By: Oluwaseun Lawal The talking is over. The banners are coming down. Now, it’s the voters turn. The Independent National Electoral Commission says more than 1.5 million residents across the Federal Capital Territory have picked up their Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the February 21, 2026 area council elections. That’s a heavy turnout on paper….
By: Abudu Olalekan Now hear this: Femi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo talks straight. The PDP man running for governor doesn’t sugarcoat his views. Power stays in PDP hands by 2027, he insists. That message? Shouted far and wide across Oyo land. Ajadi showed up Tuesday, stepping into the Park Management System’s base at New Garage in Ibadan….
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 A proposed U.S. sanctions bill has stirred political waters back home. And the NNPP is not having it. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed a move that reportedly seeks visa restrictions and asset freezes against its national leader and former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. The proposal, which also mentions…
By: Abudu Olalekan Big shakeup in Rivers State. Governor Siminalayi Fubara just dissolved his entire cabinet. Poof. All commissioners and special advisers are out. Just like that. He also fired his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi. No reasons given. None. But he did name a replacement right away—Mr. Onwuka Nzeshi. Nzeshi signed the government announcement…
By: Abudu Olalekan Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, sat there on TVC last Sunday. Looked tired. Maybe annoyed. Definitely not in the mood for games. “Why hasn’t APC officially welcomed Siminalayi Fubara?” someone asked. He sighed. Leaned back. “It’s strategy. Plain and simple.” Short answer. But the story? Longer. Messier….
