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Last week, the Ekiti State Chapter of the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) – a body I once served as pioneer Administrative Secretary – gathered in Ado-Ekiti for a colloquium marking former Governor Kayode Fayemi’s 61st birthday. Beyond the celebration, the event was a platform to advance President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision and drum up support […]
Continue ReadingIn a circular, President Bola Tinubu, through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has directed all political appointees under his administration who intend to contest elective offices in the 2027 general election to resign their appointments on or before March 31, 2026. The directive, announced in a circular issued by the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Executive Council of the Labour Party has fixed May 23 for its presidential primary. Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the Interim National Chairman, Ken Asogwa, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Asogwa said this was part of the approved timetable for the party’s primary elections ahead of the 2027 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal has upheld Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s right to a fair hearing in the appeal filed by El-Rufai against the Kaduna State House of Assembly (CA/K/240/2024), overturning the ruling delivered by Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Kaduna. This was disclosed by the media adviser to El-Rufai, Muyiwa Adekeye, on […]
Continue ReadingMorocco have been declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result of the final following Senegal’s controversial walk-off. Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in the final on 18 January in a match which was overshadowed when the Senegalese players refused to play after the […]
Continue ReadingNot every PDP legislator has left yet, but at this point it’s only a matter of time. With only two term-limited, lame-duck governors in Bauchi and Oyo states (whose continued membership in the PDP can’t even be guaranteed until 2027), I think it’s safe to say the PDP is officially dead. For people of my […]
Continue ReadingNational Public Service Negotiating Council of the Organised Labour has formally demanded a N154,000 minimum wage, a 120 per cent upward review of salaries and allowances for public workers in Nigeria. The new demand, according to the union, is to mitigate what it described as the “life of servitude” currently being experienced in the country. […]
Continue ReadingOur power minister, Adebayo Adelabu, is now mocked as the King of Darkness—Kábíyèsi Olókùnkùn. I laugh at his traducers. They are crowning the wrong monarch. The true emperor of darkness sits higher. For more than three years, the president has wandered luxuriantly through the bush of politics while abandoning the hard road of policy that […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that FIFA has rejected its petition against Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi. Sanusi said the federation is not satisfied with the outcome and will begin the process of filing an appeal. He said: “We have received the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu was warmly received by the United Kingdom officials as he arrived for a two-day visit, accompanied by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu. Also on the ground to welcome them was the United Kingdom Ambassador to Nigeria, Muhammed Maidugu. The visit goes beyond the formal reception. It reflects ongoing efforts to strengthen the […]
Continue ReadingA serving governor on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is believed to be perfecting his defection plans, is currently engulfed in a dilemma over reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has imposed strident conditions on him to guarantee his defection to the ruling party. The serving governor was said to […]
Continue ReadingUnspecified number of persons were feared killed, while many others sustained injuries after bomb explosions around Monday Market and near a security post at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, in Maiduguri, Borno State on Monday. It was gathered that the bombs detonated simultaneously at about 7.02 pm, hours after suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched […]
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Continue ReadingIn a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori, the Nigerian government says it has uncovered an attempt by an embattled mining company, Jupiter Ltd, to launch what it described as a “campaign of calumny” against Nigeria during the planned state visit of […]
Continue ReadingIs the All Progressives Congress (APC) the new MTN? Everywhere you go, it is APC. This would have been funny if not that we are discussing the state of party politics in Nigeria, where 31 out of 36 governors are now fully nestled in the ruling party. Although Senator Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, […]
Continue ReadingA young man who gave his name as Olaniyi has narrated how he was kidnapped from a farm in Ekiti State, beaten and traumatised for one month before he managed to escape from the kidnappers den and by which time he had lost about 10kg in weight. According to him, the incident happened on October […]
Continue ReadingPopular Nigerian gospel singer, minister and evangelist, Toun Soetan, has passed away. Soetan was widely known for her passionate preaching, strong evangelical outreach, and dedication to Christian ministry. Over the years, she built a reputation as a committed servant of God whose teachings and revival meetings impacted many lives across different parts of the country. Soetan’s […]
Continue ReadingNine Senators from different political parties on Thursday, on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, formally announced their defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Senators who defected to the ADC are Aminu Tambuwal, representing Sokoto South; Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South); Binos Yaroe (Adamawa South); Victor Umeh (Anambra Central); Tony Nwoye (Anambra North); Lawal […]
Continue ReadingThirty months after recalling all Nigerian ambassadors, and 15 months before the end of its four-year tenure, the Tinubu administration on March 6, 2026, unveiled ambassadors for Nigeria. In the first place, the recall of the ambassadors in September 2023 was myopic. It resulted in the country having no ambassadors at a time the world […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles midfielder Henry Nwosu has passed away. He died at the age of 62. The death of the Imo State-born midfielder was announced on Saturday morning by former teammate and 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami on his media platforms. “Henry Nwosu passes on!, “After five days in hospital battling for […]
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