Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
Isaac Samuel Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the ruling party of…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have clashed over the alleged replacement of the party’s candidates for the 2027 Anambra State House…
By Musa Abubarkar _A customer dispute highlights a growing regulatory challenge as mobile numbers increasingly function as digital identities, banking credentials and gateways to financial services._ By any measure, mobile…
By ETIM ETIM Akwa Ibom State-owned airline has debunked speculations that it is in the habit of scaring away other airlines from operating to Uyo. In a statement issued Sunday…
By ETIM ETIM With just two weeks to the official commencement of governorship campaigns nationwide, the people of Ibesikpo-Asutan LGA of Akwa Ibom State have pledged to work for the…
By Mohammed Bello Doka The fine line between Senator Abdulaziz Yari and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is gradually blurring—so much so that one might mistake them for mirror images of the…
Olufemi Ajayi When Rita Markenny Egba publicly alleged that approximately ₦3 million was withdrawn from her Access Bank account through USSD transactions between October and December 2025 while she was…
By Marcel Okeke For quite some time now, there appears to be unanimity of opinions that reforms by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) have resulted in the stabilization of…
by Mohammed Bello Doka The mathematics of national suicide is rarely this precise. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stood before the nation and delivered two blows to…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola…
Two days after the Managing Director of NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku announced in Benin City, Edo State, that the commission would intervene in the failed portions of the Benin–Sapele axis of…
By Martin Oloja How Unpaid $100,000 Pledges, Missing Abuja Flats And National Honours May Have Cost Nigeria The 2026 Title. And Why EFCC Must Probe The Football House. From Morocco…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Last week, I argued that Atiku Abubakar’s promise to restore petrol subsidy had rattled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because it finally opened a policy flank on…
Remembering Beko Ransome-Kuti By Babafemi Ojudu One of the most remarkable mentors I ever had was Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti. I visited him often, and in those days, you would almost…
Isaac Samuel The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to reopen Nigeria’s land borders with Niger Republic, Benin Republic, Cameroon and Chad if elected…
By ETIM ETIM Despite their huge hydrocarbon deposits and massive contributions to Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings, the six states of the South-South geopolitical zone have the worst network of federal…
By Mohammed Bello Doka In 2023, the North made a choice. It placed its trust in a man from the South who promised to restore its glory, to end the…
EFCC PRESS RELEASE EFCC Arraigns Man for N13.6m Property Fraud In Ibadan Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan has arraigned a man, Yusuf Ademola Oyepeju before Justice Olusola…
The choices we make now are critical. We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad. By Bill Gates What You Need to Know The transition to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the management of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to do all within its powers to ensure Nigeria derives maximum benefits from its gas reserves…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of playing politics with the issue of petrol subsidy, describing his recent pronouncements on the policy as confused and contradictory.…
Ibom Air has taken delivery of its third Airbus A220-300 aircraft, further strengthening its modernization and fleet expansion program. The aircraft, registered 5N-CDC, was formally handed over to Ibom Air…
By Bayo Onanuga The latest comments by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on petrol subsidy raise a fundamental question: is he seriously proposing an economic policy, or is he simply playing…
By Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged the President Bola Tinubu administration to investigate and prosecute him if it has evidence linking him to wrongdoing in the…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on whistleblowers across the world to offer useful and actionable intelligence to the Commission on…
By ETIM ETIM Today, I took a drive on the latest Ring Road in Uyo – Ring Road 3 Extension which runs from Stadium Road by Idoro Road to Ikot…
by Mohammed Bello Doka You can be in APC, you can be an APC data boy, but that does not mean you should not have sense. Assuming we concede that…
By Babafemi Ojudu I commend the Nigerian Bar Association for inviting Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to participate in its Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt. Here is…
By Senator Henry Seriake Dickson It was a great pleasure and honour to attend the book presentation and birthday celebration marking the retirement of Dame Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, who today…
By Mohammed Bello Doka General Tukur Buratai, I write with a heavy heart but with the clarity that truth demands. I hold your service to this nation in the highest…
Isaac Samuel Confusion has continued to trail the fuel subsidy proposal of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, following differing explanations by members of his campaign team…
By Okoi Obono-obla A presidential candidate who has secured the sponsorship of his political party to campaign and canvass for votes — to convince, persuade, and win the support of…
By Reuben Abati Ghosts. Fake, Fraudulent, Dubious Things are not new in Nigeria. The crisis of transparency in Nigeria’s public sector payroll system began, for example, as far back as…
Gaudy and gilded gifts are the way to Donald Trump’s heart. A Qatari jumbo jet aside, few have been quite as ostentatious as a piece of jewellery Mr Trump received…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has remained silent over reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal and reconstitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for…
By Senator Ben Murray-Bruce There is a scene I return to more often than I should. Gilbert’s house in Beverly Hills. One of those evenings where the guest list is…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has declared September 2026 a Month of Gratitude as the state prepares to celebrate its 39th anniversary. The Governor announced that 39 projects…
Isaac Samuel Former Kano State governor and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged former Zamfara State governor, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, to reject his appointment…
By Babafemi Ojudu I have just finished going through the membership of the Presidential Campaign Council of my party—or, more accurately, as much of it as human endurance would permit.…
A Stockholm-based Nigerian activist, Kio Amachree, has written to the FBI Director, Mr. Kash Patel, seeking explanations on why the agency is hesitant to open its files containing details of…
By Okoi Obono-Obla Introduction SInce 2023, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by transparency advocate Aaron Greenspan—seeking…
By Martin Oloja The picture went viral within hours. Governor Ademola Adeleke, fresh from collecting his Certificate of Return in Osogbo, standing side-by-side with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja,…
By Marcel Okeke If there has been any time the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is looking for anything to strengthen its credibility and showcase its scorecard, it is now—to…
By Isaac Samuel The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections, with former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, appointed as Director-General. President…
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday announced that it has uncovered yet another fake federal agency operating in Nigeria. The fake agency known as the…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Atiku Abubakar may finally have discovered the issue that can draw political blood from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. And I am enjoying seeing the president and…
By Kio Amachree The FBI must come to its senses and recognise that its continuing legal manoeuvres over the Bola Tinubu records are damaging confidence in both American justice and…
Isaac Samuel Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has formally commenced his campaign for the 2027 presidential election, declaring that Nigeria must urgently move from a…
By Bayo Onanuga Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and perennial candidate for the presidency of Nigeria, has finally revealed his economic plans to Nigerians, should he be elected as…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to use his victory in the August 15 governorship election to promote reconciliation and unity in the state, stressing that…
