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The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has said that despite claims alleging that the Chairman, Joash Amupitan, made a partisan post on X, no verified forensic evidence links him to the said post.   The Director of Information and Communication Technology , Lawrence Bayode, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s, The Morning Brief on […]

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to immediately withdraw and deactivate passports of Nigerians who have renounced their citizenship.   He, however, clarified that the directive applied only to Nigerians whose requests for renunciation had been formally approved by President Bola Tinubu.   The minister maintained that […]

The military authorities said that the successful engagement marked a significant step in degrading the operational capacity of armed groups in the region.    The troops of the Joint Task Force  Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)   Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE have neutralised no fewer than 10 suspected terrorists and recovered arms and logistics supplies […]

Prominent members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday led the “Save Nigeria Democracy” protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).    Several chieftains of the party, including Peter Obi; ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar; a former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi; ex-governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso; a former […]

There is, in the slow theatre of Nigerian public life, a certain grim poetry in watching men eventually take up residence inside the very machinery they once so enthusiastically operated. The case of former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami is not merely ironic; it is jurisprudentially instructive. It is the state, having been […]

With barely ten months to the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s top opposition politicians; Alhadji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are quietly exploring alternative political platforms in what insiders describe as a strategic hedge against a rapidly collapsing opposition ecosystem and a ruling party increasingly accused of pursuing a de facto one party […]

The military has confirmed the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, saying it has commenced an investigation into the incident.   According to reports, a stray bullet allegedly fired by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) killed a 14-year-old girl on Saturday in the Costain area of Maiduguri. […]

   Human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Federal Government to launch a thorough investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl by a stray bullet in Maiduguri, Borno State.   The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday while the victim was carrying out household activities. It is unclear where the stray bullet […]

There is a particular genius to Nigerian politics: the ability of each new administration to repeat the sins of its predecessors while insisting it is engaged in national salvation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a man who once styled himself as the architect of modern opposition politics, has now become the chief engineer of Nigeria’s quiet […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a sophisticated international drug trafficking operation in which cocaine was concealed in tins of palm kernel oil bound for the United Kingdom.   The discovery, which followed a three-week intelligence-led operation, led to the dismantling of the syndicate, the arrest of its kingpin, and […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan aimed at settling long-standing debts in Nigeria’s power sector, in a move expected to improve electricity supply and restore investor confidence.   The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. […]

The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, involved hoodlums carrying out a suspected reprisal attack over the alleged killing of two of their kinsmen.   In the course of the attack, 11 persons were said to have been killed, while about 50 houses were burnt in Akyawa and two houses in […]