Author: Vincent Osuwo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State on Thursday confirmed Governor Abba Yusuf as the consensus Kano governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 general elections. The affirmation, which was held at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kofar Mata, drew a large crowd of party members who defied the rain to attend the grand occasion. The official affirmation was attended by significant figures such as National Assembly members and top government officials. Muntari Shagari, chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, declared that Abba Yusuf has satisfied the Constitution and is hereby affirmed and returned as the sole candidate…

A Nigerian police officer, Newton Isokpehi, has threatened to shoot dead anyone who records him while on duty. In a video that went viral on social media on Wednesday, Isokpehi made violent threats against members of the public and any superior officer he believed had approved the filming of officers on duty. Isokpehi made threats in Pidgin English, which our correspondent translated into standard English. We tracked down his TikTok account, “Newton Isokpehi for Life,” with the username #actor459. He had posted videos of himself in police uniform and personal content. “Any day I’m on duty as a police officer,…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. Aina succeeds Professor Ishaq Oloyede, whose tenure expires on July 31, 2026. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, Aina is a computer engineering professor at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife who specializes in digital infrastructure, national examination systems, and institutional changes. “Professor Aina, who will be 40 in July, is a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive experience in national examination systems, digital…

Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayodeji Balogun, also known as Wizkid, and Big Wiz, has become the first African artist to reach 11 billion Spotify streams, marking yet another milestone in his global music career. The announcement was made on Tuesday by music data account @ChaftsAfrica on X (previously Twitter), who named him the first African artist to achieve the milestone. The post reads, “First African artists to reach major Spotify milestones: “1 billion — Wizkid, 2 billion — Wizkid, 3 billion—Wizkid, 4 billion—Wizkid, 5 billion — Wizkid, 6 billion — Wizkid, 7 billion — Wizkid, 8 billion — Wizkid, 9 billion—Wizkid,…

Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has accused late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, of frustrating repeated efforts to stop the country from sliding into civil war. The claim, detailed in Gowon’s autobiography, ‘My Life of Service and Allegiance,’ provides a deeply personal account of the failed peace talks, political mistrust, and constitutional disputes that shattered negotiations between the federal military government and the Eastern Region prior to the 1967-1970 Civil War. Gowon wrote in his book about the tensions that arose after the January and July 1966 coups, as well as the circumstances that led to Nigeria’s war. “Ojukwu…

The Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) leadership crisis intensified on Wednesday, when the wing loyal to the reinstated National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, announced the expulsion of 13 major party heavyweights, including Adewole Adebayo, the party’s only presidential candidate. The extraordinary occurrence occurred during the party’s national convention and presidential primaries in Abuja, where Gabam supporters also chose Lagos businessman Abimbola Atanda as the party’s new only presidential candidate via voice vote. Those expelled alongside Adebayo include factional National Chairman Sadiq Gombe, National Secretary Olu Agunloye, National Publicity Secretary Rufus Aiyenigba, Joseph Abu, Maggie Batubo, Sa’adatu Abdullahi, Abimbola Aderemi, Oguchukwu Uba, Huseesini…

Nigerian billionaire and businessman Femi Otedola has revealed that he sold his stake in Geregu Power Plc to prepare for an investment in Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s proposed initial public offering, describing the facility as a transformative industrial project capable of reducing Africa’s reliance on imported petroleum products. Otedola made the remark during a board and management visit to FirstHoldCo’s 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery and Dangote Fertilizer Limited in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. During a visit to the refinery, the Chairman of FirstHoldCo requested that the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, allot him $100 million in shares in the refinery’s projected listing. “He is…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly primary election in Benue State has left the party more divided, with allegations of electoral manipulation, candidate imposition, and internal betrayal threatening ongoing reconciliation efforts ahead of the general elections. Despite a well-attended reconciliation meeting in Makurdi a few weeks ago, there were hints that peace remained elusive in the party. At the conclusion of the meeting, the parties emerged with opposing interpretations of the resolutions achieved. Governor Hyacinth Alia disagreed with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, who claimed that President Bola Tinubu’s directive on the…

Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that the party’s ongoing nationwide primaries for the 2027 general elections are the most competitive in Nigerian political history. Yilwatda said the sheer number of candidates vying for a few elective positions across the country demonstrated the ruling party’s tremendous penetration into every community in Nigeria. The national chairman made the announcement on Wednesday evening while meeting with journalists outside President Bola Tinubu’s Ikoyi, Lagos, residence, where he had gone to advise the president on the status of the primaries and obtain guidance on the next…

Former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to stay away from partisan political contests as political realignments intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections. Political stakeholders have recently intensified calls for Jonathan to return to active politics, but Lamido dismissed the appeals as misguided and motivated by desperation. The former governor and Peoples Democratic Party leader made the remarks in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Lamido warned that attempts to reintroduce Jonathan into active politics risk undermining the former president’s position as a respected elder statesman. He stated that Jonathan now…