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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Thursday declared that the ruling party is witnessing a surge in national acceptance, citing recent high-profile defections, the rollout of an electronic membership registration system, and plans to build a new national secretariat in Abuja. Mr Yilwatda spoke at the 14th APC National Caucus meeting held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, his first appearance before the party’s top strategic organ since emerging as national chairman in July. The caucus meeting drew unusual attention due to the presence of six governors elected on the platform of the…

Oby Ezekwesili This year’s co-winner (alongside Mr Drago Kos, a former chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery from 2014 to 2022) in the Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement category is the inimitable Dr Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, a former education minister in Nigeria, former Vice President of the World Bank and co-founder of Transparency International. The eleventh session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (the UN Anti-Corruption Conference) or CoSP 11 kicked off on Monday, 15 December, in Doha, Qatar. CoSP is “the main decision-making body of the Convention. It supports parties and signatories in their implementation…

Fidson Healthcare Plc, Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, on Friday, 12 December 2025, held a signing ceremony at the Company’s Head Office in Lagos to initiate the formal launch of its highly anticipated Rights Issue upon receipt of the final regulatory approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). This strategic capital raise aims to generate a gross sum of up to N21 billion – an injection vital to consolidating Fidson’s leadership in the industry, providing funds for increased production capacity and its aggressive pan-African expansion goals. The Issue involves the offering of Six Hundred…

The Benue State Government has said it is set for the takeoff of its dry season farming programme scheduled for December 2025. The assurance followed Governor Hyacinth Alia’s inspection of the Agribusiness and Mechanisation Centre in Makurdi, where newly assembled tractors and farm equipment are being prepared for deployment. Tersoo Kula, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the visit was aimed at confirming the state’s readiness for the new agricultural phase. Mr Kula explained that the governor assessed 41 tractors of different capacities, along with a range of supporting machines such as threshers, planters, excavators and yam mounders. He…

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Isah Abdullahi, also known as Kunkuri, attached to MOPOL 12 in Minna, Niger State, has died after shooting himself with a pistol in the armoury he headed. The tragic incident followed allegations linking him to the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits and other criminals in the state. The crisis began for the deceased DSP during a routine audit of MOPOL 12’s armoury by detectives from Abuja, who discovered 13 missing AK-47 rifles and over 2,000 rounds of ammunition. It was gathered that further investigation led to the arrest of Inspector John Moses,…

The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, on Thursday formally joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC, after collecting the party’s membership card. The event took place at the ADC National Headquarters in Wuse, Abuja, marking her official departure from the Labour Party, LP. Observers said her decision had been delayed by the Labour Party’s ongoing internal crises and the prolonged indecision of its national leader, Peter Obi. DAILY POST reports that the registration ceremony, held on Thursday, attracted senior officials of the ADC, candidates for the February 21 FCT Area Council elections, supporters and members of the…

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday in Lagos, unveiled a N100bn Annual Education Support Initiative, estimated to cost over N1tn over the next 10 years. The programme was flagged off by Vice President Kashim Shettima, who praised Dangote’s “visionary and generational” philanthropy, describing the investment as one of the most consequential private-sector efforts to rescue Nigeria’s most critical sector. “A youthful population is a global asset only when it is educated. Without education, it becomes a threat to itself and to the nation that houses it,” Shettima said. Starting from next year, the Dangote initiative aims to…

Liverpool Football Club in the United Kingdom have the presence of mind to bring a touch of finesse to bear on a situation concerning their prized player, Mo Salah, and I notice it. This isn’t the first time I’ve commented on how football clubs across Europe have handled their players. It isn’t the first time, too, I point out on this page the difference in how a British club handles such matters compared to other clubs in Europe. It happens that the current Premier League champions suffer a drop in form. Everyone talks about the reasons. Sallah got benched for…

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a man, Chidi Nwaya, to a total of 22 years’ imprisonment for obtaining N28m by false pretence and stealing in a failed property transaction on Lagos Island. Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay, delivering judgment on Wednesday, convicted Nwaya on two counts—obtaining by false pretence and stealing—ordering that the 15-year sentence and a separate seven-year term run concurrently. The judge held that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, describing the defendant’s conduct as deliberate and deceptive. Nwaya was arraigned in Suit No. LD/4554C/2017 by the Lagos State Government over a…

When the argle-bargle busted through the mainstream and social media space a few days ago, my heart jostled in the cognitive practice of self-questioning. I asked myself what really is the real reason is for this unfolding battle between Africa’s richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, and Ahmed Farouk, who was chief executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority? What is the underlying reason or the underpinning justification for waging this fight? Is this a war against corruption, or an attempt to stymie necessary competition in business? At the end of the brawl and bowwow, who will be the victor,…