The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is monitoring reports of additional individuals showing symptoms after possible contact with passengers linked to a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship. WHO…
There is a ritual in Nigerian politics close to each general election. It involves politicians switching seats and vehicles, changing political parties, making friends and enemies in order to be…
The former Labour Party presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, thinks he is Nigeria’s most misunderstood politician. Why is it hard for us to see that his serial party flipping is not…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria just sacked the Tanimu Turaki led National Working Committee of the opposition People’s Democratic Party. The party itself is now claiming there is a power…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling affirming Sen. David Mark as the National Chairman and Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam…
The ongoing civil war in Sudan, which has escalated dramatically since April 2023, has grown to become one of the most consequential conflicts in contemporary Africa. The war can no…
Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned until May 6, a suit seeking to uphold the indefinite suspension of Sen. Ireti Kingibe by the Wuse Ward chapter of the…
Every now and then, former president and one-time military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo offers insights and snippets of information on what is happening within successive Nigerian governments that have been elected…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday swore in Dr Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development, officially replacing former minister Ahmed Dangiwa following his resignation. Darma, from…