The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has cautioned Nigerians against voting sick person to govern a sick country like Nigeria. Obi stated this at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in continuation of his nationwide campaigns ahead of the February 25 presidential election. He said, “This country is sick and should not…
The Kaduna State Police Command has denied reports that over 100 people were abducted from three churches during Sunday worship in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. There were reports that bandits invaded the community and abducted 177 people from three churches during worship on Sunday. According to the reports, the…
The Plateau Elders Forum (PEF) have expressed concern over the persistent killings in communities Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state and increasing cases of kidnappings in the state. In a statement in Jos, the forum asked the government, the Nigerian army and other security agencies to take drastic steps to deal with the criminals….
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman In 2025, I wrote an article titled “Power, politics, and the north: Ganduje’s exit and the battle for 2027” published in this medium on July 7, 2025. The piece was about the resignation of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In that piece, …
Nigeria’s democracy is again at a familiar crossroads: the point where electoral reform is loudly promised, quietly diluted, and then defended as “procedure.” The new controversy around the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026 is not just a disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is a test of whether the country’s institutions…
In this powerful episode of Majalisa, host Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum sits down with political scientist Dr. Joel kemie, speaking from Portugal, to unpack the dramatic attempted coup in the Benin Republic – and what Nigeria’s “swift response” reveals about power, insecurity, and geopolitics in West Africa. On 7 December, a faction of Benin’s National Guard…
