On Sunday, July 6, 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, launched the construction of two smart markets in Okene and Okehi Local Government Areas (LGAs), emphasizing her commitment to delivering democratic dividends despite her recent suspension from the Senate. The markets, located at Ihima Central Market in Oboroke (Okehi LGA) and a new Community […]
On Saturday, July 5, 2025, President Bola Tinubu addressed the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, calling for a comprehensive reevaluation of global governance, financial structures, and health systems to ensure greater equity for low-income and emerging economies, particularly in Africa. Speaking as Nigeria’s first participation as a BRICS partner country, admitted on […]
On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at a thanksgiving service at Saint James’ Anglican Church in Asokoro, Abuja, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike declared that Nigeria was “practically dead” before President Bola Tinubu’s administration began in May 2023, citing economic mismanagement and insecurity under previous governments. Speaking after the commissioning of 16 FCT projects, Wike acknowledged ongoing […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), adopted as the platform for the National Opposition Coalition Group on July 2, 2025, has launched an aggressive campaign to woo high-profile politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Led by interim National Chairman Senator David Mark and interim […]
On June 27, 2025, former Senate President David Mark announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing its deepening leadership crisis and irreconcilable differences that have reduced the party to a “shadow of its former self.” In a statement from Otukpo Ward 1, Benue State, Mark, a founding PDP member who served as […]
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, during the 24th Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week in Abuja, themed “Accelerating Energy Progress Through Investment, Partnerships, and Innovation,” Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, issued a stern directive to oil operators to unlock dormant licenses and re-enter shut-in wells to boost Nigeria’s crude […]
The political maxim “Power is not given, but taken” resonates deeply in Nigeria’s democracy, where electoral manipulation by influential “godfathers” often overshadows the will of the people, as highlighted in a July 2, 2025, opinion piece. Unlike many Nigerian politicians who rely on money and godfathers to secure power through backdoor tactics, former President Goodluck […]
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola was appointed Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), alongside former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who reportedly joined the party in March 2025. In his acceptance speech, Aregbesola lamented Nigeria’s political landscape, describing most parties as “empty shells” driven by power […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is embroiled in a deepening internal crisis following Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum’s decision on June 25, 2025, to reinstate Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary and cancel the 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for June 30, 2025, replacing it with an expanded caucus meeting. The move, announced […]
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, announced an end to their prolonged political feud, declaring peace restored in Rivers State following a reconciliation meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the […]