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PDP Crisis Deepens as Damagum Petitions IGP Over Alleged Violent HQ Invasion by Anyanwu’s Faction

By Abiola Olawale The internal turmoil rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to escalate, with the party's Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, formally petitioning the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over an alleged violent invasion of the party's National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza. The petition, dated November 3, 2025, accused…

November 5, 2025 • Politics

Brent Stalls at $65 as Markets Shrug Off OPEC+ Supply Signals

OPEC+ has failed to spark an oil price rally with its commitment to halt production hikes in the first quarter of 2026, as fears of a supply glut continue to weigh on both Brent and WTI. - OPEC+ surprised oil markets by announcing a pause in its scheduled return of voluntary cuts throughout Q1 2026,…

November 4, 2025 • News

Trump and us, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed Baba-Ahmed

By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed I admit entertaining some doubt over the authenticity of US President Trump’s first tweet announcing that he had set in motion the process of classifying Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, again. The bit that confused me was the reference to Nigerian Christians as ‘our Christians’. The world is now familiar…

November 4, 2025 • Opinion

L-R: Canadian Immigration & Investment Lawyer, Mr Johnson Babalola; former Nigerian Ambassador to Pakistan, Amb Mohammed Bello Abioye; the Celebrant, former United Nations Under-Secretary General & ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; former Nigerian Ambassador to Thailand, Amb Oma Djebah; and the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb Richard Montgomery…at a reception hosted by Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy & Development (SCDDD) in honour of Gambari in Abuja at the weekend…

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