UMUAHIA, Abia State — The 2027 governorship contest in Abia State is beginning to take shape around competing promises on workers’ welfare, employment and economic development, with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Kelechi Anosike pledging to reverse what he described as unjustified disengagements from the state public service. Anosike said on Thursday that, if elected […]
A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has said it does not expect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be arrested if he attends the 2026 United Nations General Assembly in New York, but claims the Nigerian leader could face significant public embarrassment over long-running allegations concerning his past in the United States. […]
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A fresh dispute has emerged over the United States court proceedings involving records connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after a US-based political advisory and lobbying firm accused the Nigerian Presidency of giving the public a misleading account of the litigation. The controversy follows a September 3 statement by the Presidency insisting that the matter […]
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ABUJA — Nigeria has warned that the departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has created a significant setback for regional integration and complicated efforts to maintain effective economic and security cooperation across West Africa. The warning came from Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola […]
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A fresh dispute has emerged in the political battle surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after a United States-based lobbying and policy advisory firm linked to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar alleged that its founder was offered $3 million to abandon a campaign involving allegations against the Nigerian president. Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., said its founder, Dr […]
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s camp has challenged the Presidency to address the substance of U.S. records at the centre of the latest political dispute, rather than focusing on the background of Washington-based lobbyist Karl Von Batten. The latest exchange between the camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu has shifted […]
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ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assertion that Northern Nigeria stands to be the biggest beneficiary of his administration’s economic reforms has triggered a sharp disagreement among major Northern interest groups, exposing a wider debate over whether Nigeria’s improving macroeconomic indicators are translating into meaningful gains for ordinary citizens. While the presidency and the All […]
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Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to ensure that statutory allocations meant for Nigeria’s 774 local government areas are paid directly into council accounts if he wins the presidency. Atiku said his proposed administration would make local government financial autonomy a key component of […]
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ABUJA — Nigeria’s opposition parties are intensifying efforts to prevent another split-vote outcome in the 2027 presidential election, with six political parties backing a structured coalition process that includes a proposed single four-year transition government. The proposal emerged at an opposition summit in Abuja where political leaders, presidential candidates and senior party officials began laying […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has escalated Nigeria’s concerns over recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa to the continental level, asking the African Union to consider the issue at its next ordinary summit and develop a collective response. The Nigerian President’s intervention came as African leaders gathered in Luanda, Angola, for the 21st Extraordinary […]
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Former Kogi West Senator and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain Dino Melaye has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe, questioning the length and timing of the President’s absence from Nigeria. Melaye’s criticism came shortly after the Presidency announced that Tinubu had departed Abuja for Europe as part […]
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A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu could face an embarrassing reception in New York if he attends the 2026 United Nations General Assembly amid renewed allegations linking him to heroin trafficking. The firm made the claim in a statement published on its verified X account […]
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ABUJA — Nigeria’s opposition parties are returning to the coalition table with a problem that has repeatedly frustrated attempts to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC): agreeing not only on the need for a stronger opposition, but on who should ultimately lead it. As opposition leaders prepare for the G-100’s summit in Abuja on […]
