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…
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…
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…
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…
By Marcel Okeke The Federal Government has announced the establishment of ‘Nigeria House’ in Davos during the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, scheduled to take…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
By ETIM ETIM On January 6, 2026, the management of one of the high-brow residential estates in Abuja, sent the following message to the residents of the estate: ‘’Good day…
by Reuben Abati “The knee on his neck” reminds us of the case of the American citizen, George Floyd who was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020 by…
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…
By ETIM ETIM A journalist friend of mine, Chijioke, came into Uyo on Friday from Port Harcourt and requested to visit The Arise Palm Resort and the Medical Corridor, two…
By ETIM ETIM Business tycoon and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has pledged to donate $500,000 to the Super Eagles if they win the semi final match against…
By ETIM ETIM Lagos clinic, Euracare Hospital, has rejected accusations of negligence over the death of Chimanda Adichie’s son, claiming that the child was too ill when he was brought…
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…
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.…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike revels in controversies, contentious public disputations, vituperative recriminations, and tensile political stress like a pig exults in mud. Peace…
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…
….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…
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,…
By Marcel Okeke These are really uncertain times for all nations of the world; the emergence of Mr. Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States of…
By ETIM ETIM That the Rivers State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice against Gov. Sim Fubara – the second in a year – shows just how serious…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
by Reuben Abati The received opinion in 20th century literature on America’s foreign policy process is that the United States, America as we know it, is not a colonizing power…
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…
By ETIM ETIM Political parties in Akwa Ibom State have commenced early preparations for the 2027 elections. APC in particular is setting off in ernest, signaling readiness to fend off…
By Tanimu Yakubu A striking feature of Nigeria’s current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are circulated—and the casualness with which they are assembled. Tax collections are…
Isaac Samuel Former Kano State governor and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he would only defect to another political party or coalition…
By ETIM ETIM On New Year Day, Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau announced his resignation from the PDP in preparation for joining the APC the following day. It turned out…
By Farooq A. Kperogi What most Nigerians recognize as Nigeria’s creeping descent into stifling one-partyism, with what seems like the unstoppably expanding defections of major elected officials into the APC,…
By Prof Lawrence ETIM In case, you can’t read to the end, the answer is that maths was both discovered and invented. INTRODUCTION This is a classic – and genuinely…
Isaac Samuel The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to delivering free, fair and credible elections in 2027, saying…
Isaac Samuel Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), marking a significant shift in the political alignment…
By Marcel Okeke One of the crucial steps in strategic planning is an assessment of the current situation: to know exactly where you are; and take proper note of what…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that 2026 will mark the beginning of a more robust phase of economic growth for Nigeria, assuring citizens that the pains associated…
By Prof Lawrence ETIM My core argument is that time constructs are human inventions, not natural phenomena. The concepts of “year” and “new year” are not natural. They are man-made_…
By ETIM ETIM Happy New Year! This will be a very big political year. There shall be party congresses, primaries, conventions, campaigns and more defections in 2026, but watch out…
By Isaac Samuel The Presidency and the Labour Party (LP) have reacted to the defection of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, to the African Democratic Congress (ADC),…
Isaac Samuel The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has officially defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Obi announced…
Yusuf Bangura Dec 31, 2025 I’ve been in Banjul since 26th November attending the wedding of the daughter of a close family friend in London. The three days of wedding…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has insisted that Nigeria’s newly enacted tax reform laws will commence on January 1, 2026, as scheduled, despite public controversy over alleged post-passage alterations to…
Isaac Samuel, Abuja The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has demanded the suspension of the implementation of recently enacted tax reform laws, amid allegations that the legislations were…
Isaac Samuel The All Progressives Congress (APC) is intensifying efforts to secure Kano State ahead of the 2027 general elections, as negotiations with Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over a possible…
