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Breaking: Another PDP Lawmaker Dumps Party After Fadahunsi’s Resignation

July 19, 2025 (updated July 19, 2025) Published by

The lawmakers, in separate letters addressed to their respective ward chairmen, cited “irreconcilable differences,” prolonged internal crises, and multiple court cases as the reasons behind their exit from the opposition party

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist on Saturday as two Senators from Osun State, Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central) and Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East), announced their resignation from the party..

Senator Fadeyi’s resignation letter, dated July 12, 2025, was addressed to the PDP Chairman, Ward 3, Oke Ejigbo, Ila Orangun, Osun State.

Fadeyi noted that his decision followed wide consultations with his political allies and family members.

His letter read in part, “I wish to formally notify you that I am resigning my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect.

Irreconcilable differences and irreparable division that have emerged and court cases and counter court cases in the last 3 years, which have created factions in the party at the national level.”

He added that his decision was not taken lightly but was the result of prolonged internal strife that has weakened the party’s cohesion and focus.

Barely hours after Fadeyi’s resignation surfaced, another PDP lawmaker from Osun State, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, also tendered his resignation.

Fadahunsi, a two-term Senator representing Osun East, addressed his resignation letter to the PDP Ward 4 Chairman. The letter, dated June 12, 2025, emerged on social media on Saturday morning.

The letter read, “I wish to formally notify you that I am resigning my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect, due to the irreparable, irreconcilable differences and protracted legal battles that have bedevilled the party at the national level after the 2023 general elections.

This was concluded after consultation and engagement with my political associates, family and friends. It is my wish that you accept my resignation in good faith.”

BREAKING: Stop Using Buhari’s Death To Whitewash Your Battered Image – ADC Fires Tinubu Govt

July 18, 2025 (updated July 18, 2025) Published by

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of desperately exploiting the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari to whitewash its battered image.

In a statement sent to Naija News on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, called out President Tinubu’s government for what it describes as a cynical and opportunistic attempt to exploit the death of Buhari for political gains.

The ADC criticised the choreographed Federal Executive Council (FEC) tribute and the publicised appearance of Buhari’s grieving son, Yusuf, as “a calculated PR stunt by an unpopular government.”

According to the opposition party, the Tinubu administration had spent over a year blaming Buhari for the country’s economic troubles, only to now perform public grief in a bid to whitewash its battered image, especially in the North and among Buhari loyalists.

Abdullahi recalled how the government previously distanced itself from Buhari’s policies, especially on fuel subsidy, the economy, and public sector management, only to now attempt to cloak itself in the very legacy it once denounced.

It warned that grief is not a campaign strategy, adding that the late President’s family should be left alone to mourn their father in peace rather than being dragged into political circus show.

The full statement read: “The African Democratic Congress (ADC) condemns the Tinubu administration’s sudden and cynical attempt to wrap itself in the memory of the late President Muhammadu Buhari—a man this same government spent over a year blaming, sidelining, and scapegoating for every major challenge confronting the nation.

The choreographed Federal Executive Council (FEC) tribute, complete with a publicised appearance by our late President’s grieving son, was not a demonstration of genuine respect. It was a calculated public relations stunt by an unpopular government, carefully stage-managed to distract Nigerians from the administration’s deepening failures and to rewrite history while the nation mourns. This is hypocritical and in bad taste. You cannot spend months discrediting a man’s legacy only to turn around and perform grief for the cameras.

It is equally troubling that the young man, Mr. Yusuf Buhari, a private citizen and grieving son, was pulled into the political theatre of a Federal Executive Council meeting, just days after burying his father. Nigerians must ask, what kind of government uses the private pain of a bereaved family to varnish its own public image?

Nigerians remember that since taking office, the Tinubu administration and its officials have launched a relentless campaign to disown their predecessor’s policies . They have blamed Buhari for everything , accused him of fiscal recklessness, and claimed to have inherited a broken economy—not from the opposition, but from their own party’s former leader. For months, the official stance of the Tinubu Presidency was that Nigeria’s hardship was Buhari’s fault. The message was clear: Buhari was the problem, Tinubu was the solution. But now that it suits their political agenda, they seek to recast themselves as defenders of the late President’s legacy, pretending to give him in death, the honour they denied him while he was alive.

