By Abimbola Tooki By the time the drums of 2027 begin to sound loudly across Nigeria, one thing is already clear: this will not be a gentle contest of ideas. It will be a battle of wills, a war of nerves, and a high-stakes chess game played on a board where every move is watched, whispered about, and sometimes misinterpreted. Against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the unseen hands are already moving, some boldly, others furtively, like midnight thieves afraid of daylight. Politics, as the elders say, has no permanent friends, only permanent interests. And as Nigeria inches toward the next…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Government has assured residents of Birnin Kebbi metropolis that water supply will be fully restored on Tuesday, 6 January, 2026 following the completion of ongoing repair works at the Dukku Water Works. The state Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Bello Abdullahi Kaoje flanked by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry and the General Manager of Kebbi Water Board, Alhaji Isah Arzika and Engr. Zaiyanu Shehu respectively, on Saturday, 3 January, 2026, gave this assurance while providing an update on the efforts being made to address the disruption caused by a burst pipe…
British adult content creator Lily Phillips, who went viral for sleeping with 1,113 men in 12 hours, has revealed that she has been baptized. The content creator disclosed that she got baptized on Sunday, 28 December, 2025. “Baptized and feel like a new person,” she wrote online. Forget about all the nights I let rail me. New year, new me. 2026, happy new year.” A video of her getting baptised has been shared on the internet. “A day to remember forever,” Lily captioned her baptism video. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Star she said: “I’ve always been a…
By Emmanuel Oladesu Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and serial defector, has jumped ship again. He has deserted the Labour Party (LP), which rescued him, gave him a refuge and offered him a platform to contest the 2023 presidential poll. His new abode is the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Siamese half of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on which platform he paired with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as presidential running mate during the 2019 poll. Obi has been involved in the coalition talks from the beginning. But he may have delayed his official declaration in anticipation…
By Simbo Olorunfemi From afar, Seyi Makinde strikes you as a gentleman. He comes across as an easygoing man, like someone ti’o lagbaja. He is one that you will look at and write off the possibility of a career in politics for. I wouldn’t have imagined him as one cut out for the hurly-burly of Nigerian politics, especially in a state like Oyo that requires a higher measure of street credibility than might be required in other states in the West. Ija igboro… Well, that he has made it this far in politics, becoming an elected Governor of Oyo State…
By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 2, 2026) When he was a child, my immediate younger brother, Abiodun, had a piggy bank made of clay. It was a treasure prized beyond measure. Two adults working in my father’s construction company – Bisi Builders – Uncle Bisi Owolabi and Uncle Bayo, were regular visitors to our home at Lawanson Crescent, off Kayode Street, Onipanu, Lagos. I do not know how the game began, but I know it was a ping-pong, with Abiodun being the ball, and uncles Bisi and Bayo being the players, tossing my younger brother…
A faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has released a comprehensive timetable and guidelines for the conduct of its congresses and national convention for the 2025/2026 political year, as part of efforts to strengthen internal democracy and reposition the party ahead of future elections. The guidelines are contained in a National Secretariat Circular dated December 30, 2025, and signed by the party’s National Chairman, Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe. According to the circular, the party’s activities will commence with a Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting scheduled for January 5, 2025, followed by a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on January…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Thursday, 1 January, 2026, hosted thousands of Kanuri kinsmen from across Africa as Maiduguri played host to this year’s Kanem-Borno Cultural Summit. The gathering attracted Kanuri delegates from at least 10 countries, including Ghana, Sudan, Gabon, Niger, Central African Republic, Senegal, Libya, Chad, Cameroon and Benin. In attendance were 161 emirs, senior government officials and traditional leaders, underscoring the historic and cultural significance of the summit. The event was conceived as a platform to revive transnational kinship ties rooted in shared Kanuri heritage, while fostering cooperation in education, economic development and social advancement…
Former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that she resigned as a minister from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2018 to protect the Office of the Minister of Finance. Adeosun made this known on Friday when she appeared on a Channels Television’s programme, Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, responding to the issue of her exemption from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). She stated that her resignation was a deliberate decision taken to protect the Office of the Minister of Finance, and allow her to clear her reputation legally. She said, “People kept asking why…
A former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that DashMe Stores, a social enterprise she founded, has raised over ₦500 million to support vulnerable people and orphanages across Nigeria, while outlining plans to expand the initiative to Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Adeosun disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, where she also spoke extensively on poverty, citizen-led development, tax reforms, fuel subsidy removal, insecurity and the ongoing efforts of the Bola Tinubu administration to reform governance and public finance. Founded in 2021 with just one outlet,…