Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the illegal and unauthorised alterations made to Nigeria’s tax legislation after passage by the National Assembly represents a brazen act of treason against the Nigerian people and a direct assault on the nation’s constitutional democracy. In a press statement on Tuesday, the former Vice President asked the executive to immediately suspend the implementation of the tax law, stressing that the executive’s draconian overreach undermines the foundational principle of...

A political activist and international affairs leader, Comrade Timi Frank has hailed the resignation of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) but insisted that stepping aside shouldn’t bring closure to the allegation of corruption against him. Recall that Farouk resigned on Wednesday as the CEO of NMDPRA and President Bola Tinubu has also named his replacement. “Resignation isn’t an admission of guilt, it’s only the first...

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other defendants from giving effect to a resolution allegedly aimed at removing or sidelining the Cross River State Chairman of the party, Hon. Alphonsus Ogar Eba. Justice J. E. Obanor issued the interim orders on December 18, 2025, while sitting at Court 26, Jabi, Abuja, in a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/5197/2025, filed...