Recall that earlier this week, the ADC warned the family of the late President of the Plan by government to make political gains from their father’s death. What we witnessed at the Federal Executive Council this week was only a part of the larger plan that had only started to unfold. The unfolding stage-managed displays of grief and the exploitation of a mourning son who was compelled to perform gratitude in front of the cameras is unconscionable and must be condemned by all decent people.

Nevertheless, we are confident that Nigerians can see through their grand deceit. No public relations stunt can save a government that has behaved in the last two years like an army of occupation.”

REVEALED: Trump’s Visa Restrictions Tied to Nigeria’s Rejection of U.S. Asylum Deal

July 11, 2025 (updated July 11, 2025) Published by

Fresh details have emerged linking the recent visa clampdown on Nigerians by former U.S. President Donald Trump to Nigeria’s refusal to accept asylum seekers—particularly deportees from American prisons

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, made part of the revelation while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday evening.

Tuggar disclosed that the U.S. had been pressuring African countries, including Nigeria, to receive Venezuelan deportees, many of whom are ex-convicts.

He described the request as unjust.

You have to also bear in mind that the US is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported from the US, some straight out of prison,” Tuggar said.

It will be difficult for a country like Nigeria to accept Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria. We have enough problems of our own. We cannot accept Venezuelan deportees to Nigeria, for crying out loud. We already have 230 million people. You will be the same people that would castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelans from US prisons to be brought in,” he added.

The minister’s comments come amid speculation that Trump’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Nigerian exports, alongside the new U.S. visa restrictions, were retaliatory responses to Nigeria’s stance on asylum deportees and its recent outreach to BRICS nations.

Tuggar, however, dismissed the notion that the tariff hike was directly linked to President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at the BRICS summit in Brazil.

The issue of tariffs may not necessarily have to do with us participating in BRICS,” he said.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria revised its visa issuance policy, reducing validity for Nigerians to a single-entry visa lasting just three months. While the embassy claimed the change was based on visa reciprocity, Tuggar refuted this.

The claim of reciprocity is false,” he said. “We issue them five-year multiple entry visas, the same way that they issue regular travellers five-year multiple entry visas.”

He explained that Nigeria had only modified its system by introducing online electronic visas to improve efficiency.

“What Nigeria has done that differs is simple. We used to have a visa-on-arrival that wasn’t running efficiently. We introduced these online electronic visas so that it saves you time.”

According to diplomatic sources, Washington has been lobbying several countries to serve as temporary host nations for asylum seekers while their cases are processed—a period that could last up to seven years. While some countries have conceded to this arrangement, Nigeria has remained firm in its rejection.

Tuggar further warned that yielding to the U.S. request could open the floodgates for more deportations in future.

The issue of accepting Venezuelan deportees, honestly, I don’t think is something that Nigeria is in a position to work with. And I think it would be unfair to insist that Nigeria accepts 300 Venezuelan deportees. Maybe that might just even be the beginning.”

Observers say the Trump administration’s pressure tactics—often characterized by punitive measures such as trade sanctions and visa restrictions—were part of a broader strategy to gain leverage in diplomatic negotiations. The visa restrictions, many believe, are being used to draw Nigeria back to the negotiation table.

Since assuming office, Trump has signed a raft of executive orders to expedite the deportation of undocumented migrants, many of whom are asylum seekers. In a widely condemned move, the U.S. also pushed for the deportation of non-nationals to third-party countries.

African nations, including Libya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Djibouti, were reportedly identified as target destinations, alongside Central American states like El Salvador and Panama. A few of these countries have already received deportees under such arrangements.

The U.S. was also said to have requested electronic visa access for its citizens seeking entry into Nigeria, without visiting Nigerian embassies. But sources familiar with the talks said Nigeria turned down the proposal, citing the lack of similar privileges for its own citizens in the U.S.

In its revised visa policy, the U.S. embassy listed additional conditions Nigeria must meet to qualify for improved visa reciprocity, including the issuance of secure travel documents, effective visa overstay management, and the sharing of criminal and security data with American authorities.

