals, disloyalty and self adulation. ‎ ‎Fintiri has over the years carved a fearsome reputation as one of the most diabolic and dangerous politicians who ever traversed the murky and shark infested Nigerian political waters. A shrewd, insensate and unpredictable politician, Fintiri is reputed to be one of the most clinically cold ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State and immediate-past Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, has called on Abians to remain vigilant and continuously hold the government of Governor Alex Otti accountable, particularly over what he described as persistent financial inconsistencies and lack of transparency in the administration. Prince Ikonne made this call while speaking on a monitored radio programme on Monday in Abuja, where he expressed deep shock over the inclusion of ₦210 million in the Abia State budget allegedly earmarked for the purchase of a photocopier, an action the state government has since attempted to dismiss as a “typographical error.” While debunking the allegation that the government budgeted N250 million for the purchase of a photocopier at its Lagos Liaison Office, through a statement by the State Ministry of Budget and Planning, Abia st...