By: Abudu Olalekan Well, she’s back. After six long months, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan walked back into the National Assembly on Tuesday. But this wasn’t a quiet, head-down return. Far from it. The lawmaker representing Kogi Central came out swinging, and her target was none other than the Senate President himself, Godswill Akpabio. Her chosen word…
By: Abudu Olalekan The tension was thick. The stakes? Higher than ever. For six months, Rivers State burned with political drama – impeachment plots, assembly arson, bitter rivalries. Then came the hammer: President Tinubu declared emergency rule. Governor Sim Fubara could’ve fought it. His supporters begged him to. But he didn’t. Why? “Peace was worth…
By: Abudu Olalekan Siminalayi Fubara walks back into Government House today. Six months gone. Six months of silence, tension, and a state held hostage by politics. But was it worth it? President Tinubu just pulled the plug on the emergency rule he slapped on Rivers State back in March. Midnight. That’s when democracy officially restarts….
By: Abudu Olalekan The political air in Rivers State is thick. You can almost taste the tension. Thursday is the day. The big day. That’s when the state of emergency is set to end, and power is supposed to be handed back. It’s a moment everyone has been waiting for, a return to some kind…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It’s getting real. Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna State governor, didn’t hold back on Sunday night. On Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, he called out Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi for promising to serve only one term if elected president in 2027. His message? Nobody’s buying it. Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, recently…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Another train derailment. This time, a Kaduna-bound train went off the tracks on August 26, 2025. Ten coaches, seven people injured. Thankfully, no lives lost. But the questions keep piling up. The House of Representatives isn’t taking this lightly. Blessing Onuh, Chair of the Land Transport Committee, spoke exclusively to the media…
