Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
…….When Friendship Becomes a Bridge By Ubong Ekefere There is something profoundly symbolic about history extending an invitation. A century-old institution, founded on the enduring philosophy that “Friendship is Good,”…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately approach the court to vacate the order freezing the Osun State Government’s accounts, saying…
Isaac Samuel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained its decision to freeze the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, insisting the action was taken to prevent…
By Olakunle Aderinokun Fifteen years. That is how long it has been since the world lost Olutayo Adisa Adeleye Aderinokun (Tayo Aderinokun), my brother, my mentor, my benefactor, and one…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reaffirmed its commitment to due process, institutional discipline and the rule of law, saying social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known…
Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 convicted and sentenced a fake lawyer, John Nwawuto Anoruo for impersonation and…
…Reps summon FRSC Corps Marshal over FG number plates …Committee to interrogate alleged PFIPC DG in police custody Isaac Samuel The Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Gbenga Collins,…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has approved a new salary structure for members of Nigeria’s Armed Forces, granting pay increases ranging from 30 to 80 per cent in a move…
Isaac Samuel The Akwa Ibom State Government’s decision to clamp down on unapproved and unauthorized private schools has been welcomed as a timely intervention to protect the quality of education…
A Letter from Stockholm By Kio Amachree There is a ledger that no EFCC can audit, no tribunal can seal, and no propaganda machine can rewrite. It is the ledger…
By Reuben Abati There has been quite some drama out there in the lead up to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections and one of the most outstanding episodes would be the unending,…
By ETIM ETIM The National Industrial Court sitting in Uyo has ordered Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osura, to reinstate Dr. Paulinus Ekpo to his position as Chief Lecturer and…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency on Sunday dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, insisting that the administration’s reform agenda has put Nigeria on the…
By Sunday Dare HISTORY has never been kind to institutions that mistake political opportunism for moral clarity. When the leadership of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by…
By Babafemi Ojudu Public figures who invoke loyalty as a moral test must themselves be prepared to have their own record on loyalty examined. I have followed the debate surrounding…
By Temitope Ajayi There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan granting a television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, declaring that although he stood…
By Isaac Samuel With official campaigns for the 2027 general election due to commence on August 19, the Abia State Government’s new billboard permit charges have already triggered one of…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu listed only his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in the educational qualifications section of the EC9 nomination form submitted to the Independent National Electoral…
By ETIM ETIM As a young finance journalist in Lagos from late1980s to late 1990s, I grew up in awe of Alhaji Abubarkar Alhaji, one of the most prominent, visible…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday published the personal particulars, academic credentials and other supporting documents submitted by candidates for the January 16, 2027 presidential election,…
History has a way of keeping receipts. On February 3, 2026, Abuja turned 50. Fifty years since the Federal Capital was officially designated in 1976 by the Murtala/Obasanjo military government.…
Isaac Samuel Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described his decision to pick former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake…
By Farooq A. Kperogi For the past couple of years, my wife and I have instituted a yearly self-care ritual of taking at least one vacation in a part of…
By Marcel Okeke To core economists and related professionals, the Nigerian economy at present, can be said to be undergoing quick patches; with a lot of the Federal Government’s efforts…
Isaac Samuel The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has directed lawyers, litigation staff, court registrars and other officials of the Supreme Court to discontinue the use of…
By Yusuf Bangura FIFA President Gianni Infantino has opened a can of worms that may poison—and ultimately kill—the World Cup as we know it. He has proposed a plan to…
by Mohammed Bello Doka On July 10, 2026, the All Progressives Congress formally submitted the presidential nomination forms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to the…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio, EFCC, on Thursday July 30, 2026, arraigned one Aminu Datti Ahmed before Justice M.S. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Abuja for…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties, bringing to an end the activities of…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, arraigned four persons before Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for alleged…
With the governorship election in Osun State only days away, the Police Wednesday arrested the SSG, Teslim Igbalaye and five others. This follows a raid on the residence of the…
Isaac Samuel The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Didi Esther Walson-Jack, on Wednesday admitted that her office approved a recruitment waiver for the controversial Presidential Foreign…
Isaac Samuel The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu on Wednesday explained why the Nigeria Police Force could not produce the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion…
Isaac Samuel The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the appointment of General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for four newly established Nigerian Army divisions following President…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday assured the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) that his administration was repositioning the country’s security architecture to defeat terrorism, banditry and kidnapping,…
Isaac Samuel The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has expressed concern over the rising political tension in Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election, as the Chairman…
By ETIM ETIM The most highly anticipated public offer in Nigeria’s capital market this year is the forthcoming IPO of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP) expected to open…
The husband of the principal of Ahoro Community Grammar School, Oriire, Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has explained why he eventually cut off communication with the kidnappers who held his…
By Babafemi Ojudu For the past two weeks, I have been inundated with stories of empty hotels, deserted lounges, quiet supermarkets, and struggling businesses across Ekiti State, particularly in Ado…
By ETIM ETIM Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved a some projects to be commissioned by President Bola Tinubu when he visits the state in September. And…
Isaac Samuel The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, on Monday told the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council that a forged letter…
By Reuben Abati In the midst of the brazen, extra-judicial killings of Nigerians in South Africa, along with other Africans, on the grounds that these are illegal immigrants, the South…
The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Policy&Politics newspaper, ETIM ETIM, this Monday visited the Vice Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja, Prof Abiodun Adeniyi, in his office in the university. Both of…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) on Monday directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to produce…
Isaac Samuel The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its National Campaign Council for the August 15, 2026, Osun State governorship election, with Imo State Governor and Chairman of the…
By ETIM ETIM Addressing recent media reports suggesting mass terminations at Wigwe University, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Marwan Al-Akaidi has clarified that no such exercise has taken place. In fact, only two…
Isaac Samuel Nigeria’s political atmosphere became increasingly toxic over the weekend as the camp of President Bola Tinubu and that of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar descended into a bitter…
By Farooq A. Kperogi A disturbing pattern of unending, self-destructive administrative chaos in appointments to consequential public office positions is defining the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government, which signposts Tinubu’s…
By Marcel Okeke More than three years since the implementation of a multi-faceted economic reforms, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is getting set to “introduce a system to track…
