By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal With the August 15 governorship election around the corner, the Imole Campaign Council of Governor Ademola Adeleke is accusing the police of sweeping up opposition supporters in what it calls a political crackdown. According to the council, no fewer than 86 members of the Accord Party were arrested in recent days…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Is there a quiet plan to pair Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso in 2027? Or is it all just political noise? The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) are now throwing sharp words at each other over claims that the NNPP was being steered toward collapsing…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal A major shift may be coming to Nigeria’s security architecture. On Wednesday, the Senate took a significant step toward changing how policing works across the country. After a lengthy debate and clause-by-clause consideration, lawmakers voted in favour of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to establish state police services alongside the…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Presidency hit back at Peter Obi for asking Tinubu to resign, calling it childish and an unworthy distraction. Here’s what really went down. Peter Obi asked President Bola Tinubu to step down. And the Presidency? They weren’t having any of it. On Monday, they brushed off the call from the Nigerian…
By: Abudu Olalekan Well, it’s official. Governor Biodun Oyebanji is going back for a second term. Before dawn broke on Sunday, INEC spoke up following a lengthy count at its base along Iyin Road in Ado-Ekiti. Truth is, hardly anyone who saw it thought otherwise. Up stepped Prof. Adenike Oladiji, the Vice Chancellor at the…
By: Abudu Olalekan Two days. That’s all the time left before Ekiti State goes to the polls in what many are calling one of the most closely watched off-cycle elections in recent memory. And from the looks of things, nobody is taking any chances. On Wednesday, the streets of Ado Ekiti were buzzing with a…
