Author: Vincent Osuwo

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is a good man. That is how history remembers him. That is how he comes across in person. I have sat with him. I have looked him in the eye. He is gentle, thoughtful, prayerful — a rare combination at the top of African politics. In US interviews, I have called him an “accidental Christian president,” because that is what he was. The token Southern Christian vice president in the Yar’Adua administration. When the president died in May 2010—a year before the next election—the constitution put Jonathan in the chair. The powers that be never intended…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan formally rejected a lawsuit aimed at preventing him from running in the 2027 presidential election. Jonathan’s counsel, Chris Uche, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), reminded Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the former president had already initiated the proper legal proceedings to challenge the claim. He explained that Jonathan’s legal team acted quickly after learning about the situation through media reporting. Uche contended that the appeal revolves upon the former president’s eligibility to run for office again in 2027, claiming that the subject has previously been resolved by the courts,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to Kabiru Turaki has challenged the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, to follow out his threat to close its operating office. The encounter follows Wike’s remarks during his monthly media briefing earlier this week, in which he questioned the validity of the Turaki-led faction and asked that the organization operate openly if it exists. The minister further stated that any property utilized by the group for party activity might be sealed. In response to the threat, Ibrahim Abdullahi, a former PDP deputy national publicity secretary and private principal secretary to Kabiru Turaki,…

The Kogi government has shut down the Daarul Kitab Islamic Training Centre in Zariagi, Adavi Local Government Area, for operating without government approval. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the closure comes after an attack on April 26 in which unknown gunmen entered the premises and seized 23 students, including the proprietor’s wife. All of the victims have subsequently been released following a coordinated operation by the 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, the Kogi Police Command, and other security agencies. Mr Wemi Jones, the State Commissioner for Education, closed the school on Friday after leading a team from the…

Jahara Malik, a South Florida teenager guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after an emotional court hearing that left both families overcome with grief. Jahara Malik appeared in a packed Miami-Dade courthouse on Tuesday as Judge Christine Hernandez handed down the punishment for the 2024 murder of Yahkeim “Keimo” Lollar, a young football player who died after being stabbed on December 20, 2024. Malik, who was 17 at the time of the incident but was charged as an adult, was sentenced to 17 years in a Florida state prison, followed by five…

Terrorists reportedly killed 13 people in the Ngbra Zongo hamlet of Kwall District, Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State. Several additional occupants were alleged to have suffered varied degrees of injuries during the incident, which took place in the early hours of Friday. Mr. Philip Alanga, a member of the community, told reporters in Jos that the attackers invaded the hamlet around 12 a.m. and began shooting randomly while hitting inhabitants with machetes and other hazardous weapons. According to him, the intruders proceeded from home to house during the attack, causing terror and bewilderment among many inhabitants. Gunmen kidnap six…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has detailed why he grew to admire entertainer Charles Oputa, often known as Charlie Boy, despite being originally turned off by his odd manner of dress, which he described as “jaga-jaga.” Obasanjo participated in an interview for the Before Tomorrow Comes Podcast, which was published on YouTube on Thursday. He reminisced on his long-standing friendship with Charlie Boy’s family; his relationship with his father, late Supreme Court Justice Chukwudifu Oputa; and how his opinion of the singer evolved over the years. The former military head of state provided the foreword to Charlie Boy’s memoir, 999. “I…

Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has said that Peter Obi’s remarkable success in the 2023 presidential election, in which he received over 6.1 million votes, was largely due to religious discourse. In an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today, Bwala also claimed that a large proportion of Obi’s online supporters, known as “Obidients,” are bot accounts rather than genuine human followers. He made the remarks on Thursday while answering questions regarding the presidency’s regular reaction to the former Anambra governor. He said, “When we keep quiet, Peter Obi and his Obidients, from morning till…

The Nasarawa State Police Command has initiated an investigation and rescue operation in response to the kidnapping of six students from Nasarawa State University’s Faculty of Engineering, Gudi Campus, in Keffi by suspected gunmen. The students were allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday night when armed hoodlums invaded a students’ lodge at Anguwar Ninzo in Gudi, on the fringes of the village. Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement released to journalists in Lafia on Thursday. According to him, the command got a distress call at 9 p.m. on May 6, 2026, claiming that unidentified gunmen had…

The Senate rescinded contentious amendment to its Standing Orders 2026 on Thursday, citing concerns among legislators that some of the clauses violated the 1999 Constitution. The reversal occurred days after the upper chamber altered portions of its rules, sparking uproar and heated debate among senators. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate Leader, moved the resolution at plenary, stating that a fresh legislative and constitutional analysis found that various provisions adopted under Order 2 Subsection 2 and Order 3 Subsection 1 may clash with Section 52 of the Constitution. He said, “The Senate observes that upon further legislative and constitutional review, certain…