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 …

DEFECTIONS TO ADC AND THE END OF PDP AS CREDIBLE OPPOSITION, BY GRACE KANAYO Since the unveiling of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a coalition, notable politicians have been defecting to it ahead of the 2027 general elections. PAUL OKAH in this report wonders if these defections mark the end of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the emergence …

WITH PRAYERS PDP WILL FINISH FOURTH IN 2027 ELECTION – FAYOSE Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday disclosed that a lot is wrong with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fayose predicted that the PDP would likely come fourth in the 2027 elections. He made this disclosure while featuring on Channels Television’s programme Politics Today. The former governor …

EKO DISCO ANNOUNCES 25-DAY BLACKOUT IN LAGOS Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced a 25-day blackout in parts of Lagos State. Eko DisCo disclosed this in a notice to customers on Friday posted on its X account. According to EKEDC, the blackout would commence on 28th July and last until August 21st, 2025, between 8am and 5pm daily. The Disco …

WE’LL CONTINUE ATTACKS ON PLATEAU TO AVENGE INJUSTICE ON HERDERS – MACBAN The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has declared that the incessant attacks and killings on the Plateau would continue due to the injustice herders face in the state. Its National Secretary, Bello Gotomo, who made the assertion after the association’s National Executive Council meeting in …

NATASHA AKPOTI’S OWN APPEAL CONFIRMS NO ORDER MANDATED HER RECALL – SENATE SPOKESPERSON The recent filing of a Notice of Appeal by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s legal team has now vindicated my position and that of all those who have maintained that the judgment of Hon. Justice Binta Nyako did not contain a mandatory order directing the Senate to recall her …

APC POWER CHESS: YILWATDA PICK BRIGHTENS SHETTIMA, NORTH EAST’S 2027 CHANCES The emergence of Prof Nentawe Yilwatda as National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday is already generating ripples across Nigeria’s political space — and with good reason, With the choice of a young professor as the national chairman of the biggest political party in Africa, many …

ATIKU’S AMBITION DESTROYING ADC AS OBI, EL-RUFAI PLAN TO LEAVE – SOURCES REVEAL There are concerns that the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may leave the opposition coalition party, African Democratic Congress (ADC), over the plans of ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest for the presidency in the 2027 …

WHY PDP MOVED CONVENTION FROM KANO TO OYO The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has relocated its planned national convention from Kano to Oyo State, a move party sources say is aimed at fostering internal unity and serving key strategic interests. The decision was taken during the party’s 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at its national secretariat in Abuja. …

KEY METRICS SHOW BUHARI FAILED AS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Buhari’s eight-year reign as president has seen Nigeria struggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than he met them. Today is President Muhammadu Buhari’s last full day in office as Nigeria’s president. First sworn in as a democratic president on 29 May 2015, he will hand over to …

KEY METRICS SHOW BUHARI FAILED AS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Buhari’s eight-year reign as president has seen Nigeria struggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than he met them. Today is President Muhammadu Buhari’s last full day in office as Nigeria’s president. First sworn in as a democratic president on 29 May 2015, he will hand over to …

WHY APC CHOSE YILWATDA AS NATIONAL CHAIIIRMAN The emergence of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as the substantive national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday has continued to elicit mixed reactions over the political calculations that led to his selection. Nentawe, who currently serves in the federal cabinet as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, …

STATES HAVE NO JURISDICTION TO DEVIATE FROM TARIFFS – NERC WARNS The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued a stern warning to state electricity regulators, declaring that states do not possess the jurisdiction to unilaterally deviate from federally-determined electricity tariffs when importing power from the national grid. The statement follows a controversial tariff order issued by the Enugu State …