Governance
The NDC held its first national convention on Saturday and zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. Peter Obi didn’t need them to say his name. The Nigeria Democratic Congress met at a convention centre in Abuja on Saturday. By the time the...
Governance
The EFCC declared former Humanitarian Affairs Minister Sadiya Farouq wanted on Saturday. She administered Nigeria’s social protection programmes. She’s now accused of diverting the funds they ran on. Sadiya Umar Farouq served as Minister of...
Governance
This week before it got loud. Look at what was already in motion before Saturday’s convention, before the wanted notice, before any of it broke through the noise. INEC had already announced the final voter registration window would open on May 11. That...
Governance
Today a judge decides whether Omoyele Sowore has to answer for posts he made on X. That sounds like one man’s problem. It isn’t. The court rules today. Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja will decide whether the DSS has made...
Governance
The court martial of the men who allegedly plotted to end Nigerian democracy resumes today. Nobody outside will know what happens inside. The trial of 36 military officers accused of planning a coup resumes today at a military installation in Abuja. It resumed...
Governance
Three bloggers were arrested over a story about Tony Elumelu’s marriage. The story was apparently false. The arrest was real. UBA Group chairman Tony Elumelu did not divorce his wife. The story that said he did was described by UBA as fabricated, malicious,...