A new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, is set to assume office after a routine screening by the Senate and swearing in by President Bola Tinubu. He was approved by the National Council of State, NCS, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Like most of his predecessors, Amupitan comes highly […]

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, unceremoniously bowed out of office, weeks ahead of his official tenure end on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Thus ended one of the sourest and most controversial tenures of a Nigerian Chief Electoral Officer. Yakubu had the special privilege of being the first occupant […]

A couple of weeks ago, Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State said in an interview that a new law mandates religious preachers in Niger State to submit their sermons to his government for approval. Niger is one of the Northern states wracked by jihadist extremists and bandits. It has experienced painful episodes of school abductions […]

The sentencing of Private Lukman Musa to death by hanging for the murder of a tricycle rider in Azare, Bauchi State, by a General Court Martial sitting in Jos, is a landmark judgement that reaffirms the Nigerian Army’s zero tolerance for indiscipline and criminality. According to Major Aminu Mairuwa, Acting Deputy Director of Legal Services, […]

In the traditional Independence Day broadcast on October 1, 2025, President Bola Tinubu took stock on two fronts: our 65 years of existence as an independent nation and his 28 months in the saddle as Chief Driver of the economy. His declaration that our battered economy had turned the corner was meant to raise optimism. […]