ABATI WAS FIRST AMONG THOSE THAT LED TO GOODLUCK’S FAILURE – AISHA YESUFU Socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu has called out former presidential aide, Reuben Abati. She fingered him among those who led to the defeat of former president, Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Recall that Abati was Special Adviser on media to the former president between 2011 and …

TWO BUHARI’S EX-AIDES DISAGREE OVER FORMER PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN MEDICAL TRIPS Garba Shehu, former media aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has countered the claims of his former colleague, Femi Adesina, on Buhari’s foreign medical trips. Shehu said Buhari’s regular medical trips abroad were not a rejection of Nigeria’s healthcare system but a matter of personal preference. The ex-presidential media …

125 UK LAWMAKERS WRITE PM STARMER, CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATE Over a hundred members of Parliament are demanding that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, recognise Palestinian statehood. According to Sky News, 125 MPs have signed a mass cross-party letter urging him to take the step. The letter is reportedly being organised by Labour backbencher Sarah …

OSUN GOVT, FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AT SUPREME COURT OVER LOCAL GOVT FUND The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has urged the Supreme Court to compel Osun State Government to refund seven months’ local government allocations to the Minister of Finance. The request was contained in a response filed through Fagbemi’s counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi …

THE TINUBU, KWANKWASO MEETING THAT NEVER HELD On Monday, media reports (not Daily Trust) suggested that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), held a secret meeting at the Presidential Villa. The report, which has since been debunked to Daily Trust by close aides of the former Kano …

NIGERIANS RISK DEPORTATION AS UK SCRAPS SPONSORSHIP FOR OVER 100 SKILLED JOBS Panic has gripped thousands of Nigerians working in the United Kingdom on Certificate of Sponsorship or Skilled Worker visas over the new regulations announced by the British government. The UK government, in its efforts to control immigration, has removed over 100 jobs, including skilled worker roles, from CoS …

WHERE ARE THIRD REPUBLIC GOVERNORS? Nine years after the collapse of the 2nd Republic, the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida, in what was described as a transition to civil rule programme, succeeded in conducting elections for governorship seats in the then 30 states of the federation. The elections which held in 1991, culminated on the verge of electing a …

PARTY LEADERSHIP: ASSESSING APC, ADC LEADERS Between Friday, June 27 when the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje resigned and Thursday, July 24, when the party chose a new national chairman, all the three major political parties in Nigeria, the APC, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were under …

REP CALLS FOR LEGAL REFORMS TO TACKLE AMBIGUOUS JUDGMENTAL A House of Representatives member, Clement Jimbo, has called for legal reforms to stop the misinterpretation of judgments delivered by courts in Nigeria. Jimbo made this call on Friday, when he featured on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television. This is in response to the controversy surrounding the recent court …

KWANKWASO THRILLED AS THOUSANDS OF APC MEMBERS DEFECT TO NNPP IN KANO Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State have defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), as confirmed by the former presidential candidate of the NNPP and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, He said the defection was a testimony to the growing strength …

2027: NIGERIANS NEED NEW FACES, NOT SAME OLD FOLKS – LAOLU AKANDDE As political realignments intensify ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, former presidential aide Laolu Akande has called for a departure from the recycling of familiar political figures and urged Nigerians to demand genuine alternatives grounded in policy and reform. Appearing on Thursday’s edition of Sunrise Daily on Channels …

ADC SLAMS TINUBU GOVT OVER NON-APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADORS The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s government for failing to appoint ambassadors to key countries, particularly Washington D.C., the U.S. capital. This was contained in a statement released on Friday and signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The ADC described the situation as a …

ALIKO DANGOTE RETIRES FROM DANGOTE CEMENT PLC Foremost entrepreneur and founder of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote has announced his retirement as a Director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective July 25, 2025. He is relinquishing his position as chairman and retiring from the board so as to focus more attention on the Refinery, Petrochemicals, Fertiliser and …

ATIKU KNOWS HOW TO GET TICKET, NOT HOW TO WIN ELECTION – APC CHIEFTAIN A former Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Ussiju Medaner, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as someone who only knows how to get presidential ticket. Medaner claimed that Atiku does not have people who can help him win election. He stated …

TINUBU REUNITES WITH CLASS OF 99 GOVERNORS President Bola Tinubu hosted his fellow 1999 class of governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun also confirmed the meeting in a post on his X handle on Friday. Tinubu was the governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007. In …