Politics

  A faction of Benin’s military on Sunday declared that it had removed President Patrice Talon from office, triggering uncertainty in the normally stable West African nation. Appearing on state television, soldiers identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation (CMR) announced that they had met and resolved to depose …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE   Is Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, economically broke? It is a question no patriotic citizen wants to confront, yet one that confronts every Nigerian daily at the fuel pump, the market stall, the school gate, the hospital reception, and increasingly, in the national accounts. The country’s fiscal …

The Nigerian Senate has uncovered large-scale financial discrepancies in the oil sector, revealing that about $303 billion was allegedly stolen from local and international crude oil transactions. The revelation came through the Senate Committee on Investigating Incessant and Nefarious Acts of Crude Oil Theft in the Niger Delta, which said …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE  When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects government policy to offer relief, not suffocation. Yet, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel does the exact opposite for …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has credited President Bola Tinubu’s bold policies for fostering market stability and empowering women, saying the Renewed Hope agenda is becoming a reality after two years of citizens’ patience. Speaking on Thursday at the 25th anniversary of the National Women’s Conference, organised by the Committee of Wives …

The Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the state government to take immediate action to end the widespread practice of drying cassava flour on roadsides across the state. The move aims to safeguard public health and promote food safety standards. The call followed a motion jointly sponsored by …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has executed the relevant instruments of release to complete the process of formally exercising his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon and clemency to specific individuals who were earlier convicted for various offences. Following consultations with the Council of State and public …

There is no let-up yet in the crisis engulfing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as former Jigawa State Governor and party stalwart Sule Lamido, is threatening a legal showdown if he is not allowed to purchase nomination forms to contest the position of the party’s National Chairman . The PDP’s …

  The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that “Tinubu’s APC” is trying to silence opposition voices ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing the statement as “an attention-seeking outburst from a politically invisible party.”   In a …

Abia State Government has debunked a media report alleging that Governor Alex Otti, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu and made available to newsmen on Monday, explained that Governor Otti remains …