2027: Athena Centre To Launch Electoral Observatory, Sets Agenda For Next INEC Chair

  The Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership has announced a major initiative aimed at bolstering the credibility of Nigeria’s elections, starting with the upcoming off-cycle polls in November and extending to the crucial 2027 general election. The Centre’s Chancellor and former minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during […]

Independence Day: Tinubu To Address Nigerians Wednesday Morning

President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, deliver a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary. The broadcast, scheduled for 7 a.m., will be aired on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). In a statement on Tuesday, the President’s Special Adviser […]

Governor Makinde Visits LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Pledges Better Welfare For Workers

  Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has promised improved welfare for workers of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, following a visit to the facility on Tuesday. In a statement shared on his verified Facebook page Tuesday evening, the governor said he met with health workers to listen to their grievances […]

PICTORIAL: Troops Arrest Fake Policemen With 2 Vans Loaded With Cannabis In Taraba

  In continuation of the ongoing operations across Taraba State code-named Operation Lafiya Nakowa, aimed at flushing out bandits and other criminal elements, troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in conjunction with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have two fake police officers with van-loads of cannabis. […]

Kwara Insecurity: Amb. Samuel Bill Tasks Government, Stakeholders On Peace

  As insecurity continues to escalate in Kwara State, particularly in Kwara South, Eminent Peace Ambassador, Amb. Dr. Samuel Olanrewaju Bill, has called on government at all levels and stakeholders to take urgent and decisive action to restore peace and security. In a press statement signed and distributed to journalists in Abuja, Amb. Bill described […]

I Will Keep Expressing Myself Despite Court Judgement – Pat Utomi

Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, has stated that the Federal High Court’s judgement, which restrained him from forming a shadow cabinet, will not stop him from exercising his freedom of expression. Prof Utomi, who said this while reacting to the judgement of the court in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Political Paradigm’, argued that […]