Exclusive: Trump’s Nigeria Obsession Deepens After Christmas Airstrikes
Washington’s gaze has once again fixed itself on Nigeria; this time with an intensity that is unsettling officials in Abuja. Barely weeks after reported US airstrikes on Christmas Day against…
Uproar Over Detention Of Tinubu’s Critic At Keffi Prison
The detention of social media commentator Abubakar Salim Musa at the Keffi Correctional Centre has sparked widespread outrage across Nigeria, with netizens, activists and political leaders condemning what they describe…
The Nigerian media and 2027 elections – By Sonala Olumhense
On January 3, INEC, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, denied having published the 2027 election schedule. As often happens, the Nigerian mass media was eager to affirm, “Not me!” But equally ready…
Where’s our President? — Obi questions Tinubu’s whereabouts
Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has questioned the whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu amid what he describeas deepening economic…
Exclusive: TikTok threatens to quit Nigeria over $5 million privacy fine
The Chinese-owned short-video platform, TikTok, has escalated its legal battle with Nigerian regulators by challenging a $5 million fine for alleged privacy breaches; and sources at ByteDance, the Nigerian operator…
Court Grants ₦500m Bail To Malami, Wife, Son
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and two others, bail in the sum of…
The case against Abubakar Malami – By Sonala Olumhense
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, spent the Christmas and New Year festivities behind bars. If you are keeping score, this means that by the time…
US Operation In Venezuela Undermined International Law — UN
US President Donald Trump and a photo posted on Trump’s Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows what President Trump says is Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS…
FirstHoldCo Announces FirstBank Has Met ₦500 Billion Regulatory Capital Requirement
Shareholders commit to future injection of more capital to the Groups’ other subsidiaries First HoldCo Plc (“FirstHoldCo” or “the Group”) has announced that its commercial banking subsidiary, First Bank of…
Trump, Venezuela And The American Empire – by Reuben Abati
The received opinion in 20th century literature on America’s foreign policy process is that the United States, America as we know it, is not a colonizing power but a liberal…