Lewis Obi: The Gentle Editor Who Ruled by Standards, Not Noise
By Babafemi Ojudu I lost a boss, a teacher, and a quiet shaper of my professional life. Lewis Obi was my editor when I was an investigative reporter. He was…
Author: Policy and Politics
Yinka Yusuf: Akwa Ibom Government speaks
Akwa Ibom State Government has given reasons that led to the cancellation of the Pastor Yinka Yusuf’s crusade in Uyo that was slated for February 9. In a detailed press…
Reps probe alleged discriminatory recruitment at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged discriminatory practices in the recruitment of resident doctors at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), following claims that…
Reps pass 2026 budget through second reading without debate
Isaac Samuel The 2026 appropriation bill on Thursday passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The budget was passed without any debate during a plenary session presided over by…
We are targeting $5Billion trade volume with Nigeria- President Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye, on Tuesday in Ankara, said his country targets a $5 billion trade volume with Nigeria, adding that discussions to actualise this…
Reps summon Auditor-General, ministers over utilisation of agriculture funds
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating agricultural subsidies, intervention funds, aids and grants has summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation, the Minister of Finance and the Minister…
Reps promise scrutiny of 2026 budget, electoral act amendment
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has resumed plenary, pledging to fine-tune the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, review key constitutional provisions and subject the 2026 budget to rigorous scrutiny. Deputy…
Akpabio Tells 10th Senate To Fast-track Legislative Agenda As Plenary Resumes
…lauds military collaboration between Nigeria, United States …adjourns plenary in honour of Senator Akwashiki President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has charged members of the 10th National Assembly to…
2027: Gov Yusuf officially joins APC as Ganduje pledges support
Isaac Samuel Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Monday officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC), with former Governor and immediate past APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…
Coup: Military confirms attempted plot to overthrow Tinubu
Isaac Samuel The Nigerian military has confirmed that some of its personnel attempted to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government in October 2025. Reports had suggested that last year’s Independence Day…
Military Submits Report on Alleged Coup Officers to Tinubu
Nigeria’s military high command – Defence Headquarters – has finally confirmed that there was indeed a coup plot to topple the Tinubu government. The attempt was foiled and some service…
APC calls for end to speculations on fate of Vice President Shettima
APC has asked Nigerians to disconrinue the racing debate on whether President Tinubu would drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as running mate in next year’s general election. In a statement…
Reps disowns minority caucus’ report on alleged tax laws alterations
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has clarified that any committee reportedly set up by the Minority Caucus to examine recently enacted tax laws lacks formal parliamentary authority and has…
Can any good come out of defection?
By ETIM ETIM Etim Ekpo LGA of Akwa Ibom State has been the most violent place during the last three general elections in Akwa Ibom State. People were murdered and…
New York Times and Onitsha Screwdriver Sellers’ Data
By Farooq A. Kperogi The New York Times of January 18, 2026 published an explosive story showing how unverified and methodologically questionable data produced by a little-known Onitsha screwdriver seller…
Kano Governor Abba Yusuf resigns from NNPP alongside lawmakers, LG chairmen
Isaac Samuel Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in a major political development that also saw 21 members of…
Freedom of expression is not that free
By Akpandem James Our people need basic education on rights and limitations. And the government must lead this charge in its own overriding interest. There are critical truths the people…
President Tinubu approves posting of 4 ambassador-designates
Isa Dakingari Suleiman for Turkey President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassador-designates, out of the 68 confirmed by the Senate last December. President Tinubu confirmed the…
Nigerian Monarch Convicted In US For $70,000 Medicaid Fraud
A Nigerian traditional ruler and United States-based academic, Prof. Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom, has been convicted and sentenced for Medicaid fraud in the United States after admitting to billing minors for…
EFCC Tackles Banks in N18.7billion Fraudulent Investment, Airline Discount Schemes
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised an alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum…
$80,000 and N953 Million Fraud: Court Convicts Man, Company in Lagos
Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing…
Reps threaten sanctions as Ibadan, Jos Discos shun power sector hearing
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Nigeria’s power sector reforms and expenditure from 2007 to 2024 has summoned the Managing Directors of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company…
impeachment move: Rivers chief judge declines request to constitute panel to probe Fubara
Isaac Samuel The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined a request by the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a judicial panel to investigate Governor…
INEC warns against fake 2027 election timetable
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed as false a circulating article claiming that the Commission has released a timetable for the 2027 General Elections. The commission…
