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Datti Baba-Ahmed’s Gutter Politics: The Anatomy of a Baseless Attack on Shettima

NewsDeskNgSep 11, 2026September 11, 20260

By Abubakar M. Kareto When a politician who once stood on the verge of national leadership takes to the public square, citizens expect rigor, clear ideas, and constructive scrutiny. What they do not expect, and should never accept, is dragging national debate down to superstition, wardrobe policing, and dark, baseless...

CSO Demands Apology from Baba-Ahmed Over Remarks on VP Shettima

NewsDeskNgSep 11, 2026September 11, 20260

The Centre for Leadership Legacy International (Centre LLI) has criticised the Labour Party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, over remarks attributed to him concerning Vice President Kashim Shettima. The civil society organisation described the comments as inappropriate and called on Baba-Ahmed to withdraw them and apologise to the Vice...

The Marabout Trap: Inside Datti Baba-Ahmed’s Political Delusion

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2026September 8, 20260

By Mahmud Muhammad, Ph.D (inview) One would expect Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed to still be resting and reflecting. He should be in a sober retreat, learning the brutal lessons of the 2023 presidential election. There, Nigerians overwhelmingly rejected the Labour Party’s cocktail of noise without structure, arrogance without numbers, and social...

CAN, PFN Bayelsa West Endorse Dickson, NDC Candidates, Reject APC Over Hunger, Hardship, Insecurity.

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2026September 8, 20260

*Says No to Muslim- Muslim Tickets The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Bayelsa West Senatorial District have endorsed Senator Henry Seriake Dickson and other candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the forthcoming elections. A statement by Mr. Gabriel Ukuta,...

NDC Rejects Favouritism Claims, Says Candidate Selection Followed Due Process

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2026September 8, 20260

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied allegations of illegal payments and favouritism in its candidate selection process ahead of the 2027 general elections, insisting that all funds received by the party were properly documented and paid into its designated account. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary,...

UNGA:Tinubu, Family Enjoy Unimpeded US Transit, Have No Case to Answer; Allegation Is Not a Crime — Jimoh Ibrahim

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2026September 6, 20260

Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, says President Bola Tinubu and members of his family enjoy unimpeded transit and cannot be arrested in the United States while attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Ibrahim, who is also Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Budget...

2027: Why Obasanjo, other elder statesmen should speak up over Tinubu’s US records

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2026September 6, 20260

The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has called on former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other prominent Nigerian elder statesmen to publicly address the ongoing legal controversy in the United States involving records relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group, in a statement signed by its President, Chief Akin Malaolu, on...

Diaspora Group Blasts Atiku, Lobbyist Over Campaign Against Tinubu, Says Civil Forfeiture Case Being Misrepresented as Criminal Conviction

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2026September 6, 20260

The Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG), USA Chapter, has condemned what it described as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s attempt to use a Washington lobbying campaign to undermine President Bola Tinubu, accusing the opposition politician and his associates of turning domestic political rivalry into an international embarrassment for Nigeria. In...

Tinubu’s FBI Report Campaign By Opposition Targeted At Our Collective Image Abroad — Reps Deputy Spokesperson

NewsDeskNgSep 3, 2026September 3, 20260

…Says Desperate Politicians Harming Citizens’ Wellbeing Abroad Philip Agbese, Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, has criticised the campaign by opposition figures around alleged United States government documents concerning President Bola Tinubu, describing it as an attempt to damage Nigeria’s collective image abroad. Agbese spoke to journalists in Abuja...

NDC queries INEC, insists it did not submit EC9E forms for 10 published Anambra candidates, demands electronic audit

NewsDeskNgSep 2, 2026September 2, 20260

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday insisted that it did not submit the names or Form EC9E documents of 10 Anambra State House of Assembly candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and demanded an immediate electronic audit of the commission’s nomination portal. In a statement, the...