A new report from the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has raised serious concerns over Nigeria’s democratic future, warning that politics is becoming a game only the wealthy can afford to play. The report, titled “How Money is Undermining Nigeria’s…
President Bola Tinubu’s recent conferment as Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia—the highest honour of the Caribbean nation—has stirred mixed emotions back home. While the presidency celebrated the recognition during a state banquet on Monday, former Labour Party…
Nigeria’s energy sector is once again at a defining moment, with stakeholders raising serious alarms over unsustainable electricity and gas pricing that, if unaddressed, could plunge the nation’s gas-to-power sector into a staggering ₦6 trillion debt. Speaking at the Nigerian…
NIGERIA UPDATE: ACCEPTANCE SPEECH by: GOV RAUF AREGBESOLA on appointment as THE INTERIM NATIONAL SECRETARY, ADC – The party platform adopted by the National Opposition Coalition Group – Tuesday, 1st July, 2025 Dear Party Leaders, Distinguished Members, Friends, and Fellow…
It was a quiet 3 a.m. in Mumbai’s Andheri West when officers of India’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) noticed something unusual. A woman—calm but visibly anxious—was pacing around the Old MHADA area. That woman, now identified as 34-year-old Yenna Christina Idowu,…
The streets of Umuahia, Abia State, were alive with songs, dancing, and emotional chants on Tuesday as over 600 youths gathered to celebrate the recent judgement delivered by a Kenyan court in favour of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader…
In a move aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s basic education system, President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Nasarawa State governor, Tanko Umaru Al-Makura, as the new Chairman of the Governing Board of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The announcement was…
A quiet Tuesday morning in Nasarawa Toto turned tense as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the area, rounding up 31 suspected internet fraudsters in a well-coordinated raid. The operation, which took residents by surprise, was…
The Edo PDP has strongly condemned Governor Monday Okpebholo’s threat to jail Mr. Albert Obazee, describing it as a dangerous display of authoritarianism and intolerance. The party warns that such undemocratic conduct undermines free speech and democracy, urging the governor…
Date: July 31, 2025Organized by: Concerned Edo CitizensVenue: Benin City, Edo State Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, Civil Society Organizations, Human Rights Defenders, and Concerned Citizens, We welcome you to this urgent press conference convened under the banner of…
