•Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Governors of the 36 states of the federation have resolved to declare nutrition a national emergency and establish a National Nutrition Intervention Fund as part of far-reaching measures to tackle hunger and malnutrition across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas. The governors also committed to adopting ...
President Bola Tinubu yesterday led top government officials and other dignitaries to the national premiere of MKO, a documentary on the life and political legacy of the late businessman and politician, Moshood Abiola. The premiere was held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, formerly the National Theatre, in Iganmu, Lago...
•Nyesom Wike and APC logo Several state chapters of the All Progressives Congress have rejected the Rainbow Coalition being promoted by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, with party leaders asking the former Rivers State governor to formally join the ruling party if he is genuinely committed to President Bola Tinubu’s ...
•Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello As the 2027 general elections approach, children of prominent Nigerian politicians are featuring in races for seats in the National Assembly. According to an infographic published by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting in September 2026, some children of prominent politicians were identified among those c...
•General Christopher Musa (rtd) The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), has urged state governors to stop giving motorcycles as palliatives, warning that the vehicles often end up in the hands of terrorists who use them for their nefarious activities. Musa made the call while speaking on Channels Television last night, where h...
•Atiku and Tinubu The buck-passing continued yesterday as fresh controversies trailed utilisation of the gains accrued from petrol subsidy removal. A week after Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, outlined how petrol subsidy reforms freed N15.8 trillion in resources for the federation between June 2023 and...
•Tinubu and Afenifere logo Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said state governments can now pay salaries following the removal of fuel subsidy because of the resulting revenue windfall, but argued that the real value of wages has been eroded by inflation triggered by the policy. Raising concerns over transparency and accountability ...
•Goodluck Jonathan Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted what he described as the “unwholesome” practice of serving governors, political officeholders, party leaders, and other influential figures converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted with large entourages of aides and security personnel. Jonathan, who led Nig...
First daughter of the Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Stephanie Ebidenere Diri and her spouse, Ballad Tamaradoubra Agbeyei, were yesterday joined in matrimony at the state headquarters of the Royal House of Grace International Church in Yenagoa. The glamorous event had in attendance former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, Governor...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu today urged state governors to stop building flyovers in areas with low traffic and instead channel their significantly enhanced federal allocations into road networks that would improve living standards and give security agencies better access to remote areas. He noted that states were now receiving four to five ...

