BUHARI IS GREATEST FRAUD THAT HAPPENED TO NIGERIA – BUBA GALADIMA Former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change and now a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Buba Galadima, speaks with Ismaeel Uthman on the fate of opposition parties ahead of the 2027 elections, the crisis rocking the Emir of Kano stool, and President Bola Tinubu’s handling …

BUHARI IS GREATEST FRAUD THAT HAPPENED TO NIGERIA – BUBA GALADIMA Former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change and now a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Buba Galadima, speaks with Ismaeel Uthman on the fate of opposition parties ahead of the 2027 elections, the crisis rocking the Emir of Kano stool, and President Bola Tinubu’s handling …

TINUBU RUNS NIGERIA VIA WHATSAPP GROUP – ATIKU, LAMBASTS WIKE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has launched a scathing attack on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accusing him of betrayal and complicity in the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s alleged misrule. Atiku further claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is running Nigeria remotely via a WhatsApp …

KEYAMO BLAMES CONTRACTOR AS ENUGU AIRPORT RUNWAY SHUTS AGAIN Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo has faulted previous repairs on the Enugu airport runway, days after the Federal Government announced its temporary closure for emergency maintenance. The Akanu Ibiam International Airport will be shut from April 22 to May 6 following safety concerns raised by Air Peace and the discovery of major …

VICE PRESIDENT SHETTIMA, A FLAT SPARE TYRE – EX-SGF LAWAL In a scathing critique of Nigeria’s political landscape, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, has described Vice President Kashim Shettima as a “flat spare tyre,” suggesting he is ineffective and should consider resigning. Vice President Kashim ShettimaThe remarks, made during an interview, underscore Lawal’s …

VICE PRESIDENT SHETTIMA, A FLAT SPARE TYRE – EX-SGF LAWAL In a scathing critique of Nigeria’s political landscape, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, has described Vice President Kashim Shettima as a “flat spare tyre,” suggesting he is ineffective and should consider resigning. Vice President Kashim ShettimaThe remarks, made during an interview, underscore Lawal’s …

MIXED REACTIONS AS ANAMBRA GOVT DEMOYLISHES INNOSON MOTORS’ HEAD OFFICE IN KNEWI Mixed reactions have trailed the recent demolition of the Head Office of the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) at Nnewi-Owerri Road at Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra state by the state government. The IVM Head Office building was partly demolished by the state government to …

ORKAR COUP: WHY I KEPT MUTE FOR 35 YEARS – GWADABE After over three decades of deliberate quietude, former governor of Nigeria State, Col Lawan Gwadabe has decided to say something about what he knew about the Major Gideon Orkar of 1990. After avoiding reporters’ recorders and TV cameras for decades, Gwadabe, who bears so many labels that included veteran …

ORKAR COUP: WHY I KEPT MUTE FOR 35 YEARS – GWADABE After over three decades of deliberate quietude, former governor of Nigeria State, Col Lawan Gwadabe has decided to say something about what he knew about the Major Gideon Orkar of 1990. After avoiding reporters’ recorders and TV cameras for decades, Gwadabe, who bears so many labels that included veteran …

ORKAR COUP: WHY I KEPT MUTE FOR 35 YEARS – GWADABE After over three decades of deliberate quietude, former governor of Nigeria State, Col Lawan Gwadabe has decided to say something about what he knew about the Major Gideon Orkar of 1990. After avoiding reporters’ recorders and TV cameras for decades, Gwadabe, who bears so many labels that included veteran …

PARIS CLUB REFUND: CONSULTANT FILES CONTEMPT CHARGE AGAINST CBN GOVERNOR, CARDOSO, OVER FAILURE TO RETURN N220M Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Kofo Salam-Alada, the apex bank’s director of legal services, are facing contempt proceedings for allegedly failing to fully comply with a supreme court judgment that ordered the release of funds previously forfeited …

PDP GOVERNORS PREFER TINUBU TO ATIKU – FAYOSE Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose stated that governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prefer President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Alliance, APC, to their own party’s former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Fayose made the remark while featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today, where he described the …

Nigerien army forces patrol in pickup trucks near Malam Fatori on April 3, 2015, after the town in north-eastern Nigeria was retaken from Boko Haram by troops from Chad and Niger. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) RESURGENCE OF BOKO HARAM amYid DENIAL The recent resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in Borno and neighbouring Yobe …

DRAMA AS BAUCHI DEPUTY GOVERNOR, SLAPS NIGI FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER There was mild drama at the Emir’s Palace in Bauchi on Friday, when the state’s Deputy Governor, Auwal Jatau, allegedly slapped the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, during a heated altercation. The incident occurred during the turbaning of former Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, as Makama Babba …

VICE PRESIDENT SHETTIMA NOT BARRED FROM ASO VILLA – PRESIDENCY Vice President Shettima Not Barred From Aso Villa – Presidency by fergie001: 8:18amSTATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT RE: MISCHIEVOUS REPORT ON ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA BY VICE PRESIDENT KASHIM SHETTIMA, GCON In recent times, there has been deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood against the Vice President’s person and office …