Respected northern elder and former special adviser to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has voiced strong concerns over what he describes as growing marginalisation of the North in Nigeria’s political space. In a widely circulated video, Baba-Ahmed urged northerners to remain united and vigilant, warning that continued neglect of the region’s interests may push it to make a bold political move. “The north will stand to defend herself, I swear to God,” he declared. “North...

The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, hunger, and national despair, saying the country is “gradually becoming a huge national morgue.” In his 2025 Easter message titled “Mr President: Please Bring Us Down From This Cross”, Bishop Kukah employed the metaphor of the crucifixion of Christ to depict the suffering and hopelessness that many Nigerians currently endure, blaming...

Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship hopeful, has challenged the legitimacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary conducted on April 5, in Anambra State, in a lawsuit he filed at the Federal High Court, Awka. The suit which named the APC, Mr. Nicholas Ukachukwu, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants, also sought the nullification of Ukachukwu’s nomination, urging the party to recognise Ozigbo as the rightful candidate. In an accompanying personal statement...

The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has officially invited Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, to appear before it for an interactive session. The session will occur on Thursday, 17 April 2025, at 4:00 P.M. at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The invitation follows the Committee’s inaugural meeting on Wednesday, 16 April 2025, after the formal inauguration of the Committee by the Speaker of the...

Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has written to President Bola Tinubu, charging him to suspend his retreat in France and return home to address pressing national issues. Obi wrote through his X, formerly Twitter handle on Wednesday, stressing that the President cannot be resting peacefully in Paris while Nigeria burns. The former Anambra State Governor wrote, “I’m compelled at this time in our lives as...