Category: Politics
Children’s day: Dino Melaye celebrates men who report their wives to their mothers
Nigerian politician Dino Melaye has taken to Instagram to celebrate some type of men today, children’s day. According to Dino, men who report their wives to ... Read More
NASS REPUBLIC: Deafening calls for state of emergency. Two other stories, and a quote to remember
Members of the House of Representatives, last week, suggested a solution to Nigeria’s security challenges to President Muhammadu Buhari. The suggestion is one that some ... Read More
2023: It’ll be injustice if Nigeria’s next president is not Igbo –Moghalu
Kingsley Moghalu is a politician, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and academic whose presidential ambition in 2019 general elections inspired millions of ... Read More
Why PDP considers Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal as possible presidential Candidates
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State are the main contenders for the Peoples Democratic ... Read More
Anambra APC Governorship Aspirants Grow Cold Feet As Insecurity Persists
The fire appears to have gone out of the ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the race for the Anambra State Government House, ... Read More
LIVE: [Platform 2021] Is Devolution Of Powers The Solution To Nigeria’s Problem?
The Platform, a series of events designed to facilitate growth in the areas of personal capacity, productivity and National Development within Nigeria, is hosted by ... Read More
QuickRead: Pantami gets handshake, Uzodinma tastes terror. Three other stories we tracked and why they matter
During the week in review, the Presidency gave Nigerians a rude shock by publicly lending its support to the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital ... Read More
Chadians Plunged Into The Unknown With Deby’s Death
The call to prayer rang out as usual from mosques and market stalls hawking colourful fabrics reopened, but residents in Chad’s capital feared for their ... Read More
QuickRead: APC’s rocking boat. Four other stories we tracked and why they matter
In the week in review, the Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salisu Lukman, frantically waved the red flag concerning some uncomfortable developments within ... Read More
Monte Carlo Masters: Dan Evans beats David Goffin to reach semi-finals
British number one Dan Evans came from a set down to beat Belgium's David Goffin and reach the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters. Read ... Read More
Bukola Saraki, Wife Remember Gbegi Ojora 10 Years After Death
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and his wife Toyin Saraki on Saturday paid tributes to the late Prince Adegboyega Ojora aka Gbegi on his 10th ... Read More
ICYMI: Who are the real bandits: Those in the bush or the public officials? —Prof Pat Utomi
An economist, Professor Pat Utomi has lamented that Nigeria wastes a lot of resources that can be put to good use for the benefit of ... Read More
SPECIAL REPORT: Residents lament as flood, refuse, take over Agege-Pen-Cinema few weeks after commissioning of flyover
Barely three weeks after the commissioning of the Agege-Pen-Cinema Flyover Bridge by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a lot of pomp and fanfare, ... Read More
QuickRead: Saraki begs, Attahiru blows hot. Three other stories we tracked and why they matter
Former Senate President and stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bukola Saraki, made news headlines during the week in review when he made a ... Read More
LAGOS METRO LINE: How far can Sanwo-Olu go with a 17-year project started by Jakande?
Another governor, another promise of a metro line to cure Lagos of its perennial traffic problem, but this promise is just one of many projects ... Read More
QuickRead: Buhari’s reward style. Four other stories we tracked and why they matter
The contentious nomination of the former Service Chiefs as non-career Ambassadors, by President Muhammadu Buhari, will not go away in a hurry as it still ... Read More
LongRead: So, where’s Aisha Buhari, the First Lady who dared the presidency?
The gathering storm When an online news platform reported in December 2020 that Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, had quietly relocated to Dubai since September ... Read More
ANALYSIS… The agitation to re-occupy Lekki Toll Gate is a bad idea; dissecting desperate issues therein
The #EndSARS protests began in the first week of October 2020, when a video went viral on social media showing an operative with the now-defunct ... Read More
QuickRead: Buhari’s double-barrel ‘attack’. Four other stories we tracked and why they matter
Last week, one of the most dominant news items Nigerians talked about with great relish was the extension of the tenure of the former Inspector ... Read More
2023: Only God Can Tell Who Will Become Nigeria’s President – Transport Minister
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed suggestions that he is being touted as the country’s next president, noting that only God knows Nigeria’s ... Read More