It is understood that Washington also seeks access to Nigeria’s criminal database in order to identify and deport Nigerian nationals with prior criminal records currently residing in the United States.

July 10, 2025 (updated July 10, 2025) Published by

Breaking: Tinubu Not Responsible For U.S Decision To Restrict Visa For Nigerians – Presidency

The presidency has debunked the claim that the American government’s decision to restrict visas for Nigerians is due to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stop issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens.

According to a statement on Thursday by the presidency, President Tinubu has never stopped issuing the 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens.

The statement issued by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said that, upon assuming office, President Tinubu issued a service-wide directive for Nigeria to implement all bilateral agreements with other nations and adhere to the principle of reciprocity in diplomatic relations.

The clarification comes amid the uproar generated by the American government’s decision to limit most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to Nigerian citizens to single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.

However, some reports claimed the action of the U.S government was influenced by the decision of the Tinubu government to stop issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens.

ObasEmpire reports that Onanuga, however, described such reports as misinformation and fake news.

Contrary to misinformation and fake news circulating online, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has never stopped issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas for US citizens, in accordance with the principle of subsisting bilateral agreements and reciprocity.

Immediately after assuming office, President Tinubu’s administration issued a service-wide directive that Nigeria implement all bilateral agreements with other nations and adhere to the principle of reciprocity in diplomatic relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clearly stated the position of the Federal Government of Nigeria on the recent adjustment made by the United States’ non-immigrant visa policy for Nigerians.

The Ministry and other senior government officials will continue to engage with the United States to address the unfavourable restrictions in a just and fair manner that reflects the mutual respect and partnership that so exist between our two friendly nations,” the statement read.

The presidency added that the claim by the U.S government that its recent visa policy actions are influenced by reciprocity does not reflect the actual situation of things, as Nigeria has not deviated from agreements with the American government.

We want to reiterate that the US government’s claim of reciprocity as the reason for its current visa policy towards Nigeria does not accurately reflect the actual situation.

The Nigerian government has not deviated from granting US citizens a 5-year multiple-entry non-immigrant visa, just as the US has continued to grant the same to Nigerians,” it said.

The Nigerian government added that its 90-day single-entry Visa validity period only applies to the newly introduced e-Visas, a short-term visa category for tourists and business people who may not wish to undergo the standard visa application process and wait.

It added that it would continue to engage the American government to resolve any issues that have led to the recent visa restrictions on Nigerians.

The 90-day single-entry Visa validity period only applies to the newly introduced e-Visas, a short-term visa category for tourists and business people who may not wish to undergo the standard visa application process and wait. The e-visa replaces the now obsolete Visa-on-arrival, which was inefficient and often used as a means of extortion. The e-visa is a fast, online process that does not require the applicant to go to the embassy. Applicants receive the e-Visa within 48 hours of submitting their application.

The e-visa policy aligns with President Tinubu’s efforts to boost investment, trade, and tourism in the country, as well as promote the ease of doing business for non-nationals. Moreover, e-visas are a widely adopted global policy in dozens of countries.

Although Nigeria has an e-visa policy for citizens of the US and several other countries, the US has not reciprocated this gesture for Nigerians.

In the spirit of cooperation, mutual understanding, and partnership that have characterised the relationship between Nigeria and the United States over the decades, the Tinubu-led administration will continue to dialogue and engage with US authorities to resolve any issues that have led to the recent developments,” the statement concluded.

BRICS: Tinubu Raises Alarm Over Environmental Degradation, Climate Crisis

July 7, 2025 (updated July 7, 2025) Published by

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for a reevaluation of the current global governance structure and the financial and healthcare systems.

ObasEmpire reports that the Nigerian President stated this at the 17th meeting of the Global South and the Emerging Economies bloc, BRICS, on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

Tinubu urged greater equity and inclusion for low-income and emerging economies, particularly in Africa.

This was disclosed in a statement released by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

The President stated that environmental degradation, the climate crisis, and healthcare inequalities should receive more attention, as they contribute to slowing growth and development.

Tinubu, invited to the summit by Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, stated that Nigeria supports the BRICS position on the need to focus on collective, fair, and equitable global development.

