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Defections won’t kill opposition — Turaki

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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of engineering defections through inducement and pressure, insisting that the strategy will not weaken the opposition or win public support. The party also said Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary of the APC was spreading “delusional propaganda”.  The remarks came at a time of growing political tension over the wave of defections across the country. The opposition party said the defections being celebrated by the APC were part of a deliberate effort to weaken rival parties and create the impression that the opposition had collapsed, even as it maintained that many Nigerians remained unhappy with the ruling party. The position was contained in a statement by Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, who was responding to remarks attributed to Felix Morka, the APC spokesman. “For Morka, who is struggling to become a modern-day Joseph Goebbels, he should remember that delusional p...
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12 killed, many injured in Maduguri multiple blasts

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THE Borno State Police Command has confirmed multiple explosions suspected to have been masterminded by Boko Haram/ISWAP suicide bombers at various locations in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Sources said dozens of residents were feared dead and injured. The confirmation was made by the Police Public Relations Officer, Keneth Daso in a telephone call with our Correspondent.  Although, Daso who was busy in the rescue team at the time of the telephone conversation said, the blasts took place at the gate of University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, and the popular Monday Market general area simultaneously.  He said: “It was very difficult to give actual number of casualties as the rescue mission is ongoing,” but he admitted that many people were killed and injured in the incidents. He added that as soon as the rescue operations are done, he would issue a statement regarding details of the incident. Daso, however, said, the Police EOD Unit and Base 13 Maiduguri are on ...
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Insecurity: 3.726m Nigerians in 3,900 camps

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•War-time relics dot state capitals in peace time  •How govts, others’re responding NIGERIA is paying a heavy price for years of protracted insecurity, with 3,725,593 internally displaced persons, IDPs, now scattered across about 3,900 camps and settlements nationwide. Data compiled from the International Organisation for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix, the National Bureau of Statistics, and humanitarian agencies and government officials showed that the figure is only an estimate, as displacement patterns change frequently. The crisis has largely been driven by insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, farmer–herder conflicts in the North-Central, and communal clashes in parts of the South. Nigeria’s 3.726 million displaced population is larger than the population of at least 63 countries whose populations are under 3.7 million, according to United Nations population estimates. Among countries with fewer than 3.7 million people are Uruguay (3.4m), Jamaica (...
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When educated illiterates rule, society is in trouble

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By Owei Lakemfa Fuel prices in Nigeria went up an average 40 percent within days of the United States, US, and Israel attacking Iran. Diesel prices went up 50 percent. This development shot up prices of transportation, and more Nigerians who cannot afford the price hike took to trekking. Mr.  Peter Obi, former Anambra State Governor, lamented the plight of Nigerians and the devastating effects on industry caused by   recurring fuel price hikes. He argued that these rapid increases illustrate how vulnerable to external shocks the country's economy is, and how quickly we are impacted by foreign events. In his analysis: "The reason for this is straightforward: most countries, whether they are oil-producing or non-oil-producing, maintain strategic petroleum reserves to cushion against supply or price shocks. This means that when there is a disruption in the global oil market, they can release part of these reserves to stabilise supply. However, Nigeria lacks such a buffer, so...
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Lagos, Police partner to ensure security officers see clearly on duty

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Lagos State Government and the Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters said they are collaborating to curb poor eyesight of security personnel. This came as the Senior Special Assistant to the Ekiti State governor, Abiodun Oyebanji on Public Health, Dr. Opeyemi Ogunsaki, Police officers, prominent public personalities, and beneficiaries commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's free eye care programme for security personnel, describing the initiative as "apt" aimed at improving the health and operational efficiency of police officers. The ongoing medical outreach which entered the day two, focuses on vision screening and distribution of corrective glasses to 1,000 officers, attracted commendations from senior police officers and stakeholders who described it as unprecedented. Speaking during the exercise, held t the Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos Island, Ogunsaki, described the collaboration between the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police as "co...
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Eligibility: Court bars Aiyedatiwa from seeking re-election in 2028

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THE Federal High Court, in Akure, Ondo State, has barred Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa from contesting the 2028 governorship election in the state. According to the court, allowing him to seek another term would violate the constitutional limit of eight years' tenure. The court, presided over by Justice Toyin Adegoke, in a judgment delivered yesterday, held that the1999 Constitution (as amended) does not provide for a situation where an elected President, Vice President, Governor, or Deputy Governor would spend more than eight years in office. Recall that Aiyedatiwa was sworn in on December 27, 2024, to complete the tenure of the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa was later sworn in again on February 24, 2025, after defeating Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the November 16, 2024 governorship election. Justice Adegoke ruled that the suit is not speculative or academic, emphasising that it has inherent jurisdiction to interpret any section o...
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Love thy neigbour, but attack if he habours your attackers

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By Owei Lamfa THE leading international leaders of hypocrisy and deception, with headquarters in Western Europe, are as they historically do, teaching lessons they themselves will neither take nor accept. Iran has since February 28, 2026, been under waves of relentless attacks by the United States, US, and Israel with children and adults, citizens and leaders, being dispatched with detached limbs and body parts.  Rather than at least call for a halt to these barbaric attacks that ultimately endanger humanity, these self-acclaimed international leaders of human rights and international law, are engaged in sterile debates. They ask whether Iran has a right to self-defence, including the right to attack the rat holes in neigbouring countries called military bases from which some of the attacks are being staged.  For the avoidance of doubt, Iran, in accordance with Section 51 of the United Nations Charter, has a right to self-defence. It states unequivocally: “Nothing in the pres...
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