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War commanders die cheap deaths; farmers are murdered on their farms, traders in their shops, landlords vanish on their lands, tenants in their rented rooms; students abducted from their studies. What more must happen before we become what Italians would call “Paese dei Morti” (Country of the Dead); “Paese senza memoria” (country without memory)? When […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Wednesday held a breakfast meeting with diplomats from several foreign missions in Abuja, Nigeria. The meeting brought together representatives from key international partners, including the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, as well as envoys from the European Union, Germany, Canada, […]
Continue ReadingIt is either Nasir El-Rufai is a very lucky man, or he is a very strong man. He was arrested by his friends, charged variously for multiple offences, none of the various courts has yet ruled on his bail application, but he arrived home in Abuja on Saturday. His jailers mourned with him and said […]
Continue ReadingFormer Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, on Tuesday confirmed that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have forcefully evicted him and his family from their Abuja residence, despite ongoing court proceedings over the property. Addressing journalists at a press conference, Malami stated that EFCC officials stormed […]
Continue ReadingDriving through Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) streets during the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT) elections, I witnessed what members of the political class seem uninterested in hearing. Polling units that should have buzzed with civic energy were attended by more party agents and security personnel than actual voters. With 65,676 votes recorded for all the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian security agents on Thursday allegedly attempted to arrest former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, upon his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, from Cairo, Egypt. The claim was made by El-Rufai’s Media Adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle shortly after the incident. According to him, […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has declared that he has no house or landed property in Abuja, Nigeria. The former governor of Anambra State, at a coffee hangout with KayhikersClub in Abuja, explained that his decision to avoid unnecessary headaches made him not to own […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Saturday departed Abuja for Borno, Bauchi and Lagos aboard an over 20-year-old Boeing 737 Business Jet which had been listed for sale in July but delisted later due to poor buyer interest and lowball offers. Tinubu left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 11:45am, kicking off the multi-state working visit […]
Continue ReadingFormer Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has alleged that his offices and residences have been raided by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Speaking through his office, Malami claimed the alleged raid was because of his recent reference to the Salami report. A statement issued […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu held a meeting on Friday with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, at the State House, Abuja, Nigeria. The closed-door meeting came just a few days after the President met Bishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, the Archbishop of Abuja. Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, who posted […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the adoption of ‘a motion of urgent public importance’ moved by Hon Amobi Ogah, the House of Representatives resolved last week to investigate the ‘$460 million’ Chinese loan secured by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration to procure and install Closed-Circuit Televisions (ICCTV) cameras in strategic locations within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This […]
Continue ReadingNigerian airline, Air Peace Limited, on Sunday, launched its first-ever direct flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, Nigeria to the London Heathrow Airport, marking a historic step in Nigeria’s aviation sector. This headway was announced in a statement signed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement obtained from its X handle, the Arise News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. The 29-year-old broadcaster, affectionately known as Sommie, was […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday commenced a 10-day vacation as part of his 2025 annual leave, the Presidency announced. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President will spend the 10-working-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom (UK), after which he will return to Nigeria. Onanuga […]
Continue ReadingFactional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure has held a closed-door meeting with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at the latter’s residence in Abuja, Nigeria. Details of the meeting remain unclear, but its timing has raised eyebrows as it follows closely on the heels of a public demand […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with key political actors from Rivers State in a move to resolve the prolonged crisis rocking the state. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, brought together the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Speaker […]
Continue ReadingA tree does not fall in the forest and kill someone at home. That proverb may be true one hundred years ago. It has expired; its truth is lost to the ravages of this century’s technology. Check what Iran and Israel are sending to each others from a billion kilometres apart. They are pressing buttons, […]
Continue ReadingAttempts by an unidentified person to carry improvised explosive devices, IED, into Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory and cause havoc, yesterday, failed as vigilant military police and intelligence personnel prevented the carrier from entering the facility. As a result, the IED exploded as the military personnel who were suspicious of the load the carrier […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian political opposition is scoring desired attention from the Tinubu’s disappearing antics. In apparent response to the growing outcry of opposition voices and the enlightened citizenry about the president’s prolonged absence in a bad time, the Presidency has just issued a second statement explaining and justifying Tinubu’s mysterious vacation in Europe. The new statement […]
Continue ReadingFormer Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang, has been killed allegedly by kidnappers after being abducted in Abuja. According to counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, Parradang was kidnapped in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. The assailants, who had trailed him from a bank where he […]
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