Nigeria became the ninth partner country of BRICS in January 2025, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 created the partner-country category.

President Tinubu said, “Nigeria, therefore, associates with what I have heard today and all that has happened in BRICS. The next issues are financial restructuring and reevaluation of the global structure.”

He noted that environmental degradation, climate crisis, and global healthcare inequalities were shared concerns pertinent to Africa.

Africa has contributed the least to global emissions but suffers the most,” he added.

Tinubu emphasised the need for a new path of justice, anchored in fairness, sustainable technology transfer, and accessible financing, so that emerging economies can fully benefit from various initiatives.

The African continent is creating the path through the African Carbon Market Initiative and the Great Green Wall. We believe that COP-30 will strengthen our resolve to adopt a strategic approach to achieving a healthy global environment.

Nigeria strongly believes in South-South cooperation. We can, therefore, not be passive participants in global decision-making on financial restructuring, debt forgiveness, climate change, environmental issues, and healthcare.

We must be the architects of a future that addresses the specific needs and concerns of youths, who represent 70 per cent of our population in Nigeria. Therefore, Nigeria remains guided by our long-term vision, 2050, and nationally determined contribution.

We are taking bold steps to accelerate renewable energy adoption, mainstream climate action, promote nature-based solutions, strengthen urban resilience, champion South-South cooperation, align with the global renewal framework and achieve universal health coverage for all,” the President stated.

Tinubu also said that addressing non-communicable diseases must remain a collective health concern.

As we approach COP-30 and look to strengthen the global health system, we believe the BRICS must not only be a bloc for emerging economies but also a beacon for emerging solutions and resolutions rooted in solidarity, self-reliance, sustainability, and shared prosperity of a common future.

Nigeria reaffirms its commitment to strategic collaboration that translates into sustainable and inclusive development for all,” he noted.

In exercising its pro tempore presidency of BRICS, the Brazilian government announced Nigeria’s formal admission as a partner country on January 17, 2025.

As the world’s sixth-most populous country and one of Africa’s major economies, Nigeria shares convergent interests with other BRICS members

NNPCL reduces fuel price

July 5, 2025 (updated July 5, 2025) Published by

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has reduced its premium motor spirit price.

ObasEmpire gathered that the NNPCL retail outlets in Abuja on Saturday slashed their petrol pump price to N910 per litre from N945.

This was the case in NNPCL filling stations in Zone 6, Kubwa Expressway, Wuse Zone 4, and other parts of Abuja.

The new petrol price at the state-owned oil firm represents a N30 drop from its earlier N945 per litre price.

The development comes barely four days after Dangote Refinery reduced its petrol ex-depot price to N840 per litre from N880 following a drop in global crude oil prices.

Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association also announced a reduction in the petrol price to between N930 and N940 per litre from N945 and N975 in Abuja and N890 per litre, down from N925 in Lagos State.

it’s Increasingly dangerous to speak Under Tinubu- Dele farotomi

June 19, 2025 (updated June 19, 2025) Published by

Nigerian lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi has raised the alarm that it is becoming increasingly dangerous to speak under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.Farotimi stated this on Thursday in an interview during Channels Television’s Morning Brief.

The former spokesperson for the 2023 presidential campaign of the Labour Party said it is difficult to pinpoint if Tinubu’s administration leans towards military dictatorship or democracy.

According to him, Nigerians are not feeling the breeze of democracy as projected by Tinubu.

In the administration of Tinubu, there is the ambiguity of whether we are in a military dictatorship or a democracy. It is very easy to forget exactly what kind of government we have in place. The level of depression of free speech and the readiness to criminalise every civic disagreement.

It is becoming increasingly dangerous to speak; I don’t know how much of this is traceable to the President or his temperament. Unfortunately, when the fish rots, it begins from the head. There is always somebody on whose desktop the buck must stop. The reality is that Nigeria is more repressed than it is in this moment. Nigerians are feeling the kind of breeze the president is projecting,” he stated.

This comes as President Tinubu, in his Democracy Day speech on June 12, said he was assured that the country’s democracy is not invisible but alive.

