Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
By Isaac Samuel The Akwa Ibom State Government has warned individuals and groups behind the publication and circulation of false and malicious reports targeting Governor Umo Eno and his administration…
Isaac Samuel The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said the immediate past Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, ignored several invitations to…
The Federal government has issued a note of warning to all federal agencies and the general public to be aware of a fraudulent character known as Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who…
Isaac Samuel The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reportedly arrested the immediate past Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Isaac Samuel The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dropped 26 aspirants, including former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, from its final list of candidates…
Isaac Samiel The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has fixed Thursday to rule on an application by senior lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), seeking…
Isaac Samuel The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make public…
By: Reuben Abati As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, it is important to remind all the actors involved in this process to act in a responsible manner…
By IKPAT UduakAbasi Nigeria’s diplomatic and policy influence was on full display in Germany at the weekend as His Excellency Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, immediate past Vice President of…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has expressed confidence that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, will be unable to replicate his 2023 electoral performance in the…
Isaac Samuel The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would be…
The Federal Government has revealed how seven suspected commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were identified and arrested at Katsina International Airport after returning…
By Celestine Mel Some arguments don’t gather momentum because they are true. They gather momentum because the people fueling them simply cannot afford to lose. That is the ugly truth…
By Marcel Okeke The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN’s) anti-private-sector operations came to a climax recently when the Minister of Works, David Umahi, told cement manufacturers in the country that…
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I chose to visit Nigeria in 2023 after seven years of staying away, family and friends cautioned that the change of leadership from Muhammadu Buhari…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has insisted that it remains a registered political party despite a ruling by the Federal High Court in Lokoja, saying there was no…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has directed the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti, to immediately withdraw the appointment of 24 aides in her…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja has set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political…
Isaac Samuel With only 21 days left before the statutory deadline for the release of election funds, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to receive money earmarked for…
By ETIM ETIM According to Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) and estimates from WHO, Nigerians spend between a billion dollars and $2 billion (between N1.35 trillion and N2.7 trillion) to…
Isaac Samuel The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended prominent lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, from the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) pending the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings against…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Onwughalu Chikodi Godwin, a 30-year old businessman for allegedly stealing vegetable oil belonging…
The senate has passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across the country. The bill was approved on Wednesday after lawmakers considered and adopted its 26 clauses…
The Senate on Wednesday allowed Governors and other senior government officials into the chamber during consideration of the state police bill. The motion was first put to a voice vote…
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, adjourned the trial-within-trial in the alleged N109.5 billion fraud case involving a…
The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Chinyere Okoroafor in the trial of the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose and…
A prosecution witness on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, disclosed before the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, details of several high-value transactions that passed through the account of Alkausar…
by: Reuben Abati The World Cup 2026 kicked off June 11, and as of today, 13 match-days after, in the middle of the second round of the group matches, we…
Isaac Samuel A witness in the ongoing trial of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the defendant allegedly made a…
Isaac Samuel Barely one week after the African Democratic Congress (ADC) announced former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as its vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, fresh indications have…
By ETIM ETIM A prominent activist who delivered the keynote speech at the launch of my book over three years ago has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He’s battling…
Mmek-Abasi Akpabio I just saw the picture and also read the report of one of the outgoing Governors taking his hand-picked would-be successor to present to the President in the…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Ekiti State governorship election, securing him a second…
By Farooq A. Kperogi My April 18, 2026, column titled “Tinubu’s Yoruba Agenda Risks Deep Rupture in Kwara” used privileged information I received from a self-described Yoruba irredentist to advance…
Isaac Samuel Families of military officers standing trial over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu have called for transparency, accountability, and strict adherence to due process in the…
By Marcel Okeke A seemingly innocuous document—an exposure draft—recently issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the new structure and operations of holding companies of banks, is already…
Isaac Samuel The Department of State Services (DSS) has rejected proposals to allow foreign organisations fund security operations in Nigeria through a proposed Trust Fund. The secret agency warned that…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, dismissed an application filed by former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza…
By ETIM ETIM Founder of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, is expanding his business portfolio into the luxury end of Nigeria’s real estate business, betting that high-end property offers stronger returns…
Isaac Samuel The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of the Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the…
by Mohammed Bello Doka On July 26, 2023, the world watched as Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by his own presidential guard. The soldiers who seized power…
By Farooq Kperogi Today’s Federal High Court judgment ordering INEC to deregister the African Democratic Congress is difficult to understand as anything other than politically engineered judicial violence against democratic…
By Manfred Ekpe PREAMBLE In my capacity as the Akwa Ibom State Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), I have deemed it necessary to interrogate the legal basis…
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, June 15, 2026 dismissed an application filed by the counsel to a former Minister…
The trial of a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and a former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello…
Isaac Samuel A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties for…
Isaac Samuel As we reported in May, Rotimi Amaechi has been named as the running mate to Atiku Abubarkar on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027…
Isaac Samuel Fuel prices are expected to fall as the United States and Iran have agreed to a deal aimed at ending hostilities between the two countries, a development that…
By John Dara The Perilous Influx of Arms into Nigeria A recent report released by the United Nations has revealed that various grades of ammunition originating from Libya have made…
The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has stated that several road projects for the South East region, originally conceived during the colonial era but left unrealised for decades, are…
