1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (930+ words) Sunday, September 13, 2026 · Lagos As we begin the countdown to the 2027 Presidential election, one phrase is being repeated in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Enugu and all over the country, namely: “united opposition.” Given the current state of the country, especially the very…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (262+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Lagos Politics in Nigeria, and particularly in Ogun State, has a curious habit of transforming questions that ought to be settled by facts, records and the law into emotional battles over identity. The latest controversy being stirred against…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1339+ words) Saturday, September 5, 2026 · Lagos In the course of his political odyssey, Atiku had to traverse between many political parties before berthing at the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he must have seen, as is his wont, as a Special Purpose Vehicle…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1173+ words) Thursday, September 3, 2026 · Lagos No, Abdulrahman has not fallen out of favour with Tinubu I read with amusement the article by one Adeniyi Ishola which, ostensibly to provoke interest, had the tendentious headline: ” Has Abdulrahman fallen out of favour with Tinubu?...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (784+ words) Wednesday, September 2, 2026 · Lagos The coordinated media blitz orchestrated around a Washington, D.C. advisory firm is not an intelligence breakthrough; it is a clinical demonstration of desperation. The bankruptcy of Atiku’s 2027 political agenda is writ large in the unmasking of…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (343+ words) Monday, August 31, 2026 · Lagos Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s new policy shift toward bringing back the fuel subsidy is a welcome return to proper political debate and the path of rectitude. It contrasts sharply with his futile search for forged certificates and drug…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (841+ words) Saturday, August 29, 2026 · Lagos Nigeria has endured military adventurism, sectional uprisings, and the slow decay of public trust. Yet in all its turbulent history, it has rarely confronted a presidential candidate whose own words and conduct pose such a direct threat…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · Lagos Between 1985 and 1993, Babangida presided over a far reaching economic, political, and social reform agenda. He ascended power at a troubled time in Nigeria’s history. The economy had tanked under a stifling state control. Scarcities of basic goods…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) Monday, August 24, 2026 · Lagos Osun State woke on Sunday, 16 August 2026 with the same government it went to bed with: that of Governor Ademola Adeleke. With Adeleke’s victory in the August 15 election, the opposition may be having a new talking point for…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1149+ words) Osun: And the Credit Goes to the… thenewsnigeria.com.ng Osun: And the Credit Goes to the… Going into reelection campaigns, incumbents are commonly burdened with a propaganda deficit. Primarily, it has to do with the fact that opponents are…...