Thousands Defect To APC, As Lokpobiri Reaffirms Confidence In Tinubu’s Transformative Agenda. It was a carnival like event as thousands dumped their various political party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The decampees who are majorly from the People’s Democratic party, PDP, officially defected to the ruling…
Your terrorist is better treated than mine, by Hassan Gimba Last week, a Federal High Court judge, James Omotosho, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on seven terrorism-related charges. This came after a decade-long trial in which prosecutors proved that his broadcasts and orders to his banned Indigenous People…
FUOYE DON PROF. OJO BAKARE LEADS NIGERIA TO WORLD FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS IN INDIA Veteran creative artiste and Professor of Choreography and Performance Aesthetics, Prof. Rasaki Ojo Bakare, will lead Nigeria’s contingent to the 2026 global Festival of Arts and Crafts holding in India from 31st January to 15th February 2026. This is…
Four killed in shooting at child’s birthday party in California At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in California. Ten others were injured in the shooting at a restaurant on Saturday evening, in the state’s northern city of Stockton. Local police say the victims include both…
Police arrested three, dismantle online-driven Sai Malam cult network in Sokoto By Jamil Gulma, North-West Correspondent The Sokoto State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing fight against organised crime with the arrest of three suspected members of the notorious Sai Malam cult group. The arrests were carried out at about 11:00…
Tinubu Sends Ambassadorial Nominees to Senate, Mrs. Ajimobi, Omokri, Sulu Gambari, Serving Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Makes List President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation — a development that has drawn attention, particularly with the inclusion of serving senator and businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim,…
Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1) By abiodun KOMOLAFE The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into the past. To truly discern these origins, one must look all the way back to the Justice Alexander Ovie Aniagolu Report on the Maitatsine Riots in Kano (1981), whose findings clearly harbinger the…
Rep Kelechi Raises Concerns Over worsening security In Nigeria, Calls for Stronger Actions to address the Situation. By Saheed Badmus Rep. Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers) has charged the House of Representatives to take stronger action to address worsening security situation in the country. Nwogu, who represents Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of Rivers, made the call on Thursday…
Another “Emergency”? Nigerians Have Memorised the Script. By Chidi Ekeh I was still scrolling through the President’s nationwide-security-emergency speech on Tuesday when my cousin in Kaduna sent a voice note: “They’ve declared another one. Let me go and lock my door before the bandits receive the memo.” Dark humour is the last firewall Nigerians have…
THE VERY NEARLY AVOIDED FOLLY: WHAT THE GUINEA BISSAU COUP SHOULD TEACH NIGERIA By Olaitan Adesina The news of yet another coup in Guinea Bissau arrived with the weariness of a familiar disappointment. Soldiers appeared on national television announcing that they had seized power, suspended the electoral process, shut the borders and assumed control of…
