Hakeem Baba-Ahmed Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says President Bola Tinubu should shelve his re-election bid and find a younger replacement within his party. Baba-Ahmed, who resigned as special adviser on political affairs in the office of the vice-president in April, spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme. He also said the president has not demonstrated the hunger to fix the country, despite all his known brilliant intelligence for scheming. “I’m sorry, but I have to say this again. When I left his administration, one of the things I told many people was,…
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Akpabio and Abbas The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, over their alleged failure to account for N18.6bn earmarked for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission Office Complex. Also joined in the suit is the National Assembly Service Commission. SERAP’s legal action follows damning allegations contained in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2022 annual report, released on September 9, 2025. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2457/2025, filed last week at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking an order…
L R: President and Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd, Aliko Dangote; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, South South Development Commission, Usoro Akpabio, during the visit of SSDC members to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Fertiliser Plant in Lagos on Sunday, November 30, 2025. … Writes NMDPRA, Engages Marketers to Stabilise Fuel Market …Invites NMDPRA to Refinery for daily monitoring of production output Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced plans to supply one billion five hundred million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) monthly to the Nigerian market in December 2025 and January 2026, a move aimed at ensuring uninterrupted nationwide fuel…
Trump U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries.” He made the announcement after a National Guard member died in an attack near the White House. The move marks a new push in Trump’s tougher migration measures since Wednesday’s shooting. Investigators say the attack was carried out by an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021 through a resettlement programme. Trump did not list the countries he considers “Third World,” and he did not explain what “permanently pause” would mean in practice. He also said the plan would cover…
Trump Former U.S. President Donald Trump has offered an explanation for why the United States boycotted the G20 Summit hosted in South Africa, accusing the South African government of severe human-rights violations and refusing to cooperate with Washington’s diplomatic protocols. In a statement released on Friday, Trump said: “The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers.” Trump, who has repeatedly clashed with the South African government over land reform issues,…
Joshua Andy Ruiz Jr has outlined the one weapon he believes could give Jake Paul a chance of hurting Anthony Joshua when the pair meet in Miami on December 19. Paul enters the eight-round heavyweight contest as a significant underdog, having built his career largely against MMA fighters and smaller opponents. By contrast, Joshua has faced the sport’s elite, including Ruiz Jr himself – the man who produced one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history.In their first fight at Madison Square Garden in 2019, Ruiz Jr stunned the boxing world by dropping Joshua four times before stopping him in…
Kuru The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, that Arik Air Ltd was converted into a “cash cow” by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, appointed Receiver/Managers, leading to massive losses put at more than N350 billion.Testifying before Justice Morenike Dada in the ongoing trial of former AMCON Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, and four others, the Acting Director of the EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office, Bawa Usman Kaltungo, said investigations showed that Arik Air’s financial collapse accelerated immediately after AMCON took over the airline. Kuru is standing trial alongside former Receiver…
Abuja map Bandits on Wednesday night invaded Gidan-Bijimi in Kawu ward of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) abducting six young girls alongside a 16-year-old boy. It was gathered that the victims were in the community for the burial of a relative who died recently. Daily Trust reports that the Gidan-Bijimi Community shares a boundary with neighbouring Marke village on the FCT–Kaduna State border. A resident of the area, Suleiman Shuaibu, confirmed the incident to our reporter. He said the bandits wielding AK-47 rifles invaded two houses in the community around 9:47 p.m. and whisked away the…
Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has returned to Nigeria after being evacuated from Guinea-Bissau following a military takeover in the West African country. The former president arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday evening.A video of his arrival showed Jonathan stepping off a Guinea-Bissau government aircraft at the Abuja airport as supporters and officials gathered to receive him.He was in Guinea-Bissau as head of the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission to monitor the country’s presidential and legislative elections held last Sunday. His delegation was still carrying out its assignment when soldiers announced they had seized control of…
Okpebholo Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, says he is prepared to resign from office if President Bola Tinubu fails to win the state in the 2027 presidential election. Okpebholo noted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) now dominates the political landscape in Edo and faces “no real opposition” ahead of the next general election.Speaking in an interview with AIT, Okpebholo said Tinubu currently enjoys overwhelming popularity in Edo, even more than himself.He noted that the administration’s rising acceptance is a direct outcome of the president’s influence on his government. “Asiwaju is even more popular than me here now because Edo people already…