*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 11/05/2025*

Fresh attacks claim 23 lives in Benue

Wike announces 2-week project commissioning for Tinubu’s second anniversary

UTME: 16-year old scores 98% in maths, 336 overall

Aiyedatiwa, ex-govs, others extol Fasoranti’s virtues on 99th birthday

Imo airport records first international flight

Enugu celebrates Nwobodo at 85

Anambra sanctions primary school over N5,000 prefect nomination fee

Dangote commits N15bn to upgrade Kano varsity to world class status

Taliban detains 14 for playing music, singing at Afghanistan private gathering

US, China meet in bid to ‘de-escalate’ trade war

Trump announces ‘full and immediate’ ceasefire between India and Pakistan

Nigerian pastor, Timothy Omotoso, rearrested in South Africa

1,006  foreigners received Nigerian citizenship in eight years


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region famed for the beauty of its lakes, meadows and snow-capped mountains. Even before the partitioning of the Indian subcontinent in August 1947, the region has been hotly contested. And since 1947, it has remained a source of tension between India and Pakistan.

* The name “cashmere” comes from the region of Kashmir where clothes were made from the fine, soft, downy, winter undercoat wool produced by the Kashimiri goat.
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Fresh defection raises APC’s N’Assembly members to 265

Natasha praises Tinubu on TikTok, sparks rumour of defection

Rivers: Governance collapse led to emergency rule, FG tells S’Court

Army launches operations against bandits in Kwara, Niger border community

15 pipeline vandals convicted in Niger Delta, says Ribadu

NELFUND: ICPC intensifies loan fraud probe

Northwest Govs meet to tackle insecurity, others

Mass defections: PDP govs in emergency talks with party bigwigs

No Going Back On Naira-For-Crude Implementation –FG

Anambra, Lagos lead in UTME malpractices

FG to spend N73.9bn on Abuja-Keffi road

Minister takes media literacy campaign to schools, warns youths on fake news

FG pledges support for entrepreneurs in beauty industry

FCT, Lagos, others to experience excessive rainfall – Report

2025 AMVCA: Lateef Adedimeji, wife win ‘Best Indigenous Movie’ with “Lisabi: The Uprising”

Blind Society holds 27th Sports Day

Southwest Games’ committee felicitates new leadership of SWDC

2nd anniversary: Apo-Wassa Road ready for inauguration – Wike

Lawyers commend Akpabio’s decision to step down from sexual harassment panel

Aiteo partners Mozambican firm on 200,000bpd refinery

IPOB knocks Amnesty International for linking group to Okigwe gunmen attack

Commissioners to APC govs: Replicate Tinubu’s agenda for youths

Winners emerge in Lagos APC chairmanship primaries

Council poll: Lagos APC primaries produce four consensus candidates

LP inaugurates 24-member caretaker exco committee in Lagos LG polls

LP chair, Abure camp bicker over party membership

Defection, highest level of betrayal – Kwankwaso

I won’t contest, accept govt appointment -Utomi

Security: Diri lauds agencies, armed forces team for synergy

Kano gov secures release of pregnant women, nursing mothers, others from prison

Kano gov offers scholarships to nine best Dangote varsity graduates

Lagos slams ‘exploitative’ landlords, vows action on unjust rent hikes

Bayelsa lauds Olukoya over foodmart

Kano Govt spent N3bn on exam fees of 141,745 indigent candidates

Rivers receives multimillion medical equipment from Renaissance, NNPCL others

NOA Rivers holds social media dialogue on NELFUND

Niger protests NCDC appointments, demands fair representation

Lagos begins demolition of shanties in Ikeja

Alaafin thanks Tinubu, Makinde, others for memorable coronation

450 Adamawa, Taraba women get livelihood support from ANI

Sightsavers’ project engages caregivers, treats 36,000 infants in Akwa Ibom

Man accuses Lagos hospital of cutting wife’s toe

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 868, the earliest surviving dated printed book was produced in China. The “Diamond Sutra” is one of the most important texts in Mahayana Buddhism. The British Library in London presently houses the copy.

