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Courtesy From searchng.ng top political feeds for nigeria can authoritatively report that southern political leaders have entered the escalating US–Nigeria confrontation with a sharp, unexpected message: President Bola Tinubu must not allow northern political elites to weaponize Sharia law as a shield against international accountability. In a flurry of late night and emergency caucus meetings […]

The invocation of the Nigerian street aphorism – “Naija no dey carry last” – by King Charles III at the close of his banquet speech was no mere flourish of diplomatic charm. It was, rather, a carefully calibrated acknowledgement that the hierarchy implicit in Britain’s historical relationship with Nigeria has, if not entirely dissolved, then […]

Nigeria and the United Kingdom have signed three major Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) covering migration partnership, organised immigration crime, border security, and expanded business visas for UK firms operating in Nigeria.   Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood  (Photo by X/@MinOfInteriorNG) The agreements were announced in a statement issued by […]

In most democracies, foreign policy rarely decides elections. Nigeria, a country whose politics are usually consumed by subsidy regimes, security failures, and the delicate arithmetic of ethnic balancing, has long been no exception. Yet an unexpected force has barged into the pre 2027 landscape: the United States Congress. In late 2025, American lawmakers, prodded by […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has witnessed the signing of a £746 million financing agreement in London between Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, led by Wale Edun, and Citi Bank.   The agreement signed in the United Kingdom on Thursday is aimed at modernising Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos.   Tinubu witnessed the signing […]

There are bad decisions in sports, and then there are decisions so staggeringly pig-headed that they acquire a kind of perverse grandeur. The ruling by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), endorsed in spirit if not in explicit authorship by the ever-present shadow of FIFA, to strip Senegal of their Africa Cup of Nations title […]

King Charles III and Queen Camilla stand with President Bola Tinubu and his wife Oluremi Tinubu, on the Dias during a ceremonial welcome in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)   President Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday given a ceremonial welcome at […]

Senegal’s forward #10 Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on January 18, 2026.   The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped Senegal of the Africa Cup of […]

Police authorities in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have confirmed that a total of 23 persons were killed while 108 others sustained injuries after three bomb blasts were detonated on Monday night.    The Spokesman of the Command, Nahum Kenneth-Daso, who disclosed this in a press statement on Tuesday, however, said normalcy has returned to […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into the alleged spending of about ₦5.9 billion on the rebranding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.   In an open letter dated March 14, 2026 and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, […]

Northern political leaders erupted in unified outrage over the weekend, condemning what they describe as a “hostile and imperial overreach” by Republican lawmakers in the US Congress who are pressuring President Bola Tinubu to abolish Sharia law across twelve northern states. The reaction marks the most forceful regional pushback yet, as northern governors, emirs, legislators, […]

President Bola Tinubu is facing mounting pressure from Niger Delta stakeholders and civil society groups after fresh warnings that terminating the multibillion naira oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services; the firm linked to former militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, could destabilize the region and trigger a resurgence of oil […]