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I join millions of Nigerians in wishing Her Excellency, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, a happy birthday. May God Almighty, who has been with her all these years, grant her many more healthy, fruitful, and happy years. However, I was struck by irony reading her request: that instead of cakes or newspaper adverts, well-wishers should donate toward completing the National Library in …

Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman representing Minnesota’s 5th District, has criticised President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers, saying their recent remarks show that the United States is “being led by idiots”. Omar’s comments came after Trump attacked her in a social media post, accusing her, a Somali descent, of “telling us how to run our country”. Trump also called for …

Two weeks after the Clerk to the National Assembly, Yahaya Danzaria, rejected a request by the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to resume legislative duties after the expiration of her six-month suspension, he has capitulated. Last week, his office said it lacked the power to stop the suspended senator from resuming legislative duties. Akpoti-Uduaghan who was suspended after …

The immediate past Rivers State Administrator, Vice jAdmiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has rejected a move by the Rivers State House of Assembly to probe the state’s expenditure over the last few months under his administration.Ibas concluded his role as the administrator of the oil-rich state on September 17, coinciding with the termination of the six-month emergency rule. This transition followed …

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, has condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood. In a post on X, the Tory leader described the policy as an “absolutely disastrous” decision made by the ruling Labour Party under the prime minister’s leadership. The Conservative Party leader stated that the administration has only made this decision to …

Henry Omorere, a digital forensics investigator from Teesside University in the United Kingdom, has formally petitioned the Florida Attorney General for information and updates on alleged money laundering, public corruption, and other violations. The petition involves Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike, and their three children: Jordan, Joaquin, and Jazmyne Nyesom-Wike In …

Human rights activist Annkio Briggs has said that not everyone in Rivers State is eternally grateful to President Bola Tinubu. Briggs made this statement in an interview on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television. She was reacting to the suspension of the state of emergency imposed on Rivers State for a period of six months. When asked if she …

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has alleged that the government of President Bola Tinubu is worse than any military regime Nigeria has ever experienced. Speaking when he hosted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at the weekend, El-Rufai described the Tinubu government as a “disgrace to democratic ideals”. Atiku paid a solidarity visit to the former governor over the …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed long-standing claims that he once sought to extend his tenure in office, insisting he never pursued a third term. Speaking at the Democracy Dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, Obasanjo said there is no Nigerian, living or dead, who can truthfully claim he solicited support for a third term agenda. …

The trial of Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on alleged cybercrime against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, will commence on Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial on a six-count criminal charge is being coordinated by the Office of the Attorney General of the …