Our democracy is not invincible, but it is alive,” he stated.

Peter Obi’s Allies Fire Back At Kenneth Okonkwo Over ‘Betrayal’ Claim

June 15, 2025 (updated June 15, 2025) Published by

Close allies of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have fired back at veteran actor and former campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, over allegations of betrayal.

Naija News reports that Okonkwo, in a viral podcast interview released on Saturday, accused Obi of abandoning him after the 2023 elections and siding with a faction of the Labour Party (LP) led by Julius Abure, despite repeated warnings

How Peter Obi Betrayed Me – Kenneth Okonkwo

June 14, 2025 (updated June 14, 2025) Published by

Former Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has narrated how the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi betrayed him.

Okonkwo who officially confirmed his resignation from the Labour Party in February 2025 made this allegation against Obi in a viral video on social media.

If there is anybody that betrayed the other, I can say it emphatically that Peter Obi betrayed me,” the former Nollywood actor and spokesperson for the LP Presidential Campaign Council said.

The Julius Abure-led LP members lied to Obi that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had accepted them and Obi surreptitiously went back to them but I told him: ‘Sir, you have made a public statement on integrity and even if INEC has accepted them, that is not a criterion for you to go back and start dealing with them because they have shown that they are not democratic. If you go back to them, they will destroy your political career and everything you have said about integrity will die’.

“I told Obi that these people had become agents in the hands of the government to destabilise him. What they did was absolutely illegal and unconstitutional, I told him that if he went back to them, I wouldn’t join him in doing so.

Thereafter, I called all the people that were in the inner circle and told them the same thing about what Obi was trying to do. I told them he wanted to go back with the Abure people and if he did, I wouldn’t go back with him because I do not swallow back my words.

And after saying all those things, within like 72 hours, Obi went back to Abure’s office to publicly endorse them and while he was there talking to them, one of the leaders in that executive sent me the video to mock me that the person I was fighting for against them has come to their office to endorse them.

“It was when INEC dissociated itself from Abure that Obi came out to start acting neutral but I told him he could not be neutral and something had to be done.”

Okonkwo earlier said he decided to leave the party after Obi failed to solve the party’s internal crisis, explaining thathe no longer had the confidence that PO had what it takes to build a party that can win these kakistocrats and kleptocrats, and above all, he had proven that even if the people voted for him, he lacks what it takes to secure the mandate.Okonkwo earlier said he decided to leave the party after Obi failed to solve the party’s internal crisis, explaining thathe no longer had the confidence that PO had what it takes to build a party that can win these kakistocrats and kleptocrats, and above all, he had proven that even if the people voted for him, he lacks what it takes to secure the mandate.

“I believed that Peter Obi will seize the momentum and build a solid party of integrity that will have the solid base that we need to overthrow these kakistocrats and kleptocrats. He just needed to give the right directives and everyone will fall in line.

“I received my first shock when he publicly declared that he didn’t promise Nigerians to build a strong Labour Party, but to solve Nigeria problems. I was like, does it mean HE Peter Obi is not aware that without a solid party base, we are heading to no where politically? However, I continued in his defence believing he will still privately bring the needed solution to LP problems. to no avail.

PO also publicly demanded that the Abure led National Working Committee must organise an all inclusive convention that will guarantee the participation of all members of Labour Party in the choice of their leaders.

This didn’t happen, and surprisingly, PO refused to disassociate himself from the shenanigans and criminal activities of the former NWC as their time has expired. Every member of Labour Party is confused today as to the future of Labour Party because of lack of leadership from PO over the party, and unfortunately, when they look up to me to tell them about PO’s standpoint, I sincerely have nothing to tell them because I don’t know myself. I cannot continue to speak on behalf of a leader that I do not know his stand on issues of great importance. I simply don’t know how to manipulate facts.“

Okonkwo said he was shocked that Obi could not openly support the efforts of the Labour Unions who founded the Labour Party as a base to fight for the welfare of workers to the extent that some of them are openly saying that Obi is now the problem of the party.

He said the Labour Unions now have the unfortunate situation where they are fighting criminals who want to hijack their party when an ordinary statement from Obi would have brought the solution.

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