Strong Akwa Ibom delegation at Kaduna flag-off
…Gov. Eno commends North-West for Massive Turnout and Support A strong delegation from Akwa Ibom State led by the Deputy Governor, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, joined other APC members in Kaduna…
Ebola: NCDC identifies more contacts of Abuja patient, Rivers case tests negative
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has identified and followed up 53 contacts linked to the confirmed case of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo…
NDC to inaugurate national campaign council on Monday
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Monday inaugurate its National Campaign Council (NCC) as part of activities to strengthen its preparations for the 2027 general elections. The…
Ritualists scare: how I protected myself in Akure guest house
By Moshood Isamotu Every adult Nigerian should by now have developed a heightened instinct for recognising security threats and taking unconventional but sensible steps to protect themselves. We live in…
Tinubu flags off APC campaign in Kaduna, woos North with reforms, projects
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu on Saturday defended his administration’s economic policies, blamed previous administrations for Nigeria’s hunger and poverty, and asked Nigerians to renew his mandate in 2027 as…
Why Atiku Abubakar is particularly jittery about the Kaduna flaff-off
By Festus Keyamo In the last few days, ahead of the flag-off of the APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Kaduna State, the ADC Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has launched a…
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Electricity Should Decide Nigeria’s 2027 Elections
By Farooq A. Kperogi Wherever Nigerians congregate in the diaspora, conversations about our country almost invariably gravitate toward electricity. That was what happened after I delivered a keynote address at…
Adieu Dele Cole! Happy birthday Lade Bonuola
By Martins Oloja When an old man dies, the saying goes, a library burns. When Patrick Dele Cole died, a national archive burnt. Dr. Patrick Dele Cole passed on in…
Presidential visit, mega rallies headline a busy November in Akwa Ibom
By ETIM ETIM With a presidential visit and campaign mega rallies, November will be a very politically busy month in Akwa Ibom State. An official announcement is yet to be…
Nigeria, Rising Poverty, Insecurity and Electoral Choices in 2027
By Marcel Okeke In the heat of campaigns in Nigeria towards the 2027 general elections, it is quite apposite to explore some kind of relationship between the level of poverty…
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“The Dele Giwa I Knew Was an Open Book”
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Ebola: No need to cancel campaigns, gatherings – FG
***Pate says infected woman showing signs of recovery Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has said there is no immediate need to cancel political campaigns, conferences or other large public gatherings…
2027: Emir of Katsina embarrasses APC Campaign Council in Katsina
Isaac Samuel The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, created an unusual embarrassing scene for the DG of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari this week when the DG…
N1.06bn Fraud: EFCC Secures Court Order to Freeze Suspect’s Account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, has secured a court order to freeze an account belonging to Yili Fu Liang Trading Co. Ltd over…
Reps consider bill to bar FCT landlords from demanding over one year’s rent in advance
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has begun consideration of a bill seeking to prohibit landlords in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from compelling tenants to pay more than one…
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Obasanjo faults Tinubu’s naira devaluation, says Nigerians impoverished by 300%
Isaac Samuel Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying the sharp devaluation of the naira has worsened poverty and eroded Nigerians’ purchasing power. Obasanjo, who…
The Bone of Our Bones: A Tribute to Lade Bonuola at 80
By Babafemi Ojudu There are journalists, and there are journalists who make other journalists. Mr Oyinlade Bonuola—Lade Bonuola to the public and Ladbone to generations of Nigerian newspapermen and women—belongs…
EFCC Arraigns Sierra Leonean for Alleged $190,324 Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned a Sierra Leonean, Favour Foday Kamara, for an alleged $190,324…
Petroleum Industry Act: Akpabio Tasks Stakeholders On Accountability
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has challenged stakeholders in Nigeria’s petroleum industry to translate the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) into measurable economic gains, insisting that the…
EFCC Grills Businesswoman for Alleged N8.2m Job Scam in Enugu
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations into the activities of a suspected serial fraudster, Stella Ezinne Egotanwa, a businesswoman,…
National Assembly seeks quick measures to curb Ebola outbreak
****Demands mandatory screening at all entry points, stronger surveillance Isaac Samuel Both chambers of the National Assembly have urged the Federal Government to urgently release emergency funds to strengthen Nigeria’s…
Ebola: Senate Seeks Emergency Funding, Mandatory Screening At All Entry Points
The Senate has called on the Federal Government to provide emergency funding from the service-wide vote to strengthen the country’s disease surveillance system and enforce mandatory health screening at all…
A new era in Emzor Pharmaceuticals as founder begins pre retirement process
