By Kolawole Ojebisi There was a shouting match on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday following the approval of a non-indegene, Dr. Michael Odey as the Chairman, Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, (RSIEC) Odey and other members of the commission were confirmed following the onsideration of the report of the Ad- Hoc Committee on…
By Abiola Olawale The internal crisis rocking Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has intensified as the National Working Committee (NWC) publicly denounced Acting National Chairman Ambassador Iliya Umar Damagum’s attempt to reinstate Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary and cancel the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for June 30,…
By Kolawole Ojebisi In what appears to be a scene from a well-scripted movie, the hearse, knot of mourners and rehearsed dirge intended as accompaniment to the funeral service of former Zambian president, Edgar Lungu, will not proceed as planned. This is following a ruling by a South-African judge on Wednesday, ordering the burial service…
Cancels NEC Meeting By Kolawole Ojebisi In a dramatic twist to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition party has reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as its National Secretary. This is as the party also cancelled its National Executive Committee meeting earlier scheduled for June 30. These couple of decisions were…
By Abiola Olawale The people of Kwara State, the pro-democracy community in Nigeria and Nigeria as a whole have been thrown into a state of mourning as eminent elderstatesman, second Republic governor of Kwara State, Second Republic Senator as well as former Minister of Transportation and later Communications Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, passes on. It…
By Abiola Olawale President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu with heartfelt accolades as the governor marks his 60th birthday. Tinubu lauded Sanwo-Olu for what he called his commitment to transforming Lagos into a global economic powerhouse, describing him as a “visionary trailblazer” whose leadership inspires millions. In a statement signed…
By Nduka Nwosu A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate for Gombe State in the 2023 general election, Muhammad Jibrin Barde said his resolve to rescue his state from what he described as "the grip of a failed self-centred All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership administration of Governor Inuwa Yayaha remains unshaken." Barde made this…
President Trump dropped a geopolitical bombshell: in a post on Truth?Social, he announced that "China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the US, also." This declaration signals a notable pivot from the so-called "maximum pressure" campaign Trump reinstated in February?2025, which aimed to slash Iranian oil…
By Kolawole Ojebisi The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has instituted a lawsuit against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe and other executives of the firm for allegedly impeding its investigation and failing to comply with lawful summons. The suit, which is marked FHC/ABJ/CR/197/2025, was filed by the FCCPC legal team…