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A fresh confrontation between the Presidency and former Anambra State governor Peter Obi has thrown the spotlight back on the disputed 2023 election, after presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga accused the opposition figure of failing to fully account for campaign funds and of misrepresenting the record of his political career. Onanuga, Special Adviser to President…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed Peter Obi’s renewed promise to serve a single four year term if elected president in 2027 as unrealistic and born of desperation, reigniting debate over whether one tenure is enough to reset Nigeria’s troubled economy and security architecture. Speaking on TVC’s Beyond the Headlines, the Edo North senator and…
The Federal High Court in Gombe has ordered the Gombe Geographic Information System and its immediate past Director General, Kabiru Usman Hassan, to release documents connected to the redesign of the Shehu Abubakar District Layout, ruling that the agency breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to act on a citizen’s request for…
President Bola Tinubu has declined to personally receive a special envoy sent by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, directing the delegation instead to a junior foreign affairs minister, as fresh killings of Nigerians deepen the rift between Africa’s two largest economies. The delegation, led by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has thrown his weight behind the use of lethal force against armed criminals, faulting the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, for sounding apologetic about the shooting of suspects and insisting that officers should open fire on gunmen without hesitation. The Edo North lawmaker, who spoke on Monday during an interview…
The House of Representatives probe into the disputed Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council took a decisive turn on Monday when the Accountant General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, told lawmakers that a forged State House letter was used to secure official recognition for an agency the Federal Government insists never legally existed. Appearing before the…
Nearly three years after her suspension threw a spotlight on alleged financial abuses inside Nigeria’s flagship welfare agency, the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu, has publicly rejected claims that she diverted ₦44 billion, insisting she was punished for raising the alarm rather than for any wrongdoing….
Britain’s new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, will personally represent the United Kingdom as its Governor to the World Bank, the government announced on Monday, placing development and climate finance directly in the hands of a senior Cabinet minister at a moment of sweeping change in British aid policy. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
Lawmakers probing the disputed Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the self styled Director General of the body, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before them by noon on Wednesday, escalating a scandal that has already drawn in senior figures within the presidency. The directive came during…
Foreign visitors hoping to time their departure from the United States by the expiry date printed on their visas have been told to look elsewhere, as American immigration authorities restate that the real deadline is set at the border, not on the visa. In a public advisory, US authorities reminded travellers that the period…