President Bola Tinubu has extended an open invitation to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), even though the former Rivers State governor is currently not a card-carrying member of the ruling party. The President made the comment on Wednesday while inaugurating several road projects in Abuja, including the link between Arterial Road N16 and Arterial Road N20 in the Katampe District. Praising Wike’s performance...

Chess champion Tunde Onakoya, has responded to widespread criticism following his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu. In a statement shared on X, Onakoya said the meeting was not political but a moment of national recognition. The young chess prodigy, who recently earned a Guinness World Record and was celebrated by the City of New York, said meeting the President should not be seen as a betrayal or political move. “To be honoured and received...

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections has expressed concern over the insecurity situation in the country, saying that the citizens  have are refugees in their own country, even when Nigeria is not at war. Obi made the remarks during the presentation of the book titled, “Obi, the Political Change Agent” in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that Nigerians must rise and change the current political system, stressing that the...

More than two decades after the death of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, his widow, Maryam Abacha, is speaking up—again defending her late husband’s legacy and insisting that the real looters came after him. In a recent interview with TVC, Mrs Abacha challenged the long-standing narrative that her husband looted billions of dollars from the country’s treasury. According to her, the money General Abacha secured for the nation disappeared within months after...