Author: Amina Mohammed

Former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has accused the Federal Government of deliberately instigating turmoil across major opposition political parties at a time the country was grappling with worsening security challenges. Obi made the allegation on Wednesday in a post titled “Now Disgraced Nation” shared on his verified X handle, expressing concern that the nation was drifting into a deeper crisis while attention was being diverted to internal party conflicts. The former Anambra State governor referenced recent violent incidents, including the killing of a senior military officer and kidnapping 25 female students within one…

President Bola Tinubu has urgently dispatched Vice President Kashim Shettima to Kebbi State to console the government and reassure parents about the government’s commitment to the safe rescue of schoolgirls recently kidnapped from a boarding school in Maga, Kebbi. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, expressing deep sorrow over the abduction, President Tinubu acknowledged intelligence warnings that preceded the attack and commended Kebbi Governor Mohammed Idris for efforts to prevent the crisis. He also mourned the loss of gallant soldiers, including Brigadier General Musa Uba, who died combating insurgents in Borno State.…

Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State have been expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the factional National Executive Committee loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. According to reports, the expulsion was ratified on Tuesday after the heated confrontation between both camps at the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, where the two factions had scheduled parallel NEC and Board of Trustees meetings. Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara; former National Vice Chairman of the party, Bode George,…

Paystack, an online payment solutions company, has suspended its co-founder Ezra Olubi over allegations that border on sexual misconduct. The allegations were further boosted by the resurfacing of disturbing past tweets. Mr Olubi had posted several controversial tweets dating as far back as 2010, including sexually explicit jokes and comments that resurfaced online. A woman who previously had a relationship with Olubi had published her personal complaints online on Wednesday, triggering renewed attention and widespread circulation of his old, controversial tweets. According to TechCabal, Paystack has issued a statement announcing Olubi’s suspension from his duties and responsibilities, pending the investigation’s…

A former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd.), has warned that the confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and a Nigerian Navy officer in Abuja on Tuesday poses “a clear and present danger to national security”. The former COAS and one-time Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic called for immediate corrective action to remedy the situation. Gen. Buratai, in a statement on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, said Wike’s conduct during the exchange “transcends mere misconduct” and “undermines the authority of the Commander-in-Chief and the integrity of the Armed…

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group Plc has projected a 100 per cent increase in profit this year, driven by strong performance from its consumer finance subsidiary, Credit Direct Limited, which continues to expand its digital lending operations across the country. Group Chief Executive of FCMB, Ladi Balogun, said the company’s rapid growth has been supported by technology-driven lending models and improved customer access through digital platforms. According to him, “Credit Direct recorded a profit after tax of N5.98 billion as of June 2025, a 52 per cent increase from N3.93 billion in June 2024. The growth was linked to the…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has revealed plans for the introduction of a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP) for Nigerians abroad. The development was announced by Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, who disclosed that the initiative is a new biometric travel document designed to help Nigerians in Diaspora whose passports are expired, lost, or stolen return home securely and verifiably. Speaking during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the Khartoum, Rabat, and Niamey Processes held in Abuja, Nandap said it would replace the current Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) as part of NIS’s ongoing reforms “aimed at strengthening Identity Management and…

Maryam Sanda, the woman who was sentenced to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, and 85 others have been granted a reduced sentence by President Bola Tinubu. According to the gazette of the list of final beneficiaries of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy released by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Maryam Sanda’s death sentence for the offence of culpable homicide has been reduced to 12 years based on compassionate grounds, in the best interest of the children and best conduct, embraced new lifestyle, model prisoner and remorsefulness. Those…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, revealed how he rejected a move to have him endorse former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, as his successor. Under the Obasanjo government, El-Rufai served first as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and later as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2003 to 2007. While exiting power in 2007, Obasanjo backed the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as his successor. Speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the second edition of the annual symposium of the Ajibosin Platform with the theme “Importance of Leadership in Governance,” Obasanjo…

Hours after the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, led some protesters in parts of Abuja demanding freedom for the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the separatist leader, in a dramatic turn on Tuesday, agreed to enter his defence. The detained IPOB leader had last Thursday filed a motion of preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the court to continue with his trial. He filed the objection the same day a team of medical experts enpanelled by the court to determine his health status turned in a…