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65 Nigerian Soldiers Killed by ISWAP, NASS Amends New Electoral Act, Ohiri Apologises to Umahi 📱

Join us on another interesting edition of Part 2 of HaveYourSay247 this Saturday March 14, The Ides of March at 9:00PM Nigerian Time and 3:00PM New York Time. At least 65 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in jihadist raids across the country’s north-east in the last two weeks. On 5 and 6 March, gunmen from ISWAP overran four military bases in Borno state, the epicentre of the insurgency. Nigerian media reported that about 40 soldiers were killed in total in these attacks. Dino Melaye, a former Kogi West Senator, has described ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi as a fantastic individual who cannot be Nigeria’s president now. Melaye, speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, argued that Obi lacks the ability to unify Nigeria. There was a row and mild drama in the Senate on Thursday as nine senators announced their defections from their respective former political parties, with a Principal Officer of the Senate saying that Abaribe cannot defect because there is no crisis in APGA. The factional National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ini Ememobong, has insisted that reconciliation with the faction backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, must keep the party as opposition in the next general election. However, one of the major challenges the reconciliation might face is that the faction backed by Wike believes in an outright second term for President Bola Tinubu, while Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde’s camp,g led by Kabiru Turaki, has vowed to field a viable candidate for the presidency in 2027. The House of Representatives has already amended the recent Electoral Act 2026 to criminalise dual membership of political parties. In the new provision, anyone found guilty of belonging to more than one political party at the same time will face a fine of N10 million. Nigeria spent approximately $5.21 billion on external debt servicing in 2025, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. This amount represents a significant portion of the country's foreign exchange obligations, accounting for over 72% of total international payments during that period. In a rare occurrnce, but laden with political undertones, the Rivers State House of Assembly has rejected four commissioner nominees submitted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Alasia was rejected as a commissioner nominee due to “poor performance”, Amachree was allegedly petitioned more than 11 times, by members of his community, Deemua failed to present tax clearance documents and Williams for misleading the public about the activities of the Assembly. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reportedly discovered several real estate assets in Egypt linked to the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. The assets are said to be material to the ongoing ICPC investigation into activities that took place during El-Rufai’s tenure as Kaduna State Governor. Nigerians have raised alarm over monopolistic tendencies in the oil industry following the suspension of petrol imports by the Federal Government, urging urgent price regulation as Dangote Petroleum Refinery takes command of Nigeria’s N14.4tn petrol market. Two people, Tracy Ohiri and Obinna Ude who had earlier claimed that Works Minister, Dave Umahi owed them N250m and N7m have both recanted and apologised to the Minister withina space of three days for the public embarrassment caused him, with Ohiri adding that Dave Umahi never made sexual advances at her.