Politics

Pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested in Finland for alleged terrorism-related activities, is scheduled to face charges in May 2025 potentially, according to Finnish authorities. A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, confirmed to The PUNCH via email on Tuesday that the district court had set May 2025 as the deadline for prosecutors to …

NORTH MUST NOT TEAR NIGERIA APART – GOWON Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Retd), has warned that following early agitation for power to return to the northern part of the country, the region must not tear the country apart. Gowon therefore urged northern elites to champion causes that serve the collective interest of Nigeria rather than narrow regional …

SUPREME COURT GIVES FINAL VERDICT ON AUTHENTIC APGA NATIONAL CHAIRMAN The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the leadership of Sylvester (Sly) Ezeokenwa as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The judgment, delivered on Wednesday, also imposed a ₦20 million fine against Edozie Njoku for filing a frivolous suit at the FCT High Court in Bwari. …

AHEAD OF 2027, ATIKU, OBI MULL NEW POLITICAL PARTY. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, are in talks to adopt a new political party ahead of the 2027 polls. Sources reveal that Abubakar and Obi met recently, where they discussed plans to adopt a new …

BREAKING: EFCC ARRESTS YAHAYA BELLO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as he honoured the invitation of the Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the anti-graft agency’s office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning. This followed the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed the suit …

NIGERIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER UNDER PETER OBI – ABARIBE Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims …

WHY NIGERIANS ARE GETTING POORER, BY DELE SOBOWA LE “Behind the facts of economics are the facts of psychology… The emotions of fear and confidence, the judgments of doubts and certainty constitute a very important medium through which we see economic values” – Arthur S Dewing, Harvard Business Review, 1923. WHY NIGERIAN BUDGETS OFTEN FAIL “Whatever a man prays for, …

CONCERN OVER PUTIN’S HEALTH, HAS NOT BEEN SEEN FOR TWO WEEKS President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public for 13 days following claims of ill health, while the Kremlin is accused of releasing pre-recorded meetings.The Russian president appears to have mysteriously disappeared – with his last public appearance being nearly two weeks ago at a conference in Sochi.According …

HOW NIGERIAN LEADERS BECAME PRESIDENT BY ACCIDENT, NOT PREPARED FOR THE JOB – KUKAH The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has said that many of Nigeria’s past leaders, including President Bola Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, and Olusegun Obasanjo, rose to power by accident. According to Kukah, these leaders were not adequately prepared for the demands of …

WIKE ORDERS DISSOLUTION Of SPECIAL COURT OF APPEAL THAT GAVE FAVOURABLE JUDGEMENT ON RIVERS STATE LGA ELECTIONS – SAHARAREPORTERS The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, who is in a protracted political war with his former godson and governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court of Appeal in the …