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Don’t bother to give God instructions; just report for duty. – Corrie Ten Boom
Good morning

*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*

DEFECTIONS OF TOP POLITICIANS

1 Bola Tinubu: AD ➡ ACN ➡ APC
2 Kashim Shettima: ANPP ➡ APC
3 Muhammadu Buhari: ANPP ➡ CPC ➡ APC
4 George Akume: PDP ➡ ACN ➡ APC
5 Atiku Abubakar: PDP ➡ ACN ➡ PDP APC ➡ PDP
6 Peter Obi: APGA ➡ PDP ➡ LP
7 Rabiu Kwankwaso: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ NNPP
8 Aminu Tambuwal: ANPP ➡ DPP ➡ ANPP ➡ PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP
9 Godswill Akpabio: PDP ➡ APC
10 Bukola Saraki: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP
11 Rotimi Amaechi: PDP ➡ APC
12 Nasir El-Rufai: PDP ➡ CPC ➡ APC ➡ SDP
13 Bello Matawalle: ANPP ➡ PDP ➡ APC
14 Sheriff Oborevwori: PDP ➡ APC
15 Ifeanyi Okowa: PDP ➡ APC
16 Gbenga Daniel: PDP ➡ APC
17 David Umahi: PDP ➡ APC
18 Godwin Obaseki: APC ➡ PDP
19 Benedict Ayade: PDP ➡ APC
20 Femi Fani-Kayode: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ APC
21 Orji Uzor Kalu: PDP ➡ PPA ➡ PDP ➡ PPA ➡ APC
22 Nuhu Ribadu: ACN ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ APC
23 Peter Nwaoboshi: PDP ➡ APC
24 Rita Maduagwu: PDP ➡ APGA ➡ APC

#Statisense

*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 10/05/2025*

No extradition process against Simon Ekpa – AGF

Northern govs in high-stakes meeting over terror attacks

Warri refinery workers continue strike

Abia to commence construction of 10,000-barrel modular refinery

Marketers import N2.4tn petrol amid competition with Dangote

Business reality TV show, ‘The Next Titan’ returns

Lookman misses training, doubtful for Roma clash

Pope Leo XIV always wanted to be priest, says brother

UAE pledges support for Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project

11 African countries record two-thirds of malaria deaths — Report

375 Nigerians sought Swedish asylum in 2024 — Report

Benin shuts border against Nigerian northern community

FG to repatriate 15,000 Nigerians stranded abroad

Police rescue 25 Ivorians from kidnappers, arrest eight suspects



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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Group jogging is illegal in Burundi. It was banned in 2014 by the country’s president who feared that the activity could help people plan anti-government activities.

* If you ingest nutmeg in large doses, it works like a hallucinogen due to a natural compound called myristicin.
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Tinubu welcomes Qatari interest in agriculture, food security

President celebrates agric icon, Tunde Badmus on birthday

Speaker Abbas loses mother-in-law

Kebbi senators defect to APC after meeting Tinubu

Natasha fires back at Akpabio, denies violating court order

$1.43m fraud case: S’Court revokes Fred Ajudua’s bail, orders return to prison

Mohbad’s father gets court nod to challenge Naira Marley’s clearance

Yahaya Bello, EFCC counsel clash as N80bn fraud trial continues

EFCC pledges to probe Matawalle over alleged N528bn graft

NAF: 1,150 terrorists neutralised in Northwest operation in 17 months

Matawalle condoles family of slain Imam, donates N5m, foodstuffs

4,803 peddlers arrested as NDLEA seizes 358kg illicit drugs

FG forges ahead with Naira-for-Crude policy implementation

JAMB releases 2025 UTME results, withholds 39,834 others

How blind candidate hired another visually impaired person for UTME – JAMB

FG generates N300m from 50 private varsities

Passenger maltreatment: NCAA slams N3m fine on Kenya Airways

64,188 Nigerians begin Hajj journey from Imo airport, Shettima commends unity

Use social media responsibly, NYSC DG tells corps members

NELFUND pledges to combat fraud, partners security agencies

FG urged to build pedestrian bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Poultry farmers lament drop in egg sales

Tinubu prioritising water supply to Abuja satellite towns – Wike

FCT requests federal funds for development projects

Nigeria deserves high standard ICC – Wike

Lagos cooperative college to graduate 153 students

Visually impaired athletes set for sports day

Recycle, don’t ban plastics, manufacturers urge govt

NNPCL is part of our business — Dangote

Bayelsa PDP approves N306m salaries for officials

LG poll: Revolt in Lagos APC over imposition

Abiodun commissions Nigeria’s first rapid diagnostic test production facility in Ogun

Sanwo-Olu inaugurates new accident, emergency centre in Epe

Edo dep gov denies cultism allegation

Ikpeazu built, inaugurated uninhabitable govt house — Abia govt

FCT chief judge frees 30 awaiting trial inmates in Keffi prison

Anambra govt excited over Tinubu’s promises during visit

Kano spends N3bn on WASSCE, NECO fees for 141,000 students

Gombe approves $481,000 for 969 intending pilgrims

Lagos begins demolition of illegal buildings in GRA, others

315 Muslim pilgrims airlifted to Mecca in inaugural international flight at Imo Airport

Lagos pays N978m to families of deceased civil servants

NSCDC denies extorting farmers at Kano grazing reserve

Rivers vigilante group issues eviction notice to native doctors

Fire guts three-storey building in Onitsha

Cultists hack two Bayelsa graduates to death

25-yr-old man nabbed in Lagos while transporting human organs for rituals

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president. Mandela’s inauguration came after more than 300 years of white rule. Before becoming president, he was a pivotal figure in the fight against the racist apartheid regime and was incarcerated for 27 years.

