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FCT minister Nyesom Wike has a favourite political refrain: “agreement is agreement.” He repeats it with certainty, authority, and an unmistakable sense of entitlement. But as the political crisis in Rivers State escalates, that phrase has taken on a deeper and more troubling meaning. Nigerians are now asking the obvious question Wike has avoided answering: what exactly was the agreement, …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has accused the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, of diverting state funds to pay his child’s school fees in advance while he was still a sitting governor, in anticipation of leaving office. Olukoyede made the allegation during an interview on Sunday Politics, a programme aired by …

The Labour Party (LP) has lost all its seats in the Senate less than SENSTE years after the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. At the inauguration of the Senate in June 2023, the LP paraded eight senators. However, a combination of defections, court judgments and death has reduced the party’s representation in the Red Chamber to zero. InvestigationsO revealed …

Nigerian Anaesthetists’ Society Seeks Involvement In Lagos Probe Of Chimamanda Adichie Son’s Death The Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists (NSA) has stressed the need for specialist input as the Lagos State Government probes allegations of medical negligence linked to the death of the son of renowned author Chimamanda Adichie. The call comes amid public attention generated by Adichie’s accusation that Euracare …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to immediately release Abubakar Salim Musa, describing his arrest as part of a growing crackdown on dissent in Nigeria. Atiku made the call in a statement issued on Monday, following a report by Amnesty International Nigeria on the arrest of the young Nigerian on Sunday, January 11, 2026. …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that political power is earned through strength and strategic action, warning that Obio/Akpor Local Government Area remains a decisive force in Rivers State politics. Wike also dismissed calls for his removal, stressing that the power to sack him lies solely with the President. Wike spoke on Sunday during a …

Former Plateau state governor and leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Jonah David Jang, has asked Governor Caleb Mutfwang to resign and contest a fresh election. The former governor said this at a stakeholders’ meeting of PDP while reacting to the recent defection of Governor Mutfwang from PDP to All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Jang, …

Nigeria’s move to implement the new National Tax Act, NTA, which took effect on January 1, 2026, has been fraught with controversy and opposition right from its mooting. Laws are envisaged to be inclusive and generate goodwill, but the has not been the case with the NTA which some have mischievously dubbed Tinubu Tax Law. Designed as a piece of …

Loyalists of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, were conspicuously absent on Sunday as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made his first public appearance since reports emerged of moves for his defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor had been out of public view for more than a week and was …

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, some state governors seeking re-elections are currently facing hurdles after falling out with their political godfathers. While some of the governors, especially in the opposition parties found shelter in the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government ahead of 2027, their godfathers were left behind. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his Kano State counterpart, …