Today, we roll out the drums for Matthew whose other name is Hassan, the son of Kukah. The young man from Anchuna, Zangon Kataf, heard the Call and, forsaking everything, embraced the sacerdotal commitment of Obedience and Chastity. How does a brilliant lad forsake the world when he had everything at his feet? Wondrous are Read More…
Nigeria
INEC to publish final list of Presidential, NASS candidates on Sept. 20
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to publish the final list of candidates for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives seats on Sept. 20 ahead of 2023 poll. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the ”Expert Meeting on Conducting Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections in Volatile Security Environment”, organized by Read More…
Ogun Assembly Speaker Kunle Oluomo arrested at Lagos Airport
Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, was arrested by the operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Thursday on his way out of the country. Reports have it that the operatives of the EFCC picked him up to answer questions Read More…
Bello, Shetima deliberate APC’s winning strategies, national development
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s triumph in the forth-coming elections on Monday. Meeting in camera, their dialogue centred on various plans and strategies for winning the forthcoming presidential election for Read More…
Abba Kyari wins fight against extradition
A Federal High Court for Abuja has thrown out a suit filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America. In a ruling on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo struck out the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Read More…
Broken truths and broken ribs: Kukah’s forensic examination of Nigeria
The year 2018 was one of self-examination for Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari who flew in on the wings of change had been in power for three years and the situation had simply become far worse. The inflation rate when he came in was 9.01 per cent, shooting up to 15.68 per cent the following year, Read More…
I don’t have “a special presidential candidate” – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday in Minna has chosen to keep private his political preferences even as he has been the host and in the company of many elite politicians. Speaking to newsmen shortly after he paid a visit to former Head of State, retired Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, in Minna, the elder statesman said Read More…
Rain struggles to dampen “2 Million March for Peter Obi” in Port Harcourt
Despite an early morning rain on Saturday, enthusiasm remained high for numerous young Nigerians who partook in a scheduled solidarity march for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in Port Harcourt Rivers State. The march was a show of support for Obi, a former presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party Read More…
Daddy Showkey reproves the suspension of policewomen over TikTok
John Odafe Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, a veteran singer, has spoken in support of the two female supernumerary police officers who were suspended for uploading a video on TikTok. In the viral video captioned “sisters that slay together, work together”, both officers are featured in an assortment of pictures where they are seen Read More…
Meet the man rallying “Obi-dients” to shake up Nigeria’s election
Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid. Obi, 61, has generated substantial buzz among younger voters in Africa’s most populous democracy, where the average age is 18, but the president – and Read More…









