Isaac Samuel United States President Donald Trump has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as his decisive leadership in tackling insecurity, reaffirming America’s commitment to supporting Nigeria…
Isaac Samuel Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday declared his support for the Wike-led Rainbow Coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second…
EFCC PRESS RELEASE The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and President, Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has identified integrity…
By Mohammed Bello Doka In April 2020, when Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died from COVID-19 complications, the Lagos-Ibadan media establishment did not miss a…
By Mohammed Bello Doka Does President Tinubu or his Yoruba-dominated Federal Government have the moral authority to lecture anyone on corruption, justice, equity or fairness? That question looms large as…
***Says it alerted ONSA to discrepancies in October 2025 Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) on Tuesday summoned the…
By Sammy Etuk When octogenarian businessman and former Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River/Akwa Ibom State Branch, Otuekong Sonny Jackson Udoh, stepped into the newly completed…
The trial of the former Jigawa State governor and his two sons, Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was stalled…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the former Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, Jimoh Olasunkanmi Yisawu before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal…
By: Reuben Abati The straight-forward, honest and correct answer to the question raised above is: Yes. Spain won at the end of the day on Sunday, July 19, 1- 0…
Isaac Samuel The Southern Kaduna Lawyers’ Forum (SKLF) has called for the full public disclosure of all investigation reports into the death of Miss Mary Habila, the health worker who…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural…
Isaac Samuel Fresh details emerged on Monday in the House of Representatives’ investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and…
Coronation Merchant Bank has appointed Obeahon Ohiwerei as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer following the receipt of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s No Objection approval. Ohiwerei succeeds Paul…
Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, July 20, 2026, granted the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo bail in the sum of ₦2…
By Yusuf Bangura The defending World Cup champions, Argentina, finally ran into an opponent—Spain—that exposed the limitations of their feisty, gritty, and blatantly opportunistic football. They went into the final…
By ETIM ETIM Last week, Gov. Umo Eno extended an invitation to President Tinubu to visit Akwa Ibom State and commission some of the projects executed in the last three…
By Yusuf Bangura England, who boast about inventing football, have been knocked out of the World Cup by the defending champions, Argentina. They are one of only eight countries that…
By Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede Every act of giving begins, whether the giver knows it or not, with a theory of change. A quiet belief about how the world…
By Marcel Okeke Barely ten months to the end of the 48-month first-term tenure of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, the Government on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 set up…
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, July 17, 2026, convicted and sentenced Fidelix Samuel Ebuka to eight years and three months’ imprisonment…
Wigwe University has announced the appointment of Professor Chinyere N. Ukaga as its Deputy Vice-Chancellor. The appointment was announced Friday, July 17, by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Marwan Al-Akaidi, following the…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Because human beings are prone to perceive nonexistent patterns, connections and intentional design even in random or unrelated events, a cognitive tendency called apophenia, and because…
The Federal Government has charged three men, Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent kidnap…
By Isaac Samuel The Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the final forfeiture of seven high-value properties linked to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, overturning…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, to harmonise the regulation of virtual assets, strengthen cooperation among the nation’s financial, revenue and…
Emmanuel Nicholas Yesterday, I departed Akwa Ibom on an educational advancement trip to the Federal Capital Territory. Upon arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, I was received…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, adjourned the trial of the former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam till September 25, 2026, for…
…calls for Independent Probe By Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar has urged President Bola Tinubu to suspend the Minister…
By Mohammed Bello Doka Imagine, for a moment, that the lifeless, naked body of a 26-year-old woman was discovered in the home of an opposition leader. Say, in the residence…
Isaac Samuel A member of the United States House of Representatives, Greg Steube, has secured the passage of an amendment that seeks to withhold all U.S. assistance to Nigeria until…
Isaac Samuel Fresh questions have continued to trail the death of Mary Habila following a petition by Minister of Works, David Umahi, seeking a forensic autopsy to determine the circumstances…
Isaac Samuel A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of 48 assets linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’’ By ETIM ETIM Two young women from Kaduna State – Mary Habila and Mary Baski – left home and visited the…
By Isaac Samuel The decision by the House of Representatives to withdraw its own State Police Bill and consider President Bola Tinubu’s executive version may ultimately become one of the…
By Yusuf Bangura Spain gave France an awesome football lesson in how to keep and pass the ball in their semi-final match last night at the Dallas Stadium in Texas.…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Tuesday rescinded its earlier resolution on the constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment of State Police Services, opting instead to consider a fresh…
Gov Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has approved the payment of examination fees for students at the basic and secondary education levels amounting to ₦1.968 billion, as part of…
By Reuben Abati Something almost exactly divine in terms of naming and naming systems in Africa has just been seen in the metonymic correctness of what has just happened in…
EFCC has arraigned one Ifeanyichukwu Ogbu, the Chief Executive Officer, Ski Hi-Entertainment before Justice Vincent C. Ezeugwu of the Enugu State High Court, sitting in Independence Layout, on a three-count…
The absence of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Projects, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Danjuma Mohammed on Thursday, June 25, 2026, stalled his trial before Justice K.…
Isaac Samuel The decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to retain Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election has continued to attract endorsements from…
Isaac Samuel The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected claims by a group led by Nafiu Bala Gombe that it uploaded the names of a presidential candidate and other nominees…
Yusuf Bangura After 31 days and 100 matches involving 48 countries from all of FIFA’s six confederations, we’ve now entered the ultimate business end of the tournament—the semi-finals, where four…
By: Marcel Okeke The significant drop in foreign participation on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in the last couple of months in the first half 2026 rightly prompts the question…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON,MNI, has commended the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno for fulfilling his development promises, describing…
Access Holdings Plc has vested more than 200 million shares in 77 employees across its group, with former Executive Director, Business Support, Bolaji Agbede emerging as the largest beneficiary with…
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I received an email in April inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the June 24-26 International Media and Communication Conference at the University…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has officially retained Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election after the All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted their nomination…
Isaac Samuel There was widespread jubilation on Friday as pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State regained their freedom after spending nearly…
