Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
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 Reuben Abati Ileya Festival is the Yoruba word for the Eid al-Adha or Eid al Kabir festival which falls on May 26 – May 27 this year, 2026, in…
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…
Isaac Samuel Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abba Bichi, has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest the 2027 general election for Bichi Federal…
Isaac Samuel Six members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State have lost their bids to secure the party’s…
The Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof Emem Bassey has spoken of the chaos that engulfed the institution when EFCC officials visited last week.…
By ETIM ETIM Senator Aminu Tambuwal made an audacious projection Friday night, claiming that the 2027 presidential election will be a replay of the 1979 race in which a fellow…
By Zagazola Makama The reported killing of Abu-Bilal al-Manuki, a senior commander of the Islamic State and widely described as the second-in-command of ISIS globally, by joint United States and…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed the killing of senior Islamic State leader, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, during a joint counterterrorism operation carried out by Nigerian and United States forces.…
By ETIM ETIM Several hours after President Donald Trump announced the successful elimination of a senior ISIS leader by a joint operation of Nigerian and US forces, President Tinubu has…
Isaac Samuel United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced that American and Nigerian forces had killed a senior commander of the Islamic State group during a coordinated military operation.…
By Farooq A. Kperogi The late Muhammadu Buhari wrested power from Goodluck Jonathan in a never-before-seen political upset of an incumbent in Nigeria precisely because of the northern establishment’s strategic…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday after a three-nation visit to France, Kenya and Rwanda. The President, whose plane touched down around 7:12 pm at the Presidential…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that all 22 registered political parties in Nigeria, including the All Progressives Congress (All Progressives Congress), African Democratic Congress (African…
Isaac Samuel Fresh tensions are emerging in Nigeria’s downstream oil sector as Dangote Petroleum Refinery filed a fresh lawsuit challenging the continued importation of petrol into the country through licences…
By Marcel Okeke It’s really a serious irony that at a time that Nigeria is expected to be literally swimming in the ocean of humongous unplanned foreign exchange (FX) inflow,…
Isaac Samuel Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Friday reportedly attacked a primary and junior secondary school in Mussa village, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, abducting an unspecified number…
Isaac Samuel Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday declared that the presidential ambition of Seyi Makinde is “dead on arrival”, amid growing political realignments ahead of…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has dismissed former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his pledge to serve only one term if elected president, describing the promise as inconsistent with…
Isaac Samuel Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement. Makinde made the…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the 13th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, which begins on Thursday. It is the last of his three-country tour…
Isaac Samuel Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years imprisonment over the diversion of funds linked…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, led Nigeria’s government, diplomatic, and business delegation to the Africa Forward Summit at the Kenyatta Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, advocating for stronger economic…
By Dr. U. N. Anderson Professor Eyo Effiong Ekpe is the Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (D-CMAC) of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo. He is a Professor…
Isaac Samuel There was confusion and heightened tension at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday following a confrontation involving operatives of the Economic and…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has unveiled its timetable for the 2027 general elections, fixing the cost of its presidential nomination form at N60 million and governorship form…
Isaac Samuel Former Kano State Governor and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed that northern political leaders held strategic consultations before arriving at a consensus to work…
By Reuben Abati Beyond the suffocating air of Nigerian politics, which gets far more problematic by the day, with its unending twists and turns, there are more sober happenings within…
Isaac Samuel The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a joint trial-within-trial to determine whether statements obtained from defendants in the alleged coup plot case were made voluntarily.…
Isaac Samuel The screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified 65 aspirants, including former factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko…
Nigeria and the United States are forging ahead in deepening cooperation on security, counterterrorism, regional stability, and strategic partnership. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who undertook…
By ETIM ETIM I was at the Velvet Lounge of CEEDAPEG Hotel, Uyo, this afternoon with some friends, drinking and eating, as is our habit. The place has become a…
By Marcel Okeke The similarity between the highlights of the International Labor Organization (ILO’s) May Day 2026 message and the focus of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Workers’ Day address is…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has zoned its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election to Southern Nigeria, a move seen as clearing the path for former Anambra…
By Farooq A. Kperogi The federal government’s decision to prohibit recipients of honorary doctorates from prefixing “Dr.” to their names is one of the most unexpectedly sensible things to come…
Isaac Samuel A prosecution witness, PW15, Ramalan Abdullahi, on Friday, narrated before the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how a property located at No. 35 Danube Street,…
Isaac Samuel The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted screening and appeal committees for incumbent governors seeking re-election or Senate seats, alongside other governorship aspirants ahead of the party’s primaries…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday adjourned indefinitely a suit challenging the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President, David Mark. Justice Emeka Nwite…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday convicted a former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, of 12 counts of fraud and money laundering, charges preferred against him…
