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Godswill Obot Akpabio, born 1962, now Senate President, and Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, born 1979, share December 9 like unwilling twins; one leads the red chamber, the other fights to keep her seat in it. Their connection should have stayed a harmless trivia nugget. Instead, it became the punchline nobody dared tell aloud. Or maybe a few […]
Continue ReadingYou should have seen my face when news broke last Sunday that some soldiers had announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin. Apart from the fact that as a Nigerian, I still have some PTSD from the military era, Benin has been one of the more stable democracies in West […]
Continue ReadingIn a split decision, the Nigerian Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the constitutional power of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to prevent a breakdown of law and order or a descent into chaos and anarchy. The plaintiffs were the Attorneys-General of PDP-controlled states, while the defendants were the Federal […]
Continue ReadingThe best way to view the Nigerian nation is that it stands at a critical juncture. The central question is how to transform it from its current state into the country it ought to be: one of the world’s top 12 economies, with a low poverty rate and a growing, sustainable middle class. In this […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to remain steadfast in their mission, stating that ‘things are not beyond repair’ for the party. Obasanjo told the PDP leaders led by Turaki on Saturday during a visit […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s decisive intervention in helping to stop the coup in Benin Republic was a good commitment to saving democracy for the country, and, maybe more important, for us. I have always taken sides with the argument that Africa’s only option in consolidating democratic rule is to do so without recourse to the military, who are […]
Continue ReadingLeadership of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by its chairman Alhaji Taminu Turaki, SAN, held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Turaki, alongside former chairman of the Board of Trustee (BoT), Adolphus Wabara; former governors of Niger and Plateau States, Alhaji Muazu Babangida and Sen Jonah Jang; and other […]
Continue ReadingFormer Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has voiced serious concerns over the Nigerian federal government’s frequent borrowing, warning that it raises significant questions about the state of governance in the country. Obi said the Bola Tinubu presidency is sending conflicting signals by telling citizens that the government has surpassed its 2025 revenue target […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) has voiced out its concern over what it called the growing “conundrum” involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the statement on Friday while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show, noting […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed on Maryam Sanda, daughter-in-law of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the killing of her husband, Bilyamin Bello. Maryam was convicted on January 27, 2020, by an Abuja High Court, and was subsequently sentenced to death by hanging after […]
Continue ReadingEarly morning Sunday, December 7, 2025, while many Beninois slept, hoping to go to church, mosque and traditional places of worship at dawn, some members of their armed forces fanned out. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Paschal Tigri, they planned to bring the people under their claws. At 05:00 they attacked the Presidential Palace and then retreated […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, was on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court sitting in Gwarinpa by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N2.2bn contract fraud. Justice Maryam Hassan ordered that the former minister be remanded at the Kuje prison pending the hearing of his bail application, […]
Continue ReadingAliko Dangote, Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and the President of Dangote Group, has announced a N1 trillion scholarship programme to expand access to education and promote academic excellence across Nigeria. Starting in 2026, the initiative will support over 1.3 million students from all 774 Local Government Areas, with N100 billion committed annually […]
Continue ReadingThe National Security Strategy of the United States 2025, representing President Donald Trump’s view of the world and his administration’s foreign policy direction was released last week. Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat who served as Minister for International Development and also Environment in his country as well as Under Secretary General of the United Nations and […]
Continue ReadingDangote Petroleum Refinery (DPR) has again reduced its petrol gantry price, substantially slashing the ex-depot rate from N828 to N699 per litre. Real-time market data published on Petroleumprice.ng on Friday showed that the refinery implemented another major downward review, cutting the Premium Motor Spirit benchmark price by N129 per litre — a 15.58 per cent […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has passed away after slumping in his office. Ewhrudjakpo, has been confirmed dead after he slumped earlier Thursday afternoon, December 11. The deputy governor’s media aide, Mr Doubara Atasi, confirmed that his principal slumped and was taken to hospital. Ewhrudjakpo died at the ICU at the Federal Medical […]
Continue ReadingThe video of Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, chastening the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, during her coronation ceremony in Ile Ife reminded me of what I think was my first encounter with her about 14-15 years ago at their party secretariat (then, it was still Alliance for Democracy) in Lagos. I was a reporter […]
Continue ReadingNobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka says President Bola Tinubu must be cautious about his approach to regional security, domestic governance, and the use of state protection for privileged individuals. The foremost Nigerian playwright said this at the 20th Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Awards in Lagos on Tuesday. All these were captured in a […]
Continue ReadingEven the severest critics of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration admit that the last few days have seen what appear (at least on the surface) to be a visible, reinvigorated, if Donald Trump-induced, earnestness in the fight against the unchecked widening and deepening of the theaters of death and destruction in the country. The firing […]
Continue ReadingGovernment of Burkina Faso has confirmed that a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying 11 military personnel was forced to land on Monday after allegedly entering the country’s airspace without authorisation. Grounding of the aircraft was disclosed by the Agence d’Information du Burkina, the state-run news agency, which published a statement from the Confederation of […]
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