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A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has responded to a recent claim by former President, Goodluck Jonathan, that Nigerian politics is full of betrayers. He urged young Nigerians aspiring to go into politics to learn from Goodluck Jonathan’s experience. Jonathan had recently claimed he was betrayed while seeking re-election in 2015. Jonathan made the remark in Benin, the Edo State …

A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of “impersonating a celebrity”. Mark S Zuckerberg says his account has been disabled five times over the past eight years, and it has cost him thousands of dollars in lost business. The …

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Barr. Christopher Chidera has clarified that the court in Finland did not mention the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in its sentencing of agitator, Simon ekpa. The lawyer explained l the judgement to some journalists in Abuja He said the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland convicted Ekpa for incitement, tax fraud, and professional misconduct, none …

Picture this scenario: It’s just after dawn at a filling station. A tired-looking commercial motorcyclist counts his crumpled notes carefully before handing them over. But the fuel attendant shakes his head gently and tells him the money will no longer buy what it used to. The rider forces a smile, but his eyes can see the reality that fuel has …

Political strategist and Group CEO of Global Investment and Trade Company, Baba Yusuf, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of working to destabilise the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 elections. Yusuf spoke on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Friday. He alleged that Wike’s strategy is to prevent the PDP from …

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos State, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of weaponising state institutions to stifle opposition in the state. In a statement issued on Friday, Rhodes-Vivour alleged that the police sealed off Lion Field in Alimosho — a venue earlier approved for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to host a …

Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are alleging that Nigeria is heading towards dictatorship. In a statement which Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, Director General of the PDP Governors’ Forum issued on behalf of the governors, he urged leaders to use the occasion of Eid-El-Maulud to urgently address insecurity, “compromised judicial system and failed economic …

The Federal Government has made Tax Identification, (Tax ID) compulsory for people getting involved in banking and allied services in the country. Consequently, all taxable Nigerians are to obtain a Taxpayer Identification when the new tax Acts come into force in January 2026. The Tax ID is contained in the provisions of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, Part II …

The average price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas dropped by 17.4 percent on a month-on-month, MoM basis, to N11,875 in August 2025 from N14,375 in July. On a year-on-year, YoY basis, the average retail price declined by 16.7 percent from N14, 261.57 recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. Meanwhile, …

The Plateau State House of Assembly has ordered stoppage of compulsory yearly purchase of textbooks imposed on parents by schools. This followed a motion moved by Hon. Joseph Bukar, representing Shendam Constituency, and seconded by Hon. Mathew Kwarpo Sylvanus of Mangu South, during plenary. Presenting the motion, Hon. Bukar lamented the practise of compelling parents to buy new textbooks every …