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The presidents of five West and Central African states – Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberia’s Joseph Boakai, Guinea-Bissau’s Umaro Cissoko Embaló, Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema – recently visited United States (U.S.) president Donald Trump for a bizarre banquet in the White House. These five countries Continue Reading

Hey share a lot of things in common, including an alignment of friends and former allies. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani showed that there are yet more layers to their shared beliefs. This was poignant for me because Continue Reading

Sir: All members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum why are you governors not copying yourselves especially the brilliant programmes in your respective states? In the words of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, we have had enough of pilot projects; what we need now is to scale up. When you ignore Continue Reading

Three different decisions of the highest court in the country over the past two decades illustrate how the judicial conspiracy against popular sovereignty in Nigeria has prospered. In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that elections in Nigeria are not governed by any foundational or legal principles. In other words, Nigeria Continue Reading

  The Okere of Saki, Oba Dr. Sur Khalid Oyeniyi Olabisi Oyedepo III, paid a condolence visit to the scene of a recent church fire incident at Oge Ilua area of Saki on July 28, 2025. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, but the destruction of property was significant. Oba Continue Reading

  In a significant development, several prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. According to a source the defection took place during a monthly meeting of the Engr. Tosin Awodi-Oke Foundation, held at the Awodi-Oke compound in Ago-Are, Continue Reading

  Some Ghanaians on Saturday staged a protest at the popular Obra Spot in Accra, demanding the immediate expulsion of Nigerians from their country over alleged involvement in crime and social vices. The protesters, who gathered in large numbers, displayed placards with messages such as “Nigerians Must Go,” “End Kidnapping,” Continue Reading

  Some Ghanaians on Saturday staged a protest at the popular Obra Spot in Accra, demanding the immediate expulsion of Nigerians from their country over alleged involvement in crime and social vices. The protesters, who gathered in large numbers, displayed placards with messages such as “Nigerians Must Go,” “End Kidnapping,” Continue Reading

  The bill before the Senate, seeking to permanently elevate the Ooni of Ife and Sultan of Sokoto as the exclusive Co-Chairmen of the Traditional Rulers Council, is generating serious controversy. Already, the bill has passed second reading. However, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo considers it a slap, considering Continue Reading

Nigeria has a unique model of democracy. It is a system where the people in power allocate more time to playing petty politics than the actual governance for which they were elected. Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, put Continue Reading