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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Presidency over what he described as misplaced priorities, accusing it of focusing on defending photographs of President Bola Tinubu’s meals in Paris at a time Nigeria was battling hunger, insecurity and economic hardship. In a statement by Phrank Shaibu, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, the former vice president faulted the …

Recently, there have been coordinated media efforts to repackage Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s former minister of finance, an exercise that appears less like public enlightenment and more like a calculated attempt at historical revisionism. Through selective recollection and moral posturing, one of the most embarrassing scandals of the Buhari administration is being reframed as an act of personal integrity rather than …

The lawmaker representing Virginia’s Second District in Congress, Rep. Riley M. Moore has hinted at another United States sanctioned airstrikes on terrorists in Nigeria after the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) explicitly declared Christians “legitimate targets.” Recall that ISWAP recently released an image showing a Christian village in Adamawa State engulfed in flames, accompanied by a statement declaring that …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) under the leadership of Dr Tanimu Turaki, SAN, is currently in a closed-door meeting with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting is taking place at the Abuja office of the former President in Maitama area of Abuja. Daily Trust gathered the meeting is part of the ongoing consultation with party leaders towards …

Amid renewed conflict between him and Rivers State governor Sim Fubara, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that mistakes made in the 2023 elections will not be repeated in 2027. Wike made the vow while speaking during a visit to Akuku-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas on Tuesday. He emphasized the importance of acknowledging past …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, is currently in a closed door meeting with the former governor of Old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo. Obi, arrived the Amechi, Nkanu West country home of the Nwobodo at 1.55pm in company of the former governors Sam Egwu(Ebonyi state), Okwy Nwodo (Enugu State), Senator Ben …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no 2027 presidential aspirant will step down in the African Democratic Congress presidential race, adding that all aspirants will present themselves freely. Atiku, in a statement released on Tuesday by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, called on Nigerians to resist efforts by the All Progressives Congress to intimidate and weaken the opposition. …

Former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State has said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf should not be accused of betrayal over speculations surrounding his possible defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). There has been growing tension within the NNPP and Kwankwasiyya camp since reports of the governor’s defection move to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) broke In an …

Successive administrations in Nigeria have always sought validation from Western countries. Past and present leaders appear obsessed with what the West thinks of them. They copy and paste initiatives from abroad without considering local realities—perhaps remnants of a colonial mentality. I recall how the late President Muhammadu Buhari was reluctant to engage with local media during his first term in …

A prominent Catholic cleric and author, Deacon Nick Donnelly has thrown his weight behind alleged plans by the United States to target controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over alleged terrorism links. Gumi had recently stated that he was secretly informed by security sources that his name had been listed among individuals allegedly marked for elimination as Boko Haram figures. …