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  President Donald Trump came before the United Nations this week with a message that has defined much of his second presidency: The United States is powerful, it intends to use that power, and it will not permit international institutions to place limits on American sovereignty. There was little ambiguity in the message. Trump celebrated […]

By now, Nigerians deserve more than explanations. They deserve clarity. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in Paris. Vice President Kashim Shettima is in New York. And Nigeria is in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri and everywhere else Nigerians are dealing with the daily business of surviving, working and waiting for government to deliver. So, […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated his wife, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on her 66th birthday, describing her as his “truest friend and confidante” and praising her for standing by him through the different seasons of their lives. In a heartfelt birthday message ahead of her birthday on September 21, the President reflected on their […]

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has challenged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to explain the legal, fiscal and operational basis of his proposal to subsidise petrol produced by local refineries. The council’s challenge followed Atiku’s renewed call for lower petrol and diesel prices and his proposal for government intervention to reduce the […]

The decision by some of Nasir El-Rufai’s former political allies to leave the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is more than another routine episode of Nigerian political defection. It is a revealing reminder of how quickly political loyalty can be tested when power changes hands. Among those reportedly […]

As a preliminary remark, nothing is wrong with Mrs Margaret Obi, wife of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), owning and flaunting a luxury Hermès handbag that was alleged to cost between N230 million and N250 million. It is her choice, and if she can afford it, why should she be worried […]

Nigeria has taken its campaign for a bigger African voice in global affairs to the heart of the United Nations, with Vice President Kashim Shettima demanding sweeping reform of the UN Security Council and permanent representation for Africa. Delivering President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s address at the **81st United Nations General Assembly** in New York on […]

From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has hit back at former Anambra State governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, declaring that it’s not the turn of the Igbo yet to produce Nigeria’s president. The minister made the remarks in Benin, Edo State, while speaking on the Federal […]

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja Former Rivers State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Tonte Ibraye, has resigned his membership of the party, citing internal leadership wrangling and concerns over the legitimacy of its 2027 electoral processes. Ibraye, in his resignation letter dated September 24, to the ADC Ward chairman in Degema Ward 16, […]

From Mohammed Abubakar Dutse Amid the ongoing crisis within the top brass of the Jigawa State chapter of the ADC, the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has waded in to amicably resolve the disagreement between the governorship candidate, Sen. Sabo Muhammad Nakudu and one of the party’s governorship aspirants, Bashir Adamu Jimbo. At the reconciliatory […]

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja An independent committee of inquiry into the reported deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced sittings. This was disclosed in a statement by the committee’s secretary, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma. According to the statement, the committee held its inaugural meeting […]

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Farouk Bahago, the parents of the deceased and the family of the survivors. In a statement, Assistant Commandant of Corps and National […]