A fresh political dispute has emerged between former House of Representatives Minority Leader Farouk Aliyu and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, following a public exchange over the role of the APC governors in President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. Aliyu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Wike […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign is facing an unusual political challenge as the Nyesom Wike-backed Rainbow Coalition expands its influence across several states while insisting that its ultimate objective is to return the president to office. The emerging arrangement is creating tension within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly among governors and […]
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Aisha Yesufu says supporters of Peter Obi are preparing for the 2027 presidential election with a strategy that goes beyond rallies, social media campaigns and voter mobilisation: keeping watch over the ballot and the result at every stage of the collation process. Yesufu, a political activist and member of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), said […]
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Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, has launched a fresh attack on Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, accusing the former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate of knowing that Peter Obi was allegedly “a packaged fraud” during their 2023 presidential campaign. Sowore made the claim while reacting to recent comments attributed to […]
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A long-running legal dispute over U.S. government records connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken another turn after a Washington-based political advisory and lobbying firm said it intends to place a video transcript before a federal court. Von Batten-Montague-York said the proposed evidence relates to comments allegedly made by Adewale Tinubu, described by the […]
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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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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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Corruption in Nigeria is often discussed in terms of stolen public funds, inflated contracts and bribery. But its deeper cost is harder to calculate. It is found in the hospital that lacks essential medicines, the unfinished road that becomes impassable during the rainy season, the school without adequate facilities, the electricity system struggling to meet […]
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The debate over Nigeria’s controversial petrol subsidy has taken a fresh political turn ahead of the 2027 presidential election, with Peter Obi rejecting Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore the subsidy if elected president. Speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Obi argued that Nigeria should not reverse subsidy removal […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has made one of its strongest assessments yet of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s record, with the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, declaring that the president has performed better than every democratically elected Nigerian president during their respective terms. Morka made the statement during an interview with Channels Television on […]
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JOS — Islamic cleric and Chairman of the Council of Ulama of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has rejected claims that his recent political comments were driven by hatred for Christians, saying his position should not be interpreted as hostility towards Nigerians of other faiths. Jingir made the clarification […]
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Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has engaged former presidential media aide Bashir Ahmad in a heated exchange on X ahead of the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship election. The disagreement began after Davido reacted to a telephone conversation between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, the singer’s […]
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Nigeria’s economic reform agenda under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues to generate sharp debate among economists, policymakers and political leaders, with growing questions over whether improving macroeconomic indicators will eventually translate into better living conditions for ordinary citizens. While government officials argue that recent reforms have stabilized key areas of the economy and laid the […]
