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By Tersoo Kula Politics in Benue is usually very interesting and this is more so because, often than not, it...

By Rex Buchi Akwolu Esq  There are places that are more than brick and mortar. They are living testaments to...

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu  As Nigeria marked 66 years of independence this past week, the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Jarrett Tenebe, turned prayerful. Mr. Tenebe is not priest, pastor, or Imam. He claims to be a professional politician. Ordinarily, that should mean that he is interested in votes and in voters. But those do not apparently concern him.  There is a context to Mr. Tenebe’s public induction into the Prayer Warriors’ Hall of Fame. The governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has repeatedly and with increasing vigour promised a haul of 2.5 million votes from Edo State for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential elections. He is that exact.  So, on Independence Day, Jarrett Tenebe turned to prayers to underscore that promise as not negotiable. He did not pray for powers of persuasion or performance to convince the voters of Edo State. Instead, his prayers were for "those who do not wish (Edo APC) well"   in its pursuit of the governor’s promise. “So, anybody who refuses”, he continued, “who wants to stand in our way, for us not to have those votes that we intend to give to Mr. President, AK-47 fire.” ...

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says there is need for a sustained capacity building in competition reporting and...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its resolve comply with its mandate to ensure that communications devices imported, sold...

Investigations have shown that mobile network operators across Nigeria have deployed 8,526 additional network sites as part of efforts to...

By Ike Abonyi   "Democracy dies when the opposition is silenced, leaving only the echo chamber of the ruling party"...

By Emma Chinedu There is a kind of childishness that comes over Nigerian politics whenever power is at stake, a...

Valentine Obienyem Over seventy per cent of trending political news across Nigerian social media spaces centres on Mr Peter Obi....

Uber has announced the immediate closure of its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria, bringing an end to the company’s 12-year presence...