Visa restrictions: Nigeria should assert its position, not beg, Fashola says
…urges FG to equip ambassadors with policy depth, intelligence Isaac Samuel Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has urged Federal government to adopt a firm stance on international…
Senate President, Gov. Eno expected at Enoidem’s defection rally Friday
By ETIM ETIM Senate President Gpdswill Akpabio and Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State are some of the dignitaries and APC bigwigs that will attend the defection rally of…
Ex-minister declares for presidency on ADC platform
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the 2027 general election, former Minister of State for Education and two-time member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has declared his intention to…
Our President is too stylish, Botswanans complain
“WE VOTED FOR A PRESIDENT, NOT A FASHION ICON” There is growing public frustration in Botswana, with many citizens openly questioning the priorities and leadership style of President Duma Gideon…
2027: Alleged move to replace Shettima with northern Christian unsettles APC, North
Isaac Samuel With barely a year to the 2027 general election, fresh political tremors are running through the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the wider northern political establishment following…
Celebrating ASUU-FG’s Historic Reset with Caveats
By Farooq A. Kperogi After sixteen years of stalemate, serial strikes and ritualized brinkmanship, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have finally signed a renegotiated…
Senator Bob’s New Book Shows Why Experience is Still the Gold Standard
By Iboro Otongaran In The Burden of Legislators in Nigeria, a former senator brings together lived parliamentary experiences across the country in a free-flowing nonfiction which delivers a revealing, myths-busting…
A Wonderful Night of Cultural Performance at Port Loko
By Yusuf Bangura Jan 16, 2026 We are currently enjoying our time in Sierra Leone after a delightful six-day visit to The Gambia. We’ve visited a few beaches and gone…
Atiku’s Son Dumps PDP for APC, Backs Tinubu’s Second Term
Abba Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, pledging to work…
1.6m voters to particpate in FCT council poll – INEC
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published and presented the revised Register of Voters for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of the February 21, 2026, Area…
Analysis: Nigeria’s 2026 budget exposes misplaced priorities by Tinubu’s administration
Isaac Samuel Nigeria’s 2026 federal budget, a N51.59 trillion blueprint spanning nearly 2,800 pages, reads less like a roadmap for national development and more like a catalogue of misplaced priorities.…
Visiting Ibesikpo-Asutan
Across 30 LGAs in Akwa Ibom state, a similar event took place simultaneously this morning. It was the turning of the sod to mark the commencement of the construction of…
The final before the Final: My Prediction #AFCON2025
By Ata Ikkideh I have just watched the match between Morocco and Cameroon. The Moroccan defence proved as immovable as the Rock of Gibraltar. As a result, today’s encounter between…
On These Broken Dusty Roads, Nigeria still breathes
Part One of a Continuing Travel Diary By Celestine Mel The harmattan haze had not yet settled over the Federal Capital Territory when we pulled out of Abuja on the…
Where is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?
By Peter Obi This is not just a question; it’s a critical demand for accountability in a national emergency. As we approach the end of this year, Nigeria will be…
Why Jonathan and I oppposed Tambuwal’s emergence as Speaker in 2011 – Obasanjo
Why Jonathan and I oppposed Tambuwal’s emergence as Speaker in 2011 – Obasanj Isaac Samuel Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday shed light on the political calculations that informed the…
Chimanda Adichie speaks after tragic death of son
By ETIM ETIM Nigeria’s literary icon and writer, Chimanda Adichie, has given details of the circumstances that led to the dead of her son in a Lagos hospital on Thursday.…
From Groundnuts to Beaches: Exploring The Gambia’s New Growth Engine
By Yusuf Bangura Jan 10, 2026 Despite its continued status as a low-income country, The Gambia is a rare example of a nation that has successfully pivoted away from a…
2027: Umo Eno’s political platform launched
….We must Build Akwa Ibom in Unity and Development – Gov. Umo Eno ….Ours is Political Movement to Deliver the APC with Impressive Margins- Uwem Okoko, President General ….Our Collective…
Tinubu allocates N1.01 trillion to INEC ahead of 2027 election
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been allocated a staggering N1,013,778,401,602 in the 2026 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The allocation,…
What ADC Must Do to Oust Tinubu
By Ike Abonyi “Integrity is the supreme quality for leadership. Without it, no real success is possible.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower If the African Democratic Congress (ADC) aims to earn…
Court Grants Interim Forfeiture of 57 Properties, Valued at N213.2bn Linked to Malami, Two Others
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former…
Ex-Obi running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, joins 2027 presidential race
Isaac Samuel The Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential race. Baba-Ahmed made the declaration on Wednesday…
Former DSS boss Lawal Duara declares Katsina governorship bid
Isaac Samuel Former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Katsina State.. He cited insecurity and…
2027: I will not step down for anyone, Atiku declares
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to remain in the race for the 2027 presidential election, dismissing calls for…
President Tinubu nominates Board members for NMDPRA, NUPRC, seeks Senate Confirmation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written two letters to the Senate, seeking confirmation of 21 nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and…