Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has challenged fellow 2027 presidential contenders to open their academic records to legitimate public scrutiny, declaring that candidates seeking Nigerians’ trust must have nothing to hide. Obi made the challenge while responding to reports of legal proceedings seeking Certified True Copies of his academic records from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1984. The former Anambra State governor said he had no objection to the release of his certificates, admission records and other academic documents by UNN or any other institution…
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By Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko Yesterday, Sunday, I, my wife Ugochi who is a dietitian, Nneoma Chisom Onwubiko my little daughter, drove my only son Nnadozie to a secondary school dormitory somewhere within the Federal Capital Territory, where he is to begin his first experience of boarding school in his second year of secondary education. I had strongly opposed sending my son to a boarding facility, given my own experience as a day student at Kafanchan Teachers College, which, during the period I attended it, operated as both a day and boarding school. I did not particularly enjoy the food served…
Four days into his new job as a commercial bus conductor, Garba found himself lying on the floor of a vehicle as gunmen opened fire, killing the driver and passengers around him. The young conductor had set out to do what he had only recently started doing—help ferry passengers to Jos and earn a living. Instead, the journey turned into a deadly ambush. Garba said he survived by keeping his head down as the attackers approached the bus after opening fire. “Immediately I heard the gunshots, I bent down in the vehicle. The attackers approached the bus and opened the…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has challenged Nigeria’s wealthy to redirect their resources from luxury spending into productive investments capable of creating jobs and driving economic growth. Dangote said Nigeria would struggle to reach its full economic potential if its richest citizens continued to commit huge sums to luxury rather than production. The Dangote Group President spoke on Monday at the Nigerian Exchange in Lagos during the formal launch of the Initial Public Offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. He urged wealthy Nigerians who own expensive private aircraft to consider putting their resources into businesses and industries that contribute…
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has appointed Professor Demo Joab Usman Kalla as the Vice Chancellor of the Taraba State University of Tropical Agriculture, Science, Technology and Climate Action, Gembu. The appointment was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the Taraba State Government, Chief Gebon Timothy Kataps. Until his appointment, Kalla was the Director of the TETFund Centre of Excellence on Dairy Research and Development at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. He is also a member of the Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee. Kalla is an accomplished scholar with extensive research experience in Animal Science…
Security forces have struck a suspected terrorist route in Kebbi State, killing some of the operatives and seizing rifles, ammunition and motorcycles during a dawn raid. The operation, involving the police and military, was carried out at about 6:05am on Monday at Gumki Forest in Kangiwa. The Kebbi State Police Command said the forest is a known route for bandits and Lakurawa elements operating in the area. According to the command, the joint team engaged the suspected terrorists during the clearance operation and neutralised some of them. The security forces recovered a PKT rifle with 174 rounds of live ammunition…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has told Nigerians to look beyond campaign rhetoric and scrutinise what politicians promise before deciding who gets their votes in the 2027 elections. The monarch gave the warning on Monday when he received the All Progressives Congress 2027 Campaign Council, led by its Director-General, Senator Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar, at his palace in Sokoto. He urged voters to listen carefully to candidates, assess their promises and choose those they believe would best serve their interests and the country. The Sultan also urged politicians to keep insecurity and other national challenges out of partisan manipulation…
Afrobeats superstar Davido has thrown down a fresh challenge to Nigerian politicians after Peter Obi publicly opened up about his business history and how he accumulated his wealth before joining politics. Davido’s message was brief but loaded. Reacting to a post by television host Oseni Rufai, who challenged Nigerian politicians to explain how they made their money as openly as Obi did, the music star declared: “None of them can try it 😂😂.” The remark has sparked fresh debate over financial transparency among politicians ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Rufai had shared a clip of Obi responding to questions…
Retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has suffered another setback in his bid to challenge a 2023 judgment over an Asokoro property, with the Court of Appeal ruling that his failure to act within the prescribed time was not sufficiently explained. The Abuja appellate court dismissed Al-Mustapha’s application for an extension of time, faulting him for failing to participate in proceedings at the Federal Capital Territory High Court before seeking to overturn its judgment. A three-member panel unanimously rejected the application in a judgment delivered on Monday. Justice Okon Abang, who read the lead judgment, said the records showed that Al-Mustapha failed…
The 2027 Senate election is already exposing the widening cracks in the Peoples Democratic Party, with the party missing from the ballot in several strategically important senatorial districts, even as the ruling All Progressives Congress maintains a nationwide spread and the Nigeria Democratic Congress makes an aggressive push to displace the PDP as the country’s principal opposition force. The candidate list, presented as the final senatorial list of the Independent National Electoral Commission, shows that the PDP has no candidate in districts including Akwa Ibom North-West, Cross River North, Delta South, Edo Central, Ekiti North, Niger East, Ondo Central, Osun…