Written by Rate this post Nigerian billionaire Matthew Tonlagha has signed a lucrative contract with US lobbying firm Valcour designed to improve Abuja’s relations with Washington, documents seen by AFP on Monday showed. The Nigerian government has already entered the lobbying fray, with national security chief Nuhu Ribadu in December striking a $750,000-per-month deal with US firm … Continue reading “Tompolo’s associate Tonlagha engages lobbyists to improve US-Nigeria ties”
Rate this post Leicester City have completed the loan signing of Nigerian midfielder Joe Aribo as they bolster their squad for the remainder of the season. Sky Sports reported on Monday that the Foxes had reached an agreement to bring in the Nigeria international temporarily, a move the club later confirmed the same day. Aribo … Continue reading “Joe Aribo joins Leicester City on loan”
Rate this post Russian soldiers helped to repel an attack on Niger’s main airport in the capital Niamey last week which was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, Moscow said on Monday. Niger’s ruling junta earlier said “Russian partners” helped to fend off the rare assault on the capital, which saw 20 attackers killed … Continue reading “Russia confirms helping to repel Niger airport attack”
Rate this post By Henry Umoru FORMER Chief of Staff, Imo State Government and ex-governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, has officially revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) through the party’s ongoing e-registration exercise in his ward, Eziama Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. In a statement from him on Monday, addressing … Continue reading “Ex-gov candidate Uche Nwosu dismisses defection rumour, revalidates APC membership”
Rate this post •Gov AbbaYusuf won’t get away with it, the commissioner who led others to quit the cabinet in protest vows•Says in 2023, some left Kwankwaso because of gov, now same person betrayed him•Speaks on the fate of deputy governor By Bashir Bello Immediate past Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation in Kano State, … Continue reading “Kano: This is ‘total betrayal’”
Rate this post By Bashir Bello Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, in this interview, speaks on insinuations that Governor Abba Yusuf’s defection amounts to betrayal. He says the governor’s fate in New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, was uncertain, making his movement to All Progressives Congress, APC, inevitable. How true is … Continue reading “As governor, Kwankwaso also defected to APC—Waiya, Information Commissioner”
Rate this post * Bishop Onaga urges peace, unity, sustained development across Igboland By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU— The Igbo nation, yesterday, offered prayers of thanksgiving to God for survival, resilience and preservation 56 years after the Nigerian civil war, as leaders and faithful gathered at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu, for the inaugural Igbo Day … Continue reading “56 years after civil war, Igbo nation thanks God for survival”
Rate this post By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Every night around 9 p.m., Sadiq Bello steps outside his Abuja apartment to make a phone call he never used to rehearse. His wife and children live in Kano. His mother stays close to the palace district. What was once a casual family check-in has become a ritual … Continue reading “Godfather, Godson, Guns Drawn: Abuja’s power games turn Kano, Rivers into battlefields”
Rate this post By Collins Adaka Since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999, politics in Nigeria has gone haywire. Politicians no longer deliver on their promises having made so many alluring ones during campaigns. To them, the political romance has come to an inevitable end. What else can we do? Until the next election, … Continue reading “How Natasha-Akpoti Uduaghan is redressing Nigerian politics”
Rate this post By Chukwudi Abiandu Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s remarks at the January 23, 2026 APC high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Asaba were short, polite, and outwardly conciliatory. But beneath the measured tone lay a speech heavy with subtext, unresolved tensions, and quiet warnings to a party still struggling to reconcile conquest with coexistence. At first glance, … Continue reading “Deconstructing Omo-Agege: Between courtesy, caution and a quiet power struggle”