Lewis Obi: The Gentle Editor Who Ruled by Standards, Not Noise
By Babafemi Ojudu I lost a boss, a teacher, and a quiet shaper of my professional life. Lewis Obi was my editor when I was an investigative reporter. He was…
Yinka Yusuf: Akwa Ibom Government speaks
Akwa Ibom State Government has given reasons that led to the cancellation of the Pastor Yinka Yusuf’s crusade in Uyo that was slated for February 9. In a detailed press…
Nigerian Economy: After Stabilization, Whither the Path to Development?
By Marcel Okeke Claims about the stabilization of the Nigerian economy have been made ad nauseam (to an excessive degree) since mid-2025; meaning that hitherto, it had remained fragile and…
What manner of pastor is Yinka Yusuf?
By ETIM ETIM The founder of Lagos-based Household of Love Church, Pastor Yinka Yusuf has launched the most derogatory and insulting attacks against the peoples of Akwa Ibom and Cross…
Reps probe alleged discriminatory recruitment at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged discriminatory practices in the recruitment of resident doctors at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), following claims that…
Reps pass 2026 budget through second reading without debate
Isaac Samuel The 2026 appropriation bill on Thursday passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The budget was passed without any debate during a plenary session presided over by…
We are targeting $5Billion trade volume with Nigeria- President Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye, on Tuesday in Ankara, said his country targets a $5 billion trade volume with Nigeria, adding that discussions to actualise this…
Reps summon Auditor-General, ministers over utilisation of agriculture funds
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating agricultural subsidies, intervention funds, aids and grants has summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation, the Minister of Finance and the Minister…
Reps promise scrutiny of 2026 budget, electoral act amendment
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has resumed plenary, pledging to fine-tune the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, review key constitutional provisions and subject the 2026 budget to rigorous scrutiny. Deputy…
Akpabio Tells 10th Senate To Fast-track Legislative Agenda As Plenary Resumes
…lauds military collaboration between Nigeria, United States …adjourns plenary in honour of Senator Akwashiki President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has charged members of the 10th National Assembly to…
Where Was Africa In Davos?
By Reuben Abati To state the truth, Africa was significantly nowhere at the World Economic Forum which took place this January 19 – 23. You may say absent figuratively, sidelined…
2027: Gov Yusuf officially joins APC as Ganduje pledges support
Isaac Samuel Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Monday officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC), with former Governor and immediate past APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…
Coup: Military confirms attempted plot to overthrow Tinubu
Isaac Samuel The Nigerian military has confirmed that some of its personnel attempted to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government in October 2025. Reports had suggested that last year’s Independence Day…
Military Submits Report on Alleged Coup Officers to Tinubu
Nigeria’s military high command – Defence Headquarters – has finally confirmed that there was indeed a coup plot to topple the Tinubu government. The attempt was foiled and some service…
APC calls for end to speculations on fate of Vice President Shettima
APC has asked Nigerians to disconrinue the racing debate on whether President Tinubu would drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as running mate in next year’s general election. In a statement…
Kwankwaso-Yusuf Rupture and Echoes of Saraki
By Farooq Kperogi The public rupture between Gov. Abba Yusuf and his “godfather” and in-law, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has the visible trappings of carefully orchestrated political theater. Several people have…
Reps disowns minority caucus’ report on alleged tax laws alterations
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has clarified that any committee reportedly set up by the Minority Caucus to examine recently enacted tax laws lacks formal parliamentary authority and has…
Can any good come out of defection?
By ETIM ETIM Etim Ekpo LGA of Akwa Ibom State has been the most violent place during the last three general elections in Akwa Ibom State. People were murdered and…
New York Times and Onitsha Screwdriver Sellers’ Data
By Farooq A. Kperogi The New York Times of January 18, 2026 published an explosive story showing how unverified and methodologically questionable data produced by a little-known Onitsha screwdriver seller…
Nigeria’s New Tax Regime: A Counterpoise to Cashless Economy and Financial Inclusion?
