Politics
Tinubu is my friend but I don’t like the direction he’s taking Nigeria –Donald Duke
• Joins subsidy debate, says petrol can sell at N200 • Insists ‘Lagos-Calabar Highway is fancy road, we don’t need it now’ By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor “President Tinubu
INEC and Compromised Academics
With the recent reports that more than 600 senior academics from public universities across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second
THE UNDERCURRENT AT NDC
LEONARD ONOTAKEVWE urges the party to put its house in order There is something increasingly difficult to ignore in the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). On the surface, the party has
PROGRESSIVE PULL OF AKPABIO, UMEH, ABARIBE
A collaboration of progressive minds promises to make a difference, reckons IFEANYICHUKWU AFUBA A man stung silly by bees runs at the sight of a humming fly. This Igbo proverb helps
Again, Obasa in the Eyes of the Storm
Since the dramatic impeachment saga that briefly shook the Lagos State House of Assembly, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has remained a familiar name in the ever-turbulent theatre of Lagos politics. And
Kingibe and the Abuja Battle: When a Loan Dispute Became a 2027 Showdown
If the reports are to be believed, Senator Ireti Kingibe and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike have never once met privately since both assumed office in 2023. That says more about
Agege Political Earthquake: Egunjobi, Yusuf Shown the APC Door as Obasa Camp Faces Fresh Turbulence
The political pot in Agege is boiling again, and this time two familiar names have found themselves at the centre of the latest drama. Former Agege Local Government Chairman, Chief
The Political Battle Testing Olamilekan Adeola’s Influence in Ogun
Ogun West has existed since the state was created in 1976 and has never produced a governor. That single fact sits underneath everything happening around Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, the
War Without End: Why Tinubu Must Step into the Wike–APC Governors’ Battle
Nyesom Wike relaxes inside President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory while remaining a prominent member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). That contradiction, tolerated
Babachir Lawal’s Perennial Journey from One Party to Another
Babachir Lawal has now belonged to six political parties since 2002, and the pattern behind his movements is more revealing than any single defection. On Tuesday, September 22, he joined
