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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday mocked Rotimi Amaechi’s claim that Atiku Abubakar has already won the 2027 presidential election, saying the town hall meeting where the prediction was made drew fewer than 200 people. Wike spoke at his media chat while responding to a suggestion that the African…
Opposition parties whose governorship candidates were left off the Independent National Electoral Commission’s final list for 2027 have taken different roads to get them back on the ballot. The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it is negotiating with the commission, while the Social Democratic Party says it has already served legal papers. The dispute comes less…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it will subsidise the production of fuel if it wins power in 2027, arguing that Nigerians are too poor to be left at the mercy of market forces. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the pledge on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today….
The World Bank plans to raise 5.79 billion dollars in private investment for Nigeria to plug massive infrastructure deficits and create 850,000 jobs. A report released in Abuja on Sunday, 11 October, details how multilateral guarantees and commercial lending will target farming, broadband cables, and small firms. Paper plans demand real capital. The lender reckons…
The Federal Government says it can no longer keep paying the difference between what Nigerians are charged for electricity and what it actually costs to supply it. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said at the weekend that the government plans to move the market towards bilateral agreements, under which power supplied is tied…
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has questioned what Seyi Tinubu has done for Nigeria to deserve a colloquium in his honour. In a post on X, he described the event as evidence of a growing culture of sycophancy and power worship in public life. The criticism comes as the…
Pope Leo XIV announced to thousands gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, 11 October, that he will undergo thoracic surgery in Rome this week to excise a recently detected nodular lesion on his lung. The 71-year-old pontiff disclosed the impending operation directly to the faithful after reciting the midday Angelus prayer, describing the growth…
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday swore in 68 lawyers as Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the ceremony opening the Supreme Court’s 2026/2027 legal year in Abuja. The new silks comprise 67 advocates and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri. Their admission into the Inner Bar is 11 more than last year’s…
The United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative reported on Monday, 12 October, that acute global poverty rose for the first time in sixteen years to reach 1.2 billion people. Researchers counted 51.5 million more individuals trapped in compounding deprivation compared with the previous year, erasing a decade and a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027 elections, clearing every incumbent seeking re-election but leaving out the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates in Ogun and Gombe states. The lists, signed by the commission’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, went up on INEC’s website on Saturday,…