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The bitter feud between the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the self-styled director-general of a disputed government council took a fresh legal turn this week, with the presidential aide threatening to drag his accuser to court over allegations that range from bribery to murder. Through his lawyers, Pinheiro LP,…
The Nigerian Senate returns from recess on Tuesday to confront an uncomfortable question that has exposed weaknesses across the machinery of government: how did a body the Presidency insists never existed secure N1,302,978,784 in the 2026 Appropriation Act, pass through the Budget Office and the National Assembly, and operate from an office inside the…
Pressure on the Presidency over the affair of a disputed government council widened on Sunday as the Tanimu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party demanded a full, independent investigation into the allegations and counter allegations trailing the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila. The faction argued that the controversy had grown…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has offered one of his most candid political self-assessments yet, describing his years in the Peoples Democratic Party as time spent in the “wrong party” and insisting that his true political home has always been with the All Progressives Congress. The remark, delivered in Abuja on Friday, adds another layer…
A fresh political storm has gathered around the Presidency as the African Democratic Congress pressed for an independent judicial commission of inquiry into the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, insisting that the affair has grown far beyond the fate of a single official and now touches the credibility of the Nigerian…
Fresh political intrigue has trailed former All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, following his firm rebuttal of viral posters claiming he had abandoned the ruling party for the New Democratic Congress. The former Kano State governor pushed back on Friday, describing himself in colourful terms as a steadfast party man rather than…
Pressure on the presidency over the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council mounted sharply on Friday as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar handed President Bola Tinubu a seven-day ultimatum to order what he called a transparent, comprehensive and independent investigation into the affair, warning that silence would be read as complicity. The former vice…
President Bola Tinubu drew laughter at the State House on Thursday when he introduced his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, as “Iya Alakara,” a light hearted nod to the controversy that has trailed the First Lady since she urged Nigerians to take up small food ventures such as frying bean cakes. The remark came during…
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has moved to douse the storm over the National Youth Service Corps uniform, insisting that the Federal Government has not approved Adire fabric to replace the corps’ iconic khaki, and that his earlier comments were misread. His clarification came only hours after an appearance on Channels Television’s…
A third evacuation flight carrying 271 Nigerians voluntarily returning from South Africa is scheduled to depart Johannesburg at midnight on Thursday, deepening a repatriation exercise triggered by rising anti-immigrant tension in the Southern African nation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed the movement in a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesperson, Mr Kimiebi…