Day: October 2, 2026

Obidient Movement gets new helmsman as Moses Paul succeeds Yunusa Tanko

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Photo: Dr. Moses Paul By: Mandy Park The Obidient Movement has appointed Dr Moses Paul as its new national coordinator, succeeding Dr. Yunusa Tanko, who previously led the movement. The leadership change took place on Sunday, September 30, 2026, following a virtual engagement between the state coordinators of the Obidient Movement and the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi. Paul’s emergence marks a new phase in the leadership of the movement, which has remained a major support platform for Obi since the 2023 presidential election. Tanko had…

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Obi’s aide tackles Umahi over attacks on NDC candidate

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Photo: Peter Obi By Mandy Park Valentine Obienyem, media aide to the former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has criticised the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, over his recent comments about the former governor. Obienyem accused Umahi of resorting to ethnic and geographical sentiments in his political attacks against Obi, urging the minister to focus instead on issues concerning his own political career. He was reacting to recent remarks attributed to Umahi, in which the minister reportedly urged the people of Ebonyi…

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REMEMBERING EDUN: Finance Minister Who Shoved 60M Nigerians Into Poverty

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Photo: President Bola Tinubu EXPRESSO>>> By Steve Osuji It is a heinous crime to humanity no doubt. In ordered climes, he would be in jail already for vicarious economic malfeasance. Or at the least, he would be hounded into a one-way exile, never to return to the land he desecrated and abused exceedingly. Olawale Edun was Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy from June 2023 up until last April. He was fired recently after he supervised what has turned out to be a near-genocidal reform. In…

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Ikom, Boki, Obubra, Etung, committed to Otu, Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 – Ndoma-Egba

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Photo Ndoma-Egba Erstwhile Senate Leader and incumbent Pro-Chancellor/Chairman Governing Council of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has declared that Cross Riverians from Ikom, Boki, Obubra and Etung Local Government Areas (LGAs) remain committed to the re-election bid of Governor Bassey Otu and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) in 2027. Ndoma-Egba made the declaration while speaking on the Ikom-Boki-Obubra-Etung (IBOE) Alliance, at a special dinner held in Calabar with the theme ‘One Purpose, One Vision’. The highly respected legal luminary and ex-parliamentarian of note, was the Chairman…

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First Lady, Eyoanwan Otu, Celebrates Cross River Independence Babies, Gifts Newborns

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Photo: Apostle Queen Eton during the visit By: Faith Okon-Egbujiem The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Her Excellency Bishop Dr. (Mrs.) Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, has celebrated babies born around Nigeria’s Independence Day with special gifts and financial support, as part of activities marking the nation’s 66th Independence Anniversary. The First Lady, who made the gesture on Thursday, October 1, 2026, visited three hospitals in Calabar through her Special Adviser on Programmes and Events, Apostle Queen Eton who represented her at the facilities. The facilities include University of…

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