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Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, insisting that he has no regrets choosing Nigeria over what he described as Obasanjo’s third-term agenda despite the support he gave the former leader before and after he became president. Atiku’s response came after Obasanjo said he regretted selecting him as vice president in 1999, describing the decision as the “biggest regret” of his political career. Speaking during a fireside chat with activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, at the unveiling of Charly Boy’s foundation and memoir in…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has directed commission officials to give priority attention to elderly voters during the August 15, 2026 governorship election in Osun State. Amupitan gave this directive on Saturday while inspecting the mock accreditation exercise across Osun State as part of preparations for the election. The INEC chairman commended the inspection at Polling Unit 1, Ward 1, Post Office, St. Peter’s Primary School, Ibokun, in Obokun Local Government Area, where he monitored the operation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and interacted with voters and election officials. He later…

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has said Nigeria alone had four million more births than the entire European Union. Musk made the claim on his X account on Saturday, citing his artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, as the source of the information. “Nigeria alone had 4 million more births than the entire EU last year,” he wrote on X. Musk’s remarks highlight Nigeria’s high birth rate compared with the European Union. Available data from Musk’s Grok showed that Nigeria recorded an estimated 7.8 million births in 2025, while the European Union had 3.5 million births. This means Nigeria recorded approximately four…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has rejected former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest criticism of him, describing it as another attempt to rewrite the history of their political relationship. Atiku said he stood by Obasanjo while the former military ruler was in prison, supported him after his release and played a major role in his emergence as President in 1999. He also defended his opposition to the alleged third-term agenda during the Obasanjo administration, saying he had no regrets for choosing constitutional democracy over personal loyalty. Atiku made the remarks in a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on…

Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike is currently meeting with some key members of the Rainbow Coalition to decide the next governor of Rivers State. CN gathered that political bigwigs drawn from the coalition’s cross-party ranks, including allies from the All Progressives Congress, APC, factions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP amongst others are meeting behind a closed-door in Port Harcourt. According to insiders, the stakeholders are discussing a possible consensus candidate to fly the coalition’s flag which is likely to come from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Rainbow Coalition is the broad political platform founded by the former…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the personal particulars of candidates nominated for the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, with President Bola Tinubu’s nomination documents showing that the sections for his primary and secondary education were left blank. The documents, contained in Form EC9 and made available for public inspection in line with Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2026, include candidates’ personal details, educational qualifications, work history, affidavits and supporting documents submitted by political parties. Tinubu’s Form EC9, filed for the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lists only…

Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has increased his stake in First HoldCo Plc after acquiring an additional 1.77 billion shares in the financial institution through his investment vehicle, Calvados Global Services Limited. A regulatory filing obtained from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) showed that the transaction, valued at N222.20 billion, was executed on Thursday. The latest acquisition raises Otedola’s shareholding in First HoldCo from 9.99 billion shares to 11.77 billion shares, increasing his ownership stake from 21.96 per cent to 25.88 per cent. The purchase marks Otedola’s second major investment in the bank in July. On July 22, he acquired 706.13 million…

A Professor of Strategic Management and Human Capital Development, Okey Ikechukwu, has claimed the ‘rascality’ of late Major Kaduna Nzeogwu during the 1966 military coup has affected the Igbo negatively. Ikechukwu made this assertion on Thursday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. He was speaking on the 1966 military coup, saying Nigerian elders at that time knew there was a misunderstanding. According to him, the Igbo did not send Major Nzeogwu on any errand. “Unfortunately, the aftermath of Nzeogwu’s rascality impacted negatively on the Igbos. Myths started to arise, worsened by low-grade…

The Abia State Structure for Signage and Advertising Agency (ABSSAA) has announced a new fee regime for political campaign advertisements ahead of the 2027 general elections, placing a N200 million permit fee on presidential candidates seeking to erect campaign billboards and outdoor promotional materials across the state. This development means that major contenders expected to participate in the next presidential election, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Labour Party’s Peter Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as well as other aspirants, will be required to obtain approval from the agency before displaying campaign structures in Abia. The policy was unveiled…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged state governors to stop building flyovers in areas with low traffic and instead channel their significantly enhanced federal allocations into road networks that would improve living standards and give security agencies better access to remote areas. He noted that states were now receiving four to five times what they used to get from the Federation Account. Tinubu made the charge when he received a delegation of traditional rulers from Oyo State led by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, who came to congratulate him on the successful rescue of abducted schoolchildren and teachers…