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Black and white might be sufficient. But why deprive yourself of color. – Christian Dior

Good morning

*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*

UPDATED: Akpabio asks court to order Apoti-Uduaghan to delete satirical post https://phoenix-browser.com/FiXdFZu8HER

*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 09/05/2025*

World leaders welcome Leo, first US pope

Nigeria taps additional $215m W’Bank loan for palliatives

Nnamdi Kanu ordered Lagos court burning, cops’ beheading – DSS

Kano govt bans live political programmes on TV, radio

Gov Radda At National Assembly As 3 Katsina PDP Reps Defect To APC

Tinubu vows to revive S’East gas plant, fix Anambra erosion

Anambra unveils iconic national tourism tower

PalmPay hits 15m daily transactions

IMF confirms Nigeria’s full repayment of $3.4bn loan

US to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea

Trump calls for ‘unconditional’ 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

UK police recover Nigerian teenager’s corpse inside lake

Wigwe: US helicopter firm may face criminal charges

China commends Nigeria’s loyalty to ‘One-China’ policy

Refitting & repainting: Newly acquired presidential jet flown to South Africa

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Latin is no longer spoken as a native language, though it’s a foundational language for many modern languages. It however, still plays crucial roles in the Catholic Church.

* Country music artiste Dolly Parton once lost in a Dolly Parton look-alike contest.
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Economic reforms not to punish Nigerians, but to avert collapse – Tinubu

Tinubu urges Senate to confirm nominees as Board members for SWDC, NCDC, SSDC

FG’ll continue to partner with Anambra to harness it’s huge potentialities – Tinubu

I won’t resign over Natasha’s sexual harassment allegations – Akpabio

Insecurity: Don’t pit Senate against Tinubu, Akpabio warns minister

Akpabio slams Obi for saying Nigeria’s past heroes failed

Senate passes Joint Revenue Board, Nigeria Tax Bill

Senate, House to reconcile differences in Tax Reform Bills

Reps panel gives Benue, Zamfara govs fresh deadline over lawmakers’ suspension

Reps summon CBN gov, finance minister over contractors’ funds

Reps urge FG to establish more NYSC camps

Torrent of tributes for Clark at Senate’s valedictory session

MultiChoice loses bid to stop FCCPC’s probe of DStv, GOtv subscription hike

IPOB: Why we want Simon Ekpa back in Nigeria – AGF Fagbemi

Appeal Court strikes out NNPP candidate’s suit against Aiyedatiwa’s victory

No proof of Yahaya Bello’s children’s fees paid from Kogi funds, says witness

Judge withdraws from hearing Osun NULGE, APC suit over bias allegation

Ghana court jails Nigerian trafficking HIV patient for prostitution

DHQ links foreign herdsmen to Benue, Plateau killings

Troops arrest four suspected terrorists, recover arms in Taraba

Govs forum plans summit to address education challenges

7% GDP Growth Achievable — Finance Minister

No recognised national chairman, secretary for Labour Party, INEC declares

200,000 Nigerians Die Annually From Food-Related Diseases – FG

Passenger maltreatment: NCAA slams N3m fine on Kenya Airways

FAAN Upgrades Lagos Hajj Terminal’s Facilities

2025 UTME: JAMB to release results Friday

Nigeria launches AfCFTA Hackathon

Dangote, NNPC boss meet, pledge collaboration for national growth

FG hails milestones of naira-for-crude deal

OPEC April oil output falls – Report

Pension scheme: PenCom, Lagos advocate informal sector inclusion

FCTA to demolish over 10 buildings on waterways, green areas

Wike seeks access to natural resources development fund for Abuja infrastructure projects

Kaduna poly expels 63 students for malpractices

Law School DG dismisses allegations of withholding results

Lateef Jakande academy seeks fellows

Meta’s exit may devastate 20m MSMEs – IT firms

Airtel Africa rebounds with $661m pre-tax profit

VFD Group Shareholders Approve N3.17bn Final Dividend

NASCON Shareholders Approve N2 Per Share Dividend

Shadow govt: APC hits Utomi for comparing Tinubu with Hitler

2027: Al-Makura, Masari mobilise CPC bloc for Tinubu

Labour Party NEC suspends Abure, Farouk for six months

APGA committed to re-election of Tinubu – Bianca Ojukwu

Sowore blasts Peter Obi for ‘gaslighting’ Nigerians who protested against Jonathan’s govt

