Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has written a lengthy polemic against Atiku Abubakar. Length, however, is not evidence. Nor does repetition transform opinion, disputed recollection or allegation into fact. There are several claims in his opinion article that require correction or, at the very least, proper context. The “seven attempts” argument It is correct that Atiku has sought the presidency in different political cycles since 1993. But Fani-Kayode blurs an important distinction for the purposes of mischief. Atiku was not a presidential candidate in a Nigerian general election in 1993, 2011 or 2015. Those were contests for party nominations. He was actually…
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Abuja, Nigeria, September 28, 2026: The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Nigeria Customs Service and Dangote Group among partners for its 10th annual conference in Lagos. GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Ms Kemi Yesufu, announced this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Other partners include the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Bank of Industry (BoI), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Private sector organisations supporting the conference also…
A group, the Save Oyo Movement, SOM, has accused the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of lavishing over N4 billion belonging to the State on leaders of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and purchase of campaignvehicles. The group, which described call by the APM that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should step aside for Makinde, its presidential candidate, as a function of drunkeness, said even the party’s candidate knows that he is only using the presidential contest to catch cruise. In a release, on Sunday, signed by its Coordinator, Comrade Akeem Oladiti, the SOM alleged that in the last six months, Governor…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has restated Nigeria’s commitment to deepening economic and industrial cooperation with Germany and to translating the two countries’ longstanding relationship into concrete investment, technology, and industrial partnerships that support Nigeria’s productive capacity, competitiveness, and sustainable economic transformation. He spoke at the Germany–Nigeria Industrial Technology Conference, “Business Meets Nigeria”, held in Abuja on Friday.Hosted by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria, the Conference brought together government representatives, German engineering and technology companies, Nigerian businesses, financial…
By Harry Awurumibe Thirty-five years ago today (September 27, 1991) the pioneering squad of the Nigeria’s women’s national football team (later known as the Super Falcons) was preparing for their historic emergence on the global stage ahead of the inaugural FIFA Women’s World Cup finals held in China. Also, to the pioneer players of Super Falcons, September 27, 1991, marks an important date in the foundational timeline of these trailblazers, who officially became Africa’s first representatives at a World Cup tournament later that year in China. The first FIFA Women’s World Cup in China took place from November 16 to…
Workers need a living wage now. Atiku promises action from his first day in office. Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has thrown his full weight behind organised labour’s demand for a substantial increase in the minimum wage, accusing President Bola Tinubu of presiding over a ruthless economic squeeze in which workers are paid more on paper and condemned to live on less. He said the administration’s self-congratulatory talk of reform had become an insult to Nigerians whose wages vanish between the filling station and the food market. In a statement issued by Phrank Shaibu,…
Last year, our attention was drawn to the danger inherent in irregular sex. The need for couples to engage in regular s3x due to its health advantage was therefore emphasised. To avoid being caught in the web of the danger irregular sex poses, we will consider here, in this write-up, how married couples can enjoy regular s3x. To achieve this, the first port of call is to see sex as a matter of life and death in marriage. This is because of the danger irregular s3x poses to the mental health and prostrate health of the wife and husband respectively.…
By Harry Awurumibe with CAF report Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, Nigeria and Cameroon were among the continental heavyweights to make winning starts as the first matchday of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 qualifiers produced goals, comebacks and several away successes across Africa. Guinea-Bissau recorded one of the standout results by winning 2-0 away to co-hosts Tanzania, while Zimbabwe recovered from two goals down to claim a dramatic 3-2 victory in Sierra Leone. There were less convincing starts for Egypt and Senegal, with the record seven-time African champions held 0-0 at home by Angola while Patrick Vieira’s…
Bala Wunti, Chief Executive Officer of the World Energy Council Nigeria, has explained how the United States’ $110 per kilogram price floor for some rare earth products could help move Nigeria’s critical minerals sector from mineral potential to bankable investment opportunities. Wunti spoke at the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit in New York during a panel titled, “Rare Currency: Critical Minerals in a Shifting Global Economy.” The summit was held at the Sheraton New York Times Square alongside the United Nations General Assembly. The panel examined America’s growing dependence on imported critical minerals, China’s dominance of global processing capacity, and the…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Barely one week and three days to the second round of the Los Angeles Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament African qualifiers matches holding from October 5 to 13 during the FIFA Women’s International Window, some African countries like Zambia and Zimbabwe have opened their training camps. This is even as South Africa’s Banyana Banyana head coach Dr. Desiree Ellis has already named a 29-woman squad for South Africa’s upcoming CAF qualifiers against Madagascar with the back-to-back fixtures scheduled to take place at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on October 9 and October…