Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday blamed annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, on “bad belle.” The regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) annulled the election. Speaking shortly after his investiture as a Trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a sociocultural organisation of Egba…
Shehu Sani, a former senator has kicked against calls by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. The NEF had on Tuesday in a statement, asked President Buhari to resign for failing to address the increasing situation in the country. NEF statement came as over 100 people were reportedly killed…
Hon. Isah Ashiru has again picked the governorship ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state again. A former state and federal lawmaker, Ashiru was the party’s candidate in 2019. He poled 414 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sani Sidi, a former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…
The Nigerian Association of resident doctors (NARD) is to embark on a warning strike on Wednesday over the failure of the federal government to meet its demands. The association disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Meeting on Monday in Abuja. The communique signed by the NARD president, Orji…
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, …
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application by the federal government, seeking to extradite Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), to the United States to face criminal charges. Kyari is wanted in the United States over alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Delivering judgment on Monday,…