Delta APC lauds Tinubu over Nigeria’s IMF debt repayment

Concerns mount over disbursement of El-Rufai’s $350m World Bank loan in Kaduna

LP vows to defeat APC in Lagos LG poll

Shehu Sani: If Coalition Fails, Tinubu’s Re-Election Done Deal

Ododo under fire over Kogi housing deficit

Gov Buni donates cash, food to families of slain soldiers

Gov Buni hails Yobe farmers’ readiness to tackle food security challenges

Kogi lawmakers threaten showdown with political office holders

Gombe CJ frees 84 inmates

Lagos marks 39 buildings for demolition over encroachment

Abia Airport: Host community fears loss of ancestral land

Bauchi plans by-election to replace impeached LG chair, deputy

Kano to reactivate water plant for improved supply

KWAM 1 is my son, I can’t fight him – Kollington

Queen Amina Old Students Commend Uba Sani Over Land Revocation

Gombe judge withdraws from ongoing land dispute

Court adjourns ruling on self-crowned Ondo monarch to May 12

Niger police neutralise drug lord during face-off

Toy gun-wielding robbers snatch car from Niger resident

I don’t want to die rich – Bill Gates

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1960, the first birth control pill was approved. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would add birth control as a new indication for the drug “Enovid”.

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Money is the best deodorant. – Elizabeth Taylor

Good evening *Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com +234-8122200446*.

Appeal Court Confirms That Professor Ogban Rigged Election for Senate President Akpabio

On Tuesday, April 30, 2025, the Court of Appeal confirmed a major decision made earlier by the High Court in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The court ruled that Professor Peter Ogban was guilty of helping to rig the 2023 senatorial election in favour of the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

The case against Professor Ogban began after several people raised alarm about serious irregularities during the 2023 elections in Akwa Ibom State. Many voters and observers complained that the results from some polling units were manipulated. Investigations and court hearings later revealed that Professor Ogban, who was a Returning Officer during the election, altered results to reduce votes for other candidates and increase votes for Akpabio.

The High Court found him guilty of electoral fraud, and now the Appeal Court has agreed with that decision. This means that the courts have confirmed that the election process was tampered with to favour the Senate President.

This ruling has caused fresh uproar, with many Nigerians questioning whether Godswill Akpabio’s seat in the Senate is truly legitimate. Civil society groups and opposition leaders are calling for action, saying the justice system must protect the integrity of Nigeria’s democracy.

With this latest judgment, attention is now turning to what steps the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Senate will take regarding Akpabio’s position.

#Akpabio #fyp #ElectionFraud #nigeria #SenatePresident

BREAKING: Appeal Court upholds conviction of Professor Ogban jailed for rigging election for Akpabio... #Aidee #News #Breakingnews

Natasha ‘apologises’ to Akpabio over sexual harassment allegation, says ‘I forgot I won my senate seat through erection not election’... #Aidee #News #Politics

Akpabio sends message to Nigerians from Rome, says poverty isn’t a crime but a virtue from God... #Aidee #News #Politics

SATIRICAL APOLOGY LETTER

From the Desk of Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan

Dear Distinguished Senate President Godswill Akpabio,

It is with the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret that I tender this apology for the grievous crime of possessing dignity and self-respect in your most exalted presence. I have reflected extensively on my unforgivable failure to recognize that legislative success in certain quarters is apparently not earned through merit, but through the ancient art of compliance — of the very personal kind.

How remiss of me not to understand that my refusal to indulge your… “requests” was not merely a personal choice, but a constitutional violation of the unwritten laws of certain men’s entitlement. Truly, I must apologize for prioritizing competence over capitulation, vision over vanity, and the people’s mandate over private dinners behind closed doors.

I now realize the catastrophic consequences of my actions: legislation delayed, tempers flared, and the tragic bruising of egos so large they require their own postcodes. For this disruption to the natural order of “quid pro quo,” I bow my head in fictional shame.

Please find it in your magnanimous heart — somewhere buried deep beneath layers of entitlement — to forgive this stubborn woman who mistakenly believed that her seat in the Senate was earned through elections, not erections.

I remain,
Yours in eternal resistance,
Senator Natasha H Akpoti Uduaghan
Unafraid, Unbought, and Unbroken