By IFEOMA IZUCHUKWU Gowon Revisits One of Nigeria’s Most Contested Historical Decisions MORE than five decades after the Nigerian Civil War ended, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has reopened one of the country’s most emotionally charged historical debates by defending the Federal Government’s post-war compensation and currency policies. In his newly released memoir, […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS Inside the Alleged Financial Network Behind Nigeria’s Failed Coup Plot Confidential Investigation Files Reveal New Details FRESH details emerging from thousands of pages of confidential investigative records have shed new light on the financial architecture investigators say supported the failed 2025 coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The records, reviewed as […]
By MELVIN KOFFA INEC Publishes Candidates’ Credentials as 2027 Election Process Advances Commission Complies with Electoral Act THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the personal particulars, academic credentials and other supporting documents submitted by presidential candidates and their running mates for the 2027 general election, marking another milestone in preparations for the nationwide […]
By JULIET EKANEM A Midterm Assessment of the Administration GOVERNOR Bassey Otu’s administration has presented its first three years in office as a period focused on rebuilding public institutions, restoring critical infrastructure and expanding economic opportunities under its “People First” development agenda. The administration assumed office in May 2023 amid reports of mounting public debt, […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s recent comments on the construction of flyovers were not directed at Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, according to a member of the House of Representatives, Francis Waive. Waive said suggestions linking the President’s remarks to Delta’s infrastructure projects were misplaced. He maintained that every flyover completed or under construction […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS How an Alleged Financial Network Expanded the Failed Coup Investigation NIGERIA’S alleged failed coup conspiracy continues to reveal increasingly complex intersections between politics, military networks, financial transactions and national security. Fresh investigative records reviewed by investigators have introduced new details explaining how former Bayelsa State Governor and former Minister of State for […]
By MELVIN KOFFA State Police Bill Reaches Final Constitutional Stage as Focus Shifts to 36 State Assemblies A Historic Milestone in Nigeria’s Security Reform NIGERIA’S decades-long debate over the creation of state police has entered what may be its most decisive stage. Following the passage of identical versions of the State Police Bill by both […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE INEC Launches Historic Constituency Restoration Exercise in Delta State THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched the formal process for restoring three suppressed Delta State House of Assembly constituencies, an initiative widely regarded as a significant constitutional and democratic milestone aimed at correcting years of underrepresentation and ensuring that affected communities […]
By MICHAEL MIKKY OKONJI Okonji Hosts Delta North Youth Leaders, Pushes Stronger Grassroots Mobilisation THE Leader of the Legislative Arm of Oshimili South Local Government Council, Hon. Michael Mikky Okonji, has hosted members of the Delta North College of Youth from the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, with a call for stronger grassroots engagement and youth participation […]
By JOHN NDIFREKE Akwa Ibom’s 1987 Creation: How Decades of Agitation Produced a New State AKWA Ibom State emerged from Cross River State on 23 September 1987 under the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. The decision altered Nigeria’s political map and created a new administrative structure in the southeastern part of the country. The […]