By Marcel Okeke For upwards of a decade-and-half, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been implementing the financial inclusion and cashless economy initiative. Introduced in 2011, the policy aimed…
Kano Governor Abba Yusuf resigns from NNPP alongside lawmakers, LG chairmen
Isaac Samuel Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in a major political development that also saw 21 members of…
Freedom of expression is not that free
By Akpandem James Our people need basic education on rights and limitations. And the government must lead this charge in its own overriding interest. There are critical truths the people…
President Tinubu approves posting of 4 ambassador-designates
Isa Dakingari Suleiman for Turkey President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassador-designates, out of the 68 confirmed by the Senate last December. President Tinubu confirmed the…
Nigerian Monarch Convicted In US For $70,000 Medicaid Fraud
A Nigerian traditional ruler and United States-based academic, Prof. Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom, has been convicted and sentenced for Medicaid fraud in the United States after admitting to billing minors for…
EFCC Tackles Banks in N18.7billion Fraudulent Investment, Airline Discount Schemes
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised an alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum…
$80,000 and N953 Million Fraud: Court Convicts Man, Company in Lagos
Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing…
Reps threaten sanctions as Ibadan, Jos Discos shun power sector hearing
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Nigeria’s power sector reforms and expenditure from 2007 to 2024 has summoned the Managing Directors of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company…
impeachment move: Rivers chief judge declines request to constitute panel to probe Fubara
Isaac Samuel The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined a request by the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a judicial panel to investigate Governor…
Why Giving in Nigeria Often Backfires
By Farooq Kperogi I have learned two interrelated lessons about giving in Nigeria. First, giving large sums of money to economically deprived people to start a business, in the hope…
INEC warns against fake 2027 election timetable
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed as false a circulating article claiming that the Commission has released a timetable for the 2027 General Elections. The commission…
Visa restrictions: Nigeria should assert its position, not beg, Fashola says
…urges FG to equip ambassadors with policy depth, intelligence Isaac Samuel Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has urged Federal government to adopt a firm stance on international…
Senate President, Gov. Eno expected at Enoidem’s defection rally Friday
By ETIM ETIM Senate President Gpdswill Akpabio and Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State are some of the dignitaries and APC bigwigs that will attend the defection rally of…
Stubbs Creek reserve, militancy and 2027 politics
By ETIM ETIM Since many people might not have not heard of Stubbs Creek Reserve before, I will begin with a little description. It is a forest reserve located in…
The Importance Of Kashim Shettima
By Reuben Abati There is a potentially disruptive speculation, a kite being flown in political conversations, which could affect the fortunes of the ruling party – the All Progressives Congress…
Ex-minister declares for presidency on ADC platform
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the 2027 general election, former Minister of State for Education and two-time member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has declared his intention to…
Our President is too stylish, Botswanans complain
“WE VOTED FOR A PRESIDENT, NOT A FASHION ICON” There is growing public frustration in Botswana, with many citizens openly questioning the priorities and leadership style of President Duma Gideon…
2027: Alleged move to replace Shettima with northern Christian unsettles APC, North
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…
Celebrating ASUU-FG’s Historic Reset with Caveats
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…
Senator Bob’s New Book Shows Why Experience is Still the Gold Standard
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…
A Wonderful Night of Cultural Performance at Port Loko
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…
WEF 2026: Lingering Investment Draught and ‘Nigeria House’ in Davos, Switzerland
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…
Atiku’s Son Dumps PDP for APC, Backs Tinubu’s Second Term
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…
1.6m voters to particpate in FCT council poll – INEC
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…
Analysis: Nigeria’s 2026 budget exposes misplaced priorities by Tinubu’s administration
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.…
Visiting Ibesikpo-Asutan
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…
The final before the Final: My Prediction #AFCON2025
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…
On These Broken Dusty Roads, Nigeria still breathes
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…
Abuja’s persistent water crisis
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…
The Knee On EFCC’s Neck
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…
Where is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?
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…