HOW KILLER HERDSMEN SPREAD TO NIGER DELTA, HIJACKED EDO FORESTS Abducting people and whisking their victims into the impenetrable forests, where the killer herdsmen/kidnappers demand various ransoms from relatives, has turned into not just a mere business but a systematized and money-spinning venture in Edo State. Hitherto, money-making kidnappers targeted wealthy people whose movements they tracked, seized them wherever convenient, …

TINUBU SPENDS 59 IN EIGHTMYHSV TOFRANCE By the time President Bola Ahmed Tinubu comes back from his present trip to Paris, France in a fortnight, he would have spent at least 59 days in eight separate vats to the European country since assumption of office on May 29, 2023. France has become a destination of choice for President Tinubu, with …

SECOND REPUBLIC GOVERNORS: THE LAST MEN STANDING With the passing, last week, of one of the two Second Republic governors, a former governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Nigerians recall with nostalgia, how eventful the politics of that era was and the characters that shaped the activities of that period. Olunloyo was one of the politicians of that era …

WHY I APPOINTED LG ADMINISTRATORS — RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR, IBAS Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has explained the rationale behind his recent decision to appoint administrators for the 23 local government areas in the state, saying it was driven by the urgent need to strengthen grassroots governance following his personal assessment visits. Speaking during a meeting with …

NO SECTIONAL BIAS IN TINUBU’S APPOINTMENTS, FG REPLIES CRITICS The federal government has refuted claims that President Bola Tinubu’s political appointments are lopsided. Recently, Tinubu has faced criticism for allegedly favouring the south-west, his home region, particularly with his appointments. On Monday, Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno south, said Tinubu’s appointments have not reflected the diversity mandated by section …

2027: BUHARI’S FOLLOWERSHIP OCCULTIC, BE WORRIED IF HE’S NOT ON YOUR SIDE – NDUME TELLS TINUBU Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should be worried if his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, is not on his side. The lawmaker, who has been a major critic of the present administration, made …

RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR, SACKING FUBARA’S MEN, APPOINTING WIKE’S ALLIES – ANNKIO BRIGGS Nigerian environmentalist and human rights activist, Annkio Briggs has accused Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retired) of bias in handling the political affairs of the state. Briggs while speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Times Show said there are serious concerns brewing among indigenes and residents …

SUE NATASHA OVER ALLEGED DEFAMATION – FALANA TELLS AKPABIO Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has advised Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to sue suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over alleged defamation. The lawyer said this in a statement on Friday following a petition Akpabio submitted to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over comments …

INSIDE 80-YEAR ENUGU AIRPORT CONCESSION DEAL The federal government is currently finalising negotiations with Aero Alliance Consortium to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) in Enugu for an 80-year period. A draft contract, obtained by Daily Sun, reveals the details of this Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement, which makes provisions for airport upgrades, the handling of existing Federal Airports Authority …

MANY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES HONORING ILLITERATES, PERSONS WITHOUT WORTHY CHARACTER – JEGA The Pro-Chancellor & Chairman of Council, Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Attahiru Jega has said Nigerian universities are certificating illiterates and awarding degrees to many persons without worthy character. Jega stated this while speaking as the Chairman of the ongoing 14th Convocation lecture of National Open University of Nigeria …

NO COURT ORDER ANYWHERE – WIKE’S AIDE, LERE OLAYINKA, REPLIES RUFAI ‘S CLAIM OF IBAS DISOBEYING COURT ORDER The Special Adviser to Nyesom Wike on Media, Lere Olayinka has reacted to claim that the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Rtd Ibokette Ibas has disobeyed the court. Nigerian broadcaster, Rufai Oseni made the statement after it was reported that the Sole Administrator …

FEARING DEPORTATION, MIGRANTS IN US SEND MORE MONEY HOME Central American migrants in the United States sent home around 20 percent more in remittances in the first quarter of 2025, official data showed this week, a trend economists said reflected their fear of deportation by President Donald Trump’s administration. Nearly one-quarter of the GDP of impoverished Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador …

STOP GIVING POLITICAL INTERPRETATION TO JUDICIAL MATTERS, AGF TELLS NIGERIANS The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned about the danger of giving political interpretations to judicial matters. Fagbemi spoke shortly after the presentation of a book: “Tribulations and Trophies, Bola Ajibola in His Own Words!” in Lagos on Thursday. He also urged stakeholders …

LP LEADERSHIP CRISIS: BATTLE SHIFTS TO INEC AS ABURE, USMAN, APAPA SEEK RECOGNITION The leadership tussle within the Labour Party, LP, took a new twist on Wednesday, with Lamidi Apapa asserting himself as the party’s National Chairman. Apapa, who made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, cited the April 4 Supreme Court judgment that nullified Julius Abure’s leadership …

LP LEADERSHIP CRISIS: BATTLE SHIFTS TO INEC AS ABURE, USMAN, APAPA SEEK RECOGNITION The leadership tussle within the Labour Party, LP, took a new twist on Wednesday, with Lamidi Apapa asserting himself as the party’s National Chairman. Apapa, who made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, cited the April 4 Supreme Court judgment that nullified Julius Abure’s leadership …