The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, has rejected his purported expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged engagement in anti-party affairs across the country. Wike described the decision by the opposition party to expel him indefinitely as an indication that all isn’t well with the PDP. The Minister’s reaction came minutes...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that the S&P Global Ratings, which reviewed the country’s outlook from stable to positive, indicated that the economic policies introduced by the apex bank under President Bola Tinubu’s administration are yielding desired results. Cardoso stated that the rating, which also affirmed Nigeria’s long-term and...
The Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri, has firmly distanced himself from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decision to expel the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, and other key stakeholders from the opposition party over alleged engagement in anti-party activities. Fintiri, who described the move as unnecessary, warned that such actions could worsen the...
As part of efforts to restore unity, discipline, and focus ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Ekiti State former governors, Ayo Fayose, and three others for working against the party’s progress. Others expelled by the party after a thorough...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his Osun and Taraba counterparts, Agbu Kefas, and Ademola Adeleke, led chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who boycotted the party’s national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. Aside from the three governors, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, Ekiti State former governor, Ayodele Fayose, and...
Barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu renewed the appointment of Brig Gen Buba Marwa (rtd) as the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Lagos State former military administrator has declared that drug barons, traffickers, and their cartels will be forced to surrender or abandon the trade in the country. Marwa...
Like I predicted over a year ago, Governor Ademola Adeleke will emerge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2026 Osun governorship election. With barely a month to the primaries, it is becoming increasingly clear that he is the man to beat for the party’s ticket. Adeleke is from Osun West Senatorial District. Interestingly,...
A surge of violent raids has left dozens of families shattered as armed groups killed 16 vigilante members and abducted more than 40 residents in a renewed escalation of rural insecurity. The scale of the attacks, combined with the precision with which the assailants operated, has deepened fears among communities that already feel abandoned by...
In Nigeria, elite oppression and callousness are often mostly abstract. Most people at the lower end of the social scale think and feel that many people in positions of power, comfortably ensconced in their sinecures, are haughty, self-impressed, and possessed of ice-cold disdain for them. But it is FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, more than anyone...
Over five members of the bandits group terrorising residents of Zamfara State have been reported dead after an attack by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on their stronghold in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. As gathered, the military launched the attack, shooting different missiles that decimated the terrorist around the high-ground within the...