Author: Vincent Osuwo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State claimed on Saturday that ethnic politics will not prevent President Bola Tinubu from being re-elected in 2027. Mr. Seye Oladejo, the APC spokesman, said this in a statement issued in Lagos. He was responding to Chief Dele Momodu, a former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who advised opposition parties to get together and use the ethnic card in 2027 to defeat Tinubu. Oladejo praised Momodu, who just left the PDP for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for finally accepting “the obvious—that President Bola Tinubu remains politically unstoppable.” He said, “Let…

Finland’s president Alexander Stubb has told the BBC that President Donald Trump is the “only one who can force” Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate over the Ukraine conflict. Alexander Stubb also stated that Finland would never acknowledge seized Crimea as part of Russia and that once the war was over, he wanted Ukraine to join the EU and, hopefully, NATO. Stubb talked with BBC Radio 4’s Today program ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Trump at the White House on Friday, during which he urged the US president, “I think we can end this war with your…

President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have left a White House meeting empty-handed after US President Donald Trump suggested that he was not ready to equip Ukraine with sought-after Tomahawk cruise missiles. After the friendly bilateral, Zelensky stated that he and Trump discussed long-range missiles but decided not to make any pronouncements on the subject “because the United States does not want an escalation.” Following the summit, Trump resorted to social media to urge Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end the conflict. The Trump-Zelensky meeting came a day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over…

Aisha Yesufu, a social crusader and rights campaigner, believes that Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, “has better chances in 2027 than he had in 2023.” Yesufu made the claim on Friday in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, while fielding questions from journalists at the Girls’ Summit organized by the Protect The Precious Foundation, where she was a guest speaker. According to her, many Nigerians who did not believe in Obi’s speech during the 2023 general election have now come to support his vision. “Peter Obi has more hope in 2027 than there was in 2023. When he…

Rasheedat Ajibade, captain of Nigeria’s Super Falcons; goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie; and the senior women’s national team have been nominated for the 2025 CAF Awards in recognition of their great efforts in the previous year. The Confederation of African Football announced the nominees for the women’s divisions on Friday, with Nigerian individuals and teams dominating the shortlist in several categories. Ajibade has been nominated for the African Player of the Year award, along with her Super Falcons teammate Esther Okoronkwo, who was named Woman of the Match in the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco. Ajibade was selected…

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, said six individuals have been arrested in connection with the recent horrific incident in Oke-Ode, which killed 15 people, including a village head. Ojo made the announcement while speaking to press at the command headquarters in Ilorin on Friday, saying the suspects were detained as a result of the command’s and tactical teams’ enhanced operations. The CP also revealed that Sanni Gbadamosi, who allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping of his cousin in Ajase-Ipo and demanded a ransom of N120,000, was traced down and detained in Kano State using the command’s modern digital intelligence…

The United States Embassy in Abuja has issued a security advisory to Americans ahead of a planned protest in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday. The protest, coordinated under the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, is anticipated to draw large numbers of people to Eagle Square and the Central Business District. Omoyele Sowore, an activist and former presidential candidate for the African Action Congress, publicized the planned rally on October 9 via his X (previously Twitter) account. Sowore announced that the protest will take place on October 20 and will be directed against the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, portraying it as a “historic”…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has denied the Nigeria Police Force’s request to halt the “Free Nnamdi Kanu Now” protest, allowing it to go as planned on Monday, October 20, 2025. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had sent police attorneys to the court to file an ex parte motion against activist and protest organizer Omoyele Sowore in an attempt to legally preempt the scheduled rally at the Aso Rock Villa. However, Justice Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, declined to grant the motion, which would have immediately restrained the protest from taking place without hearing the…

The Super Eagles have risen four places to 41st in the new FIFA Men’s World Rankings, re-entering the top five African football nations. The latest rankings, issued by FIFA on Friday, represent a big gain for the Super Eagles, which has risen from 45th place courtesy of recent impressive results in the 2026 World Cup qualification campaign. The three-time African champions also climbed ahead of Ivory Coast, which is now ranked 42nd in the globe. Nigeria’s improvement in the standings comes after a solid performance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, which includes a 2-1 victory over Lesotho…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has pledged that it is setting out to “redesign governance” in Nigeria by ending the culture of godfatherism, budget padding, and patronage-driven politics, pledging a new model built on transparency, innovation, and citizen participation. Budget padding occurs when a budget exceeds its original estimations due to a rise in the value of things or the addition of new items to the budget. Some civic groups attacked the National Assembly in June for reportedly putting projects totaling N10.96 trillion into national budgets between 2021 and 2025. In a Friday statement titled “No Godfathers, No Budget Padding:…