•Peter Obi Former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s deepening poverty crisis, saying the country is sliding backwards as politicians remain fixated on power struggles and control of party structures. In a statement, yesterday, Obi said about 141 million Nigerians, 62 percent of the population, are now l...
•Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel German police have arrested a man who allegedly made online calls on the darknet to kill politicians, including former chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, judicial sources said today. The suspect, a German-Polish man only partially named as Martin S., was detained late yesterday in the western cit...
•IGP Egbetokun and Tinubu More than 100,000 officers of the Nigeria Police Force are currently deployed to protect politicians and other Very Important Persons, raising concerns over inadequate security coverage for ordinary citizens, a new report has revealed. The report, published this month, November 2025 by the European Union Agency for As...
•Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State In what could mark a major shift in Taraba State’s political alignments, leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed support for the defection of Governor Agbu Kefas from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The show of solidarity came at the weekend during a meeting held [...
•Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has made a strong case for an independent judiciary, warning that no investor will commit funds to an economy where the judiciary is compromised and subject to political control. But like Spurinna, the Roman soothsayer, warned Julius Caesar to “Beware the Ides of March”, the Catholic Bishop...
•INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to identify politicians and political parties violating constitutional and statutory legal provisions and international standards, which prohibit ear...
•Peter Obi and Chimamanda Adichie Celebrated author, Chimamanda Adichie, says her unwavering support for presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, stems from her belief in his “selfless leadership” and “commitment” to Nigeria. Distinguishing Obi from many of his political peers, Adichie, in an exclusive interview on Channels Television described him as...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has criticised the federal government’s practice of conferring national honours on politicians. Obi, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation of The Chronicles of a Legend, a biography of business mogul and philanthropist, Gabriel Igbined...
•Prof Attahiru Jega A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has defended the inclusion of academics in the conduct of Nigeria’s election. According to him, professors have constantly rejected bribes offered to them by politicians and brought unmatched integrity into the nation’s electoral proce...
•Boko Haram terrorists Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, alleged yesterday that some politicians and members of the armed forces act as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. The governor, who made the allegation in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast programme, also said the Nigerian Army lacks requisite equipment to...

