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Fresh cracks have emerged within the Peoples Redemption Party ahead of the 2027 general elections following the resignation of the party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Wolimoh Olajide Epe, who accused the party of lacking national relevance and pursuing a regional agenda. Epe announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the party’s National…
Peter Obi marked his 65th birthday on Sunday by turning a football result into a political statement, seizing on Spain’s victory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup to press his familiar argument that competent, well supported young people are the answer to Nigeria’s troubles. The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the 2027…
The Federal Government will issue a second power sector bond worth N729 billion to clear verified legacy debts owed to electricity generation companies. The looming capital market intervention aims to inject desperate liquidity into the gasping domestic electricity supply industry. State administrators will host an essential Investors’ Forum on Tuesday to pitch the debt instrument…
A prominent rights group has urged the National Assembly to withdraw a controversial draft data protection law immediately. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project described the proposed legislation as a deceptive backdoor attempt to regulate social media networks. The organisation warned that the bill grants state regulators sweeping powers to censor online expression and shut…
Nigeria’s daily petrol imports surged by 207 per cent in June, reversing months of steady progress toward domestic energy self-sufficiency. Fresh data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority reveals that daily foreign fuel receipts jumped to 18.1 million litres, up from 5.9 million litres in May. The massive influx of offshore fuel…
Security agencies have successfully rescued four individuals abducted during an attack on Government Secondary School, Opada-Olowa, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The Kogi State Government confirmed the rescue of the school principal, Elder Daniel Iyanaa; a National Examinations Council (NECO) official, Mr Solomon Audu; and two candidates who were taken during…
A school bus carrying children on an educational excursion veered off the road in eastern Uganda on Thursday evening, killing at least 20 pupils and one adult in Kapchorwa District. The bus, an Isuzu vehicle registered as UA 108BQ, belonged to King David Junior School in Ndejje, Makindye Division, Kampala. It was returning from…
Presidential Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila has filed a fifteen-billion-naira defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi. The legal battle at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory follows explosive public allegations of bribery and official misconduct. Adeyemi accused the top official of demanding a massive forty-eight per cent kickback from a N27.3 billion grant….
Minister of Works David Umahi has petitioned the Inspector General of Police to transfer the investigation into the death of Mary Habila to Abuja. The nurse died on June 27 at the minister’s country home in Uburu, Ebonyi State. Public outrage and blackmail allegations forced the former governor to address the media. Umahi denies any…
Nearly four in five Nigerians remain trapped in poverty or vulnerable to falling into it despite almost three years of aggressive economic reforms. The World Bank revealed the grim reality in its newly approved Country Partnership Framework for Nigeria, which spans 2026 to 2032. The document indicates that while President Bola Tinubu’s painful policy shifts…
