As Nigeria’s opposition coalesces around the ADC, Gabriel Atumeyi examines the party’s efforts to gain popular acceptance ahead of the 2027 general elections As alarm bells of the 2027 general elections beats faster with the recent adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by the National Opposition Coalition, an emergent large scale realignment of political […]
The Centre for Peace, Transparency and Accountability (CPTA) has called on former presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi to retract and apologise for his claim that two students died during the Student Union Government (SUG) election at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State. At a press conference in Abuja, the organisation’s Executive Director, Comrade Patrick Ogheneyero […]
N14 Trillion Padded in 15 Years: How Nigeria’s Budget Became a Feeding Trough By Gabriel Atumeyi The numbers tell a story of brazen larceny dressed in legislative garb. Between 2010 and 2025, Nigeria’s National Assembly has systematically inflated budgets to the tune of over N14trillion – enough to build 14 Lagos-Ibadan expressways or fund the […]
The investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission into the about N200billion fraud probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, are bringing up more names of top officials in the Muhammadu Buhari government, who are likely also to face probe. A highly placed source in the EFCC revealed this to Economic […]
The leader of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has offered N1 million reward for credible information on overseas travel itinerary of Southeast governors. The fugitive also warned other Igbo leaders except a senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, not to travel out of the country for their own good. Mr Kanu announced this […]
The Chairman, Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr Babajide Saheed, in an interview with one of our correspondents, has said he was not aware of any intervention from the Federal Government at any of the primary health centres in the state. “They have not touched any primary health centre in Lagos State since that declaration in 2017. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Maurice Iwu, for an alleged fraud of N1.23bn. Iwu was arraigned on four counts before the Federal High Court in Lagos. In the charges, the EFCC alleged that he committed the offence in the build-up to […]
The Nigerian Army says the three policemen and a civilian who were shot dead by unidentified soldiers along the Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State, had been mistaken for kidnappers. The incident happened on Tuesday. The Police operatives, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence Response Team, reportedly came under attack while taking a kidnap kingpin, Alhaji […]
The Kogi State House Of Assembly, commenced impeachment process against the state’s Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba today. The Assembly based its decision on the action and utterances of the Deputy Governor on national television stations. The members described Achuba’s action as gross misconduct against the governor of the state, Yahaya Bello and the people of […]
