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Charismatic Bishops Endorse Tinubu for 2027, Reviving Questions About the Politics of Faith

The race for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election received a significant religious endorsement on Wednesday as the Charismatic Bishops  Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) declared its...

Benue Youths: They run away from bandits, but are ever ready for political assignments

How Benue Youths fight the Wrong Battle—Run from Bandits, but Fight harmless Peter Obi By Ike Abonyi What a tragic irony Nigeria has become: young men...

Police Arrest 46 After Peter Obi’s Convoy Blocked in Benue, One Dies, 10 injured

The Benue State Police Command has arrested 46 persons over the alleged obstruction of Peter Obi’s convoy during his visit to the state, as...

Obi’s Benue Convoy Blockade Deepens Political Tensions Ahead of 2027

The political atmosphere ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections came under renewed scrutiny on Tuesday after the convoy of the presidential candidate  of the...

The Tinubu Administration and the Politics of Intimidation

By Paul Ibe There comes a point in the life of every government when its actions begin to tell a story far more revealing than...

2027: ‘Cut their fingers’; ‘leave your husband’; ‘support APC or leave’ – troubling campaign rhetoric exposes the thin line between political mobilisation and intimidation,...

Nigeria's 2027 general election campaign has barely begun, but politicians and political appointees have already begun testing the limits of acceptable political speech. In the...

Alleged Coup Plotter, Former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva Quits APC, Accuses Party of Betraying Founding Ideals

Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the ruling...

Tinubu Begins Three-Week European Vacation as Atiku Raises Fresh Questions About President’s Health

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has left Nigeria for a three-week vacation in Europe at a politically sensitive moment, with campaigning for the 2027 presidential...

Atiku’s ‘Tinubu is 90’ bombshell: What the records say about the two presidential rivals

A remarkable new chapter has opened in Nigeria’s increasingly bitter 2027 presidential contest after former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku...

MY RESPONSE TO Mallam Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed OVER MY COMMENTS ON EX-NIGERIAN MILITARY DICTATOR IBRAHIM BADAMOSI BABANGIDA AT 85: COMPASSION DOES NOT REQUIRE HISTORICAL...

By Omoyele Sowore Dear Datti Baba-Ahmed, Yesterday, at the National Peace Committee event, I met Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Datti Baba-Ahmed’s elder brother and PRP chairman. I...

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