The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, alleged last week that some elements in the presidential villa were working against the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, claimed last week that the Nigerian military was under immense pressure to compromise the 2023 elections. This...
The National Industrial Court last week ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven-month-old strike. This and four other stories dominated public...
A poll put together by ANAP Foundation, a non-government organization founded by former Chairman of Stanbic IBTC, Atedo Peterside, last week favoured the Labour Party’s presidential...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended its strike indefinitely last week. This and four other stories we tracked were among the major issues that...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, last week threatened to wage war against anyone working with the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said last week he would formally seek approval from President Muhammadu Buhari to procure AK-47 and AK-49 riffles by members...
The Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the Kuje correctional centre in Abuja and set free hundreds of inmates. This and four other stories...
The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife were arrested in the United Kingdom for alleged organ harvesting last week. This and four other...
The former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket for the 2023 election. This and four other...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, last week raised the alarm over an invasion of the state by Boko Haram insurgents. This and four other stories...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week abandoned the zoning arrangement and threw its 2023 presidential ticket open to all the six geopolitical zones in the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo last week declared his 2023 presidential bid and promised to sustain President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacy if elected President next year. This and...
A former presidential aspirant, Pat Utomi, last week called for a government of national unity spearheaded by people with values, courage, competence and character to heal...
Six candidates vying for the chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) withdrew from the race last week paving the way for former Nasarawa State...
Some eminent Nigerians, among who were renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu and ex-Kano State...
After weeks of foot-dragging, the Federal Government, last week, designated bandits as terrorists in order to ramp up the war against the mass murderers across the...
President Muhammadu Buhari last week promised to recover every kobo stolen from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as well as punish all individuals indicted for...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week approved a 20 percent increase in salaries of police officers in the country. We tracked four other stories that...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, last week declared bandits attacking communities in the North-West and North-Central parts of Nigeria as terrorists. This and four other stories...
President Muhammadu Buhari last week promised to consider South-East leaders’ demand for an unconditional release of the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi...
A switch in IPOB’s tough stance on a sit-at-home order in the South-East was, perhaps, the biggest story in Nigeria’s political space last week. Originally designed...
The talk on power shift has ebbed and flowed in recent weeks despite efforts by the government and concerned Nigerians to shift focus from the 2023...
With less than 18 months to the 2023 presidential election, the discourse on who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari is becoming increasingly interesting with each passing day....
In the wake of the invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy by terrorists, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, rather than address the issue...
Apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has slammed former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, following his recent comments that he was compelled to annul the June 12 1993...
The pledge by the Nigerian government to fight corruption to a standstill may have lost a bit of steam but when it comes to former Senate...
During the week in review, President Muhammadu Buhari failed to spring any surprises again when he announced the appointment of a core northerner, Maj. Gen. Farouk...
The week under review was one full of dirty fights and intrigues. First, the Presidency decided to engage Father Ejike Mbaka in mudslinging that got Nigerians...
During the week in review, the Presidency gave Nigerians a rude shock by publicly lending its support to the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,...
During the week, a group sneaked in to tout a list of candidates considered eminently qualified to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Standing out was...
Last week threw up a relatively unknown quantity, Sunday Igboho, into Nigeria’s political landscape. While at that, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stirred...
The most dominant piece of news past week was, perhaps, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s face-off with Fulani herders who had made Ondo forest reserves home. This week’s...
Buhari’s introspection on his administration is a major feature on QuickRead, as we review key political developments shaping the future of Nigeria. Beyond President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Year 2020 breasted the finishing line with some interesting political developments. In this QuickRead, we review former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s admonitions to Nigerians to stop blaming...
In this week’s QuickRead, there is no missing the daring political shots fired from familiar quarters last week. These include the frontal attack by the Bishop...
The abduction of 344 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, by heavily armed bandits dominated national discourse last week. While the abduction...
In QuickRead this week, we take a shot at the critical statements credited to Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF),...
The nation was largely in mourning last week due to the cold blooded massacre of some farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State. A few other stories made...
We combed Nigeria’s political space for some juicy stories last week, and here are our top picks. First, were the loud cries by the Sultan of...
Last week was populated by some intriguing political events that grabbed both local and global attentions. Prominent among these were the attack by Nigeria’s Minister of...
Last week was filled with attention-grabbing political events. They included the suit against 50 EndSARS supporters by a supposed activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, and the naming of...
Plenty political vibes rent the air last week and provided rich talking points for Nigerians. Among these were the porous hypothesis by the Attorney General of...
The aftermath of the #EndSARS protests remained the central issue of national discourse as the week wore off. Among these were Desmond Elliot’s self-inflicted wahala and...
Last week was eventful with #EndSARS protesters still occupying the streets across many states of the federation in protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings. Osinbajo’s...
Welcome to a review of leading political events of last week. First, three lawyers, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eyitayo Jegede of...
Last week was a memorable one for Nigeria, with the country clocking 60 years after independence from colonial rule. However, rather than engage in revelry of...
Nigeria’s political landscape was dotted with some memorable developments last week. First, was the return of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to power in Edo State....
Two former Presidents of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, could not hold back their thoughts on recent events in the country. While Obasanjo, though not...
The burden of responsibility thrust President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the centre stage last week. While Buhari angered the populace by supervising...
