Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday unveiled the draft 2026 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, did…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to accelerate efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) and expand access to lifesaving services using innovative diagnostics, including point-of-care tests and tongue…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to demonstrate loyalty to the party. He gave the warning ahead of…
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of unlawful invasion of his residential and business…
This is the last thing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) wants to hear, but it has to be said, even if the party digs its thumbs in its ear. It…
When six states in Nigeria’s South-West zone came together in January 2020 to create Amotekun, a regional security outfit to confront social ills spreading across the region, they weren’t reinventing…
In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly met to vote on Resolution 181, partitioning British Mandate Palestine into two. One half would be a homeland for the Jewish people,…
As soon as news spread about airstrikes in Iran, some Nigerians took to the streets in protest. In Kano, Sokoto, Niger, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, and Kaduna, protesters carried portraits, flags,…
These are sad times. Who could have believed that after the US and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of “weapons of mass destruction” and found none, history would repeat…