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May

22

2025

2027: No decision has been made yet; Atiku’s coalition names Lukman and rejects embracing ADC.

News, Politics2027, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The opposition alliance that intends to remove President Bola Tinubu in 2027 has refuted allegations that it recently became a member of the African Democratic Congress, or ADC. According to reports that surfaced on Wednesday, the opposition factions led by former vice president Atiku Abubakar recently convened and agreed to run for office on the ADC platform. According to the sources, the alliance has named Salihu Lukman, a former vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West, as its head of secretariat. But in a statement released Thursday in Abuja, Lukman, who is now the projected coalition's spokesperson, revealed that…

May

21

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy Partners With AFRIFF to Launch Groundbreaking Film Market

Business, Column, Economy, Metro, News, Sponsoredculture, Economy, Nigeria

Cannes, France, May 18, 2025 – In a bold move to reinforce Nigeria’s leadership in the global creative economy, the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), establishing the AFRIFF Film and Content Market (AFCM), a pioneering marketplace poised to reposition Africa as a major player in the global film, television and digital content industries. The official signing took place at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, where the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq.,…

May

19

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Scary Rise in South-East Organised Systematic Exclusion From Nigeria.

Column, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics, SponsoredBola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, South East

It’s time to strip away the propaganda and confront the truth: the South-East region of Nigeria continues to suffer calculated exclusion from national development policies and federal investments, an injustice both glaring and dangerous to Nigeria’s unity. Let’s break it down, fact by fact: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu STUDENT LOAN SCHEME, South-East Excluded. The 2024 rollout of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has so far failed to include a single public tertiary institution from the South-East among the first batch of beneficiaries. While students in other zones are applying, over 100,000 South-East students…

May

17

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (1) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Nigeria, Politics

To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartist state”. This is the truth of the matter: no matter how well a subnational governor performs, the operating framework handicaps him. It’s like a boxer fighting with one hand behind his back. In other words, there’s a debilitating limit to what a governor can achieve. For instance, governors of states like Benue, Plateau and Zamfara have discovered that the title of Chief Security Officer is more in…

May

11

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohanaeze: Isiguzoro’s Family Slams Fake Death Rumors, Threatens Legal Action

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsNigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Politics

ISIGUZORO FAMILY PRESS RELEASE - ISIGUZORO FAMILY DEBUNKS THE MISLEADING FALSEHOOD OF THE PURPORTED DEATH OF MAZI OKECHUKWU ISIGUZORO, ASSERTING THAT THE OHANAEZE CHIEFTAIN WILL ATTEND THE BURIAL OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MALICIOUS RUMOR It is with a firm and resolute conviction that the distinguished family of ISIGUZORO Onyike Okereke Enyi,situated in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, unequivocally condemns the baseless and malicious rumors regarding the supposed death of our exemplary son, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who serves as Chieftain and Deputy President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. We take this opportunity to categorically refute the spurious claims disseminated…