By: Oluwaseun Lawal The ballot is cast by hand. Counted by hand. Signed in ink. But what happens next, that’s where the real fight is. At a technical session on the Electoral Act amendment convened by ActionAid Nigeria in Abuja, senior lawyer Femi Falana made his position clear — lawmakers must remove ambiguity and make…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The message was blunt. No sugarcoating. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says someone needs to tell Peter Obi plainly — this is not the Southeast’s turn to produce Nigeria’s president. Speaking during an inspection of the ongoing reconstruction of the 56-kilometre Aba axis of the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway, Umahi warned that political…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The sky will be watched closely on Tuesday evening. Very closely. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, who also serves as President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, has asked Muslims across the country to begin searching for the new moon of Ramadan 1447 AH on February 17, 2026….
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It was a public show of confidence. Clear. Direct. President Bola Tinubu, speaking in Yola on Monday, praised his National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, saying he is doing an “excellent job” steering Nigeria’s fight against banditry and terrorism. The president made the remark while inaugurating projects executed by the Adamawa State Government….
By: Abudu Olalekan Fresh off a break, the National Assembly has returned early. Without any heads-up, it was announced Sunday. Session resumes immediately. Politicians are hurrying toward Abuja from everywhere. Something urgent must be unfolding. Rumors say the 2027 presidential vote might shift. It sounds like just talk – yet somehow it doesn’t. The air…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nasir El-Rufai doesn’t do subtle. Never has, never will. So when he started hearing whispers—those specific kind of Abuja whispers that come with documents and dates—about a mysterious package coming into Nigeria, he didn’t just gossip about it at some political salon. No. He put pen to paper. Actually, fingers to keyboard…
