President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s attempt to silence lingering doubts about his academic history has taken a new twist, one that appears to further complicate, rather than clarify, the controversy surrounding his certificate from Chicago State University (CSU). On Monday, during the launch of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Abuja, President Tinubu introduced a Belarusian businessman, Alexander Zingman, as his former classmate and neighbour in Chicago. While addressing attendees at the event, President Tinubu...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that it has received a total of 110 applications from various associations seeking registration as political parties in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Monday by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during a stakeholder engagement in Abuja. According to the Commission, the requests are being processed in accordance with the law and the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties (2022). “As...

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has stripped the title of Waziri Adamawa conferred on the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. This is contained in a circular signed by Adama Felicity Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Department of Chieftaincy Affairs, Office of the Governor with reference number: MCA/GHY/S.135/VOL.1/38 dated 19th June, 2025 and copied to All Secretaries Emirates/Traditional Councils that all Kingmakers and Council members in the State must be indigene of their Chiefdoms. The circular reads...