By Steve Otaloro Across the vast and wounded continent of Africa, the word “coup d’état” is not merely an entry in history books; it is a recurring nightmare, a blood-stained refrain that has echoed from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean for six decades. Since Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah was toppled in 1966 while on a […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan By John Dike, Osogbo Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has appealed to Nigerians to actively participate in the upcoming Claims and Objections period of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across the county. He warned that an unclean national voters’ register poses a fundamental […]
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Ekiti State exploded in celebration on Wednesday as the first commercial flight landed at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. A visibly elated Governor Biodun Oyebanji led other dignitaries to receive the flight amid what could be described as a festival. He described the project as a major milestone […]
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Abubakar Malami Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has debunked alleged wave of “false, misleading and baseless” allegations linking him to terrorism financing and claims that he maintains 46 bank accounts. A statement issued on Wednesday, Malami’s media aide, Mohammed Bello Doka, condemned the reports as nothing more than […]
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Ex-attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, has spent his third night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A according to a report by TheCable, Malami is being probed for 18 alleged offences, including money laundering, abuse of office, and terrorism financing. The anti-graft agency is believed […]
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The United States Congress has supported President Donald Trump’s renewed push to confront the escalating killings of Christians in Nigeria. Besides, it declared that is united in ensuring that America “will not look away as innocent lives are stolen.” The House Appropriations Committee, in a message posted on its official X handle on Wednesday, stressed […]
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By Olusegun Adeniyi The National Security Strategy of the United States 2025, representing President Donald Trump’s view of the world and his administration’s foreign policy direction was released last week. Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat who served as Minister for International Development and also Environment in his country as well as Under Secretary General of […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo It was carnival-like on Wednesday as residents of Osogbo, Osun State capital, mobbed Governor Ademola Adeleke, who hit the streets after being picked as the Accord Party’s candidate in the state’s coming governorship election. Indeed, Osogbo literally exploded in excitement as the governor’s convoy drove round the streets with a smiling […]
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By Steve Otaloro It was none other than the illustrious Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the immortal Zik of Africa, who, in the fevered constitutional caucuses of the 1950s, rose in vehement opposition to Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s sagacious proposal to entrench a secession clause in the embryonic republic’s founding charter. Azikiwe contended that such a provision would […]
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Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has dismissed public backlash over her interaction with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, calling the reactions a “needless controversy.” In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday, Mrs Tinubu said critics often magnify minor issues and create distractions around leadership. She wrote: “Those entrusted with leadership understand […]
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