Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities, according to…
By | Destiny Young Akwa Ibom State has opened a new chapter in its drive towards electricity sufficiency with the inauguration of the Board of the Akwa Ibom State Electricity…
Isaac Samuel The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has faulted calls and public expectations that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God…
Isaac Samuel There was confusion on Thursday in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring Nasarawa State as a reported kidnap scare led to the abrupt closure of…
Isaac Samuel A major realignment has emerged in the House of Representatives as 61 out of 81 federal lawmakers from opposition parties have nominated Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the…
Isaac Samuel The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has suffered a fresh setback in the House of Representatives as three of its members defected to opposition parties following the conclusion…
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 convicted and sentenced one Bukar Ahmed Shuwa to ten years imprisonment. The convict…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, arraigned the Managing Director of Abu-Haneefa Oil and Gas Ltd, Musa Farouk Abubakar; his company, Abu-Haneefa Oil and…
The arraignment of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and four others for an alleged N4.29bn foreign exchange fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an investigation into an alleged voter data breach involving Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, following public outrage over the publication of…
BY COLLINS OPUROZOR The first time I saw Professor Okey Ndibe was in June 2011. He had come to deliver the First Dr. Onuma Onwuka Oreh Memorial Lecture at the…
Isaac Samuel The camp of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday accused former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, of applyingdouble standards…
Isaac Samuel A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Babachir David Lawal, has announced his resignation from the party,…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday ratified former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The ratification took place at…
Isaac Samuel The faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Tanimu Turaki has affirmed former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election after security…
By Bayo Onanuga With politicking intensifying ahead of the January 2027 election, opposition politicians have escalated their campaign of misinformation and calumny to diminish the impact and achievements of this…
Isaac Samuel There are indications that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may consider former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election following recent…
Isaac Samuel Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has officially joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and declared his intention to contest the Delta Central Senatorial seat in…
Isaac Samuel A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Saturday hold a Special National Convention in Abuja to formally ratify former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has reaffirmed that its presidential, governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly primaries will hold nationwide on May 29, 2026, in line with the…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general election after defeating former Minister of Transportation,…
By ETIM ETIM ADC Presidential candidate Atiku Abubarkar has pledged to tackle insecurity, provide quality education and grow the economy if he’s elected in 2027. In a statement issued soon…
By Yusuf Bangura Despite Trump’s blustering and bombastic claims of victory after almost three months of war, including a volatile seven-week ceasefire, it has become clear to keen observers of…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to hand over the former Minister for…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 arraigned one Salifu Olije Mustapha before Justice A.I. Akobi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kubwa, for…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, May 25, 2026 adjourned the trial of Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman till June 2, 2026. The Economic…
Isaac Samuel The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, initially agreed not to seek a second term as part of…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s acceptance speech after clinching the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket for the 2027 election was more than a ceremonial address to party faithful.…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has secured the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general election after polling 10,999,967 votes in the party’s nationwide direct…
By Khaleed Yazeed General Yakubu Gowon’s monumental 881-page autobiography, “My Life of Duty and Allegiance”, has finally been unveiled. It is being marketed as a shattering of decades-old silences from…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu on Saturday recorded a sweeping victory in the All Progressives Congress presidential primary, defeating his sole challenger, Stanley Osifo, as the ruling party closed ranks…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, May 22, 2026 adjourned till June 23, 2026 the alleged N8.7billion money laundering trial involving former Attorney General…
The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Professor Olusola Babatunde Kehinde, has expressed appreciation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for assisting to recover a…
Isaac Samuel Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu was solely responsible for the emergence of late President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general…
By Osita Chidoka This morning, I read McKinsey’s article “The AI assembly line: Strategic imperatives for CEOs” (13 May 2026), and one statistic stood out to me. Chinese carmakers have…
By Yusuf Bangura May 23, 2026 Pep Guardiola, Manchester City’s multiple trophy-winning manager, sadly stepped down yesterday after ten record-breaking years in the English Premier League. TV pundits and YouTube…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted the direct primary system for its 2026 presidential primary election, paving the way for all registered party members to participate in selecting…
A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Michael Eyo, in the trial of Victor Ekpong Thompson has told a Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and presided over by…
By Sam Amadi I am in support of Peter Obi’s one-term commitment. And he means it. Political discourse in Nigeria could be very silly. Many people are attacking Peter Obi…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on…
By ETIM ETIM On the surface, the exit of Gov. Sim Fubara from Rivers State governorship contest and the abduction of school children and murder of a teacher by terrorists…
The Nigerian military headquarters has assured that there’s no terrorist bse in any part of the South West, assuring that kidnapped school children in the region would soon be rescued.…
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu For days now, I have lived under a cloud of depression since the news broke about the abduction of those innocent schoolchildren and their teachers in…
Tinubu urges unity, warns against ethnic division *Danjuma donates N3bn, Dangote gives N500m at memoir launch Isaac Samuel Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday cautioned politicians against desperation…
Isaac Samuel A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has named former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the…
Isaac Samuel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for…
By Philip Nwachukwu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite…
Isaac Samuel The ruling All Progressives Congress has disqualified 47 senatorial aspirants from participating in its forthcoming Senate Primary Elections across several states of the federation. In a statement issued…
Isaac Samuel The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like…
Akwa Ibom State Government (AKSG) has successfully intervened in the altercation involving operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), leading…
