Simon Ekpa, who calls himself the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Government in Exile, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a District Court in Finland for terrorism-linked offences. Ekpa’s troubles began when Finnish authorities…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has come out strongly against former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over allegations that the government is secretly paying bandits. In a statement released on Monday and signed by Zakari Mijinyawa from the…
Jake Epelle, Chief Executive Officer of TAF Africa, has strongly condemned the just-concluded local government elections in Rivers State, dismissing the exercise as nothing short of a “democratic scam.” Speaking on The Morning Brief, a Channels Television programme, Epelle described…
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has officially handed out Certificates of Return to the 23 newly elected local government chairmen and 319 ward councillors across the state. The elected officials, who emerged from the August 30, 2025 council…
The recently concluded local government elections in Rivers State have drawn strong criticism, with Moses Paul, chairmanship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), describing the exercise as nothing short of a betrayal of…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has defended the staggering 328,823 votes recorded for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area during the just-concluded council elections in Rivers State. Wike, whose kinsman Gift Worlu emerged…
Nigeria has been thrown into mourning following reports that former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has passed away. According to SaharaReporters, Arase d!ed at Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja, though as of press time, neither his family nor the Nigeria Police…
Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, has sent a strong warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he might be forced to return to Lagos after just one term in office. Dalung, who is a chieftain…
Former Jigawa State Governor and PDP stalwart, Sule Lamido, has come hard on President Bola Tinubu, saying no “right-thinking Northerner” would back him for a second term in 2027. Speaking at the PDP expanded caucus meeting in Dutse, Lamido accused…
Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has strongly condemned the ongoing Rivers State local government elections, alleging that the outcome was already decided before the polls even ended. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) had conducted the elections across the state’s…