By ETIM ETIM By the time I started my career in journalism in Lagos in late 1980s, Emzor Pharmaceuticals was already an established name in the nation’s healthcare. Together with…
Tinubu may announce fuel tax on inauguration day if re-elected – ADC
***warns petrol prices could hit N1,522.50 per litre, Isaac Samuel The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that President Bola Tinubu may announce the implementation of a five per cent…
FG confirms Ebola case in Abuja, begins tracing 44 contacts
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Ebola Virus Disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and commenced contact tracing to prevent further spread of the infection.…
A senator’s Lonely Death
By Lasisi Olagunju In September 2022, the Nigerian Tribune reported the discovery of the skeleton of an engineer, Mr John Aderemi Abiola, in his house in the Adeosun/Idi Orogbo community…
N3.5 billion revenue hangs as Abuja estate residents fight for CofO
By ETIM ETIM Residents of Prince and Princess of Estate are crying out to the Department of Lands, FCT Administration to compel the developers of the estate, Prince & Princess…
No plot to assassinate Atiku – APC Campaign Council
By Isaac Samuel The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has dismissed allegations of a plot by the Federal Government to assassinate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, challenging a…
The Death Of A Public Intellectual: Patrick Dele Cole, 1940 – 2026
By Reuben Abati Death is a fact of life, no living thing exists forever, not even nature itself, for it is written that even the best and the brightest, shall…
Air Peace returns to Uyo as airport records passenger surge
By ETIM ETIM Nigeria’s biggest airline, Air Peace, is set to return to Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, this weekend, three years after it suspended flight operations there. The break…
Tinubu grants 18-month tenure extension to correctional, immigration service heads
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved an 18-month extension of the tenures of the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, and the Comptroller-General of…
NDC withdraws recognition of diaspora chapters
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn recognition of its diaspora chapters following a court judgment restricting Nigerian political parties from establishing and operating chapters outside the country.…
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Presidency: Makinde’s claim on ₦250bn NLNG dividends false
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has dismissed Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s claim that the Federal Government is withholding ₦250 billion in Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends for each state…
2027: Obi and I won’t withdraw for Atiku or Tinubu, Kwankwaso declares
Isaac Samuel Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has denied working for President Bola Tinubu or the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He accused…
Tinubu mourns Dele Cole
President Tinubu has expressed his profound sadness at the death of Ambassador Dele Cole. Here’s the President’s message: I received with profound sadness the news of the passing of Ambassador…
Switzerland, The Slave Trade, Slavery and Colonialism
Putting the spotlight on a neglected aspect of Swiss History By Yusuf Bangura Colonialisme. Une Suisse impliquée – Château de Prangins The Swiss National Museum and a group of historians…
International Comparisons in Economic Management: A Case Against Shettima’s Criticism of Peter Obi
By Professor Emmanuel Onwioduokit The central economic question is not whether Nigeria should compare itself with other countries, but whether such comparisons are being used intelligently to identify policy failures,…
Wike, Akpabio, Uzodimma and the Game of Thrones at Tinubu’s Political Table
Isaac Samuel In Nigerian politics, the feast is rarely just about the food on the table, it is also about who sits closest to the host, who gets the largest…
Babachir is spreading falsehoods against Osinbajo
By Laolu Akande I have watched the video in which former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, made a string of allegations against former Vice President…
Why Shettima Insults Atiku
By Farooq A. Kperogi In Vice President Kashim Shettima’s caustic barbs at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar during the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on October…
DSS arrests Maina’s son, hands him over to EFCC
Isaac Samuel The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Faisal, son of former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, and handed him over to the…
Shettima as an attack dog
By ETIM ETIM In many presidential democracies, the Vice President typically serves as the attack dog of the ticket. They deliver acerbic criticisms of the opposing ticket, allowing presidential nominees…
Is Shettima’s only job dishing insults?
By Solomon Dalung What more can Kashim Shettima do to convince Tinubu that he is loyal? Must he ridicule every elder, take a jab at every opposition leader and belittle…
Tinubu nominates 4 INEC commissioners, 2 Resident Electoral Commissioners
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated four new national commissioners and two new resident electoral commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission created by expiring tenures. The…
President Tinubu and the Low Transport Fares Fiasco
By Marcel Okeke In his usual fire brigade approach, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, late last August, when campaigns for January 2027 presidential elections had commenced, summoned governors of Nigeria’s 36…