•Wabara and Otti The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has stirred controversy within the party over his open support for Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, of the Labour Party (LP). Last week, the Abia State chapter of the PDP suspended Wabara for one month over alleged […]
•Nedu Nigerian media personality and ace comedian, Nedu Wazobia, has announced his departure from “The Honest Bunch” podcast due to growing scrutiny and accusations. His exit comes after a recent episode sparked controversy, with social media critic VeryDarkMan (VDM) accusing Nedu of attempting to bribe him to appear on the show, r...
•Tinubu and National Assembly Complex The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the controversial tax reform bills into law in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Speaking at the weekend during The Platform, an event organised by The Covenant Natio...
•Alaafin stool Five prominent kingmakers from Oyo have raised serious concerns over Governor Seyi Makinde’s recent initiative to initiate a new selection process regarding the vacant Alaafin stool. They have labelled the move as illegal and a blatant disregard for judicial proceedings, reports Vanguard. The kingmakers, High Chief Yusuf AkÃnade...
Renaming of universities across the federation by the federal government has generated controversy. Yesterday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renamed the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University in honour of the 90th birthday of a former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), reports Daily Trust. Addressing journalists on the d...
•Port Harcourt Refinery The operational capacity of the newly rehabilitated Port Harcourt Refining Company came under intense scrutiny yesterday. This was following claims that petroleum products loaded from the facility on Tuesday were not newly refined but products stored in the storage tank of the facility in the last three years, reports T...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja There are indications of a spirited move by the National Assembly to fast track the necessary legislative process that would end the power of state independent national electoral commissions to handle local government elections. It was gathered that the brains behind the process hope to expeditiously work on t...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State arriving the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, accompanied by his successor in office, Governor Usman Ododo Controversy has surrounded the reported visit of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission headquarters. While the ex-governor’s media team claimed that ...
The United Methodist Church Nigeria (UMCN) recently celebrated its 100 years of existence. For decades, the local church had battled with series of crises triggered by ethnicity and leadership tussle. Lately, the same-sex marriage controversy has joined the fray, resulting in the eventual splitting of the church, reports The Nation. Already, t...
•Philip Shuaibu Controversy late yesterday trailed the purported ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja upholding the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja quashing the impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu as the deputy governor of Edo State. It was reported that the Court of Appeal affirmed Justice James Omotosho’s verdict that voided [...

