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The United States Department of State has announced an update to its non-immigrant visa policy for Nigerian citizens.   According to a press release issued by the US Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday, “most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria will be single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.”   The new […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has cautioned the Tinubu administration against clamping down on opposition parties, stating that the president himself benefited from a democratic environment under former President Goodluck Jonathan.   The party said recent actions by appointees of the federal government suggest a deliberate attempt to weaken the growing opposition movement, which it […]

Opposition arrowhead Peter Obi says he will contest for the office of the President in 2027, dismissing rumours that he will be running mate for Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  “I’m going to contest for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and I believe I am qualified for it,” Obi, […]

A staff member of the Department of Land Administration of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) known as Mairiga Hassan Shahru, has reportedly been queried and subsequently arrested and detained for allegedly leaking some “classified documents”.   The FCT Police Commissioner, Adewale Ajao has confirmed the arrest of Shahru, and indicated that the FCTA staff […]

The Federal Government has put its two-decade-old Boeing 737‑700 Business Jet up for sale, with the listing hosted by AMAC Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland.   The aircraft, acquired for $43m in 2005 during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure, is being sold months after President Bola Tinubu transitioned to a refurbished Airbus A330-200 last August amid […]

The sudden resignation of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) last Friday may have been publicly chalked up to “health reasons,” but in Nigeria’s high-stakes political arena, insiders and observers alike agree: this was a calculated sacrifice in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s evolving power chessboard ahead of the 2027 general […]

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Senate to recall the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.   In March, Natasha was suspended by the Senate for six months for alleged gross misconduct, days after a face-off with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over a change of sitting arrangement in the chambers during plenary. […]

The opposition coalition has adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the platform to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.   The party has appointed a former Senate President, David Mark, who has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as its interim national chairman, with a […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition has announced a new venue for the official unveiling of its political platform following a sudden cancellation of the event by an Abuja hotel.   The unveiling of the coalition, powered by opposition politicians, suffered a setback after the management of the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Abuja […]

A planned unveiling of the African Democratic Congress as a unifying political platform for Nigeria’s opposition suffered a setback on Wednesday after the event venue abruptly cancelled a fully paid reservation just hours before the programme.   The event, scheduled to hold at the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Asokoro, Abuja, was expected to […]

In the gilded halls of the Abuja summit last June 21-22, where West Africa’s power brokers gathered to chart ECOWAS’s future, Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu quietly rewrote the script. What was expected to be a coronation for Senegal’s reformist president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, turned into a calculated snub; a betrayal that may reshape ECOWAS’s […]Read More

Armed policemen on Monday morning took over the Wadata Plaza, the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, amid tension over the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting expected to hold today.   The police disallowed members of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) including Maina Chiroma from entrance into the premises of […]