Author: Alade Adisa

The Labour Party (LP) has declared that Peter Obi remain its presidential candidate for the 2027 elections. According to Abayomi Arabambi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the choice of Obi is a clear indication of the party’s seriousness in taking on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “Tinubu is not just going to have it very easy in 2027, we are coming back with that Peter Obi to them so that they will know we are very serious,” Arabambi stated during an appearance on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. Obi, who was the party’s candidate in the 2023 election came second…

Three-time UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United are considering parting ways with Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund in a bid to raise funds for Victor Osimhen’s summer arrival, Goal.com reports. The 26-year-old striker was adamant about a move to the English Premier League from Napoli last season, with Chelsea seeming the likeliest destination, but the move didn’t happen. Instead, he joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan. Manchester United have spent over £100m on strikers over the past two seasons (£36.5m for Joshua Zirkzee and £64m for Rasmus Hojlund), but these deals have yet to yield dividends. Manchester United are currently…

Governors of the six southwest states rose from a meeting in Lagos, on Thursday, saying that they are ready to counter any attempt by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to enter the region, and undermine its security. To this effect, the governors’ forum has resolved to establish a Joint Surveillance and Monitoring Team. The team will be tasked with coordinating security operations across the region. This is part of the communique issued at the end of the Forum’s meeting held Thursday at the State House in Lagos. Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, addressing…

Both Japanese carmakers say they will continue to cooperate on electric vehicle technology Japan’s Nissan and Honda have said that their boards have voted to end talks over a merger that would have created a $60bn (£48bn) auto group, but added that both companies would continue to cooperate in electric vehicles. A merger would have spawned the world’s fourth-biggest carmaker by vehicle sales after Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai. Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker, backed out of the talks with its larger rival Honda after negotiations were complicated by growing differences, including Honda proposing that Nissan become a subsidiary, Reuters previously reported.…

Russian leader wants a new security architecture to give his country a sphere of influence in Europe Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in a few days ended in disaster. But after Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted from his three-year-long invasion. Putin’s main ambition, said people who have spoken to him during the war, is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of influence in Europe — much as the Yalta conference…

The Senate and the House of Representatives have passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill. The two branches of the National Assembly passed the bill separately on Thursday. A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers, N14.317trn for debt servicing, N13.64trn for recurrent expenditure and N23.963trn capital expenditure (development fund), with fiscal deficit put at N13.08trn. The Deficit-to-Gross domestic product (GDP) Ratio was put at 1.52%. Last week, President Bola Tinubu increased the 2025 fiscal year budget from an initial N49.7trn to N54.2trn, seeking approval from the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the House Committee…

The Canadian government has come under severe criticism over its decision to deny visas to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa and other top military officers, with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu telling the country to ‘go to hell’. Speaking at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies in Abuja on Thursday, the National Security Adviser described the visa snub as “disrespectful” and declared that Canada “can go to hell.” His reaction came after Gen Musa narrated how he and some senior military officers were denied entry into…

Europe must admit to itself that it was too weak to come to Ukraine’s aid alone The chances of Ukraine pushing Russia back out of its territory is now zero. If that were ever possible it would have required far greater support from the US and Europe much earlier in the war. Instead a self-deterring West, led by the vacillating former President Joe Biden, failed to provide Kyiv with sufficient arms or the freedom to use them to greatest effect. That was only too obvious when Ukraine launched its failed counteroffensive in 2023. The American defence industry could have generated a…

President’s plans to transform region raise questions about where the Palestinian population would go and the impact on the hostage deal. Donald Trump is “committed to buying and owning Gaza”, but could allow sections of the Strip to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East. He later attempted to retract the comments but said: “We’re going to take it. We’re going to hold it, we’re going to cherish it. We’re going to get it going eventually, where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East…” “We contribute a lot of money to…

Elon Musk on Wednesday called a federal judge “evil,” saying he “must be fired.” As courts block parts of his agenda, President Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up criticism of judges and continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch. While he’s said he would abide by their rulings — but also appeal them — he kept up the effort to undermine the authority of the courts on Wednesday, alleging in a social media post that a “highly political, activist judge” wanted to stop the work of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Musk’s aggressive and controversial…