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A former presidential aide Doyin Okupe is dead. He was 72. Family sources confirmed his death to Channels Television on Friday. Okupe died in the early hours of Friday. He hailed from Ogun State.  In his tribute to the late Okupe, the Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun described the medical doctor’s death as a “personal […]

As the Lenten Season commences, I extend heartfelt wishes to all Christians in Nigeria and worldwide who partake in this sacred time.   Beginning on Ash Wednesday, the 40-day period is a time of fasting, prayer, and repentance, preparing believers for the joyous celebration of Easter.   During Lent, Christians engage in earnest prayer, self-denial, […]

The bromance between the German armaments conglomerate giant, Rheinmetall and the Nigerian Army appears to have hit the rocks after Egyptian arms company, Eagles International for Defense Systems, was contracted by the President Bola Tinubu administration to supply over 100 armored vehicles for civilian and military applications, including luxury armored SUVs, luxury armored sedans, luxury […]

The disgraceful political charade unfolding in the Lagos State House of Assembly is the latest proof, if at all one was indeed needed, that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a governing party that cannot self-govern; a party rotten from within, incapable of upholding even the most basic tenets of democracy. The reinstatement of […]

Amid the leadership tussle that has assailed the Lagos State House of Assembly in the last seven weeks, a lawmaker, who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa, has been re-elected as the Speaker of the 40-member Assembly.   Obasa was re-elected on Monday after the resignation of Mojisola Meranda who stepped down as the Speaker […]

A gale of resignations and reshuffling hit the floor of the crisis-torn Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday with the stepping down of the first female Speaker in the state, Mojisola Meranda.   Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency I, announced her resignation at the plenary after which lawmakers immediately re-elected her as the Deputy […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 59-year-old drug baron, Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, 17 years after he went underground to ship illicit drugs reportedly worth billions of naira across the world.   The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), disclosed this on Monday […]

In the hallowed chambers of Nigeria’s Senate, where democracy should flourish and the voice of the people should reign supreme, a grotesque abuse of power is unfolding as a dark specter looms. It is the shadow of impunity, the stench of unchecked power, the vile echoes of a sexual predator cloaked in legislative robes. Godswill […]

The recent allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan have sparked national outrage, igniting a broader conversation on power abuse, gender discrimination, and political accountability in Nigeria. The controversy has drawn reactions from political figures, civil society groups, legal experts, and women’s rights activists, with many calling for a […]

The Supreme Court has barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation and other agencies from releasing funds to the government of Rivers State until it purges itself of what the court describes as flagrant disobedience to court orders.   In a one hour, thirty-six-minute judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel […]

The recent rebuke of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has ignited vigorous discourse and sparked intense debate within Nigeria’s political circles. El-Rufai’s condemnation of the APC’s deviation from its foundational principles and its neglect of internal democracy is not empty political grandstanding, and should not be […]

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday expressed his determination to work harder for the country’s greater good, assuring that the Nigerian economy was on the path of recovery.   The President spoke in Abuja at the All-Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee meeting, during which he received a vote of confidence for his administration’s […]