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 Farooq A. Kperogi Sometime in January this year, a senior Lagos-Ibadan journalist called my attention to a news story in which Hannatu Musawa, President Tinubu’s Minister of Art, Culture,…
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…
By ETIM ETIM Every May 25, Africans from different walks of life and peoples of African heritage across the globe celebrate Africa Day Africa Day. The day represents the collective…
by Reuben Abati When the Electoral Act 2026 was passed into law in February 2026, the expectation was that it would be the deus ex machina (the fool-proof, mechanical, solution…
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 Farooq A. Kperogi For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the…
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…
By Marcel Okeke What has been happening in the downstream sector, and particularly the refining sub-sector, of the Nigerian oil and gas industry in the past couple of years is…
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 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…
