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Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has alleged that Philip Shaibu, his deputy, hatched a plan to kick him out of office.  Addressing stakeholders in a video posted by AIT on Friday, Obaseki said Shaibu has become so desperate to succeed him, ahead of the Edo governorship election in 2024. “He (Shaibu) went […]

Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, has opened up on his struggles with cancer. In a series of tweets on Friday, Utomi disclosed that he was diagnosed with cancer in 2022 after a biopsy. According to the Mayo Clinic, biopsy is a procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a […]

Abdel-Fatau Musah, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, says deficit in governance has contributed to increased coups in the subregion. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Friday, the international politics expert said there have been seven coups in the region within […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has attributed the free fall of the naira against the dollar to the diversion of diaspora remittances to the parallel market. Folashodun Shonubi, CBN acting governor, spoke while delivering a lecture titled ‘Diaspora Remittances and Nigeria Economic Development’ at the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja. […]

Leaders of the coup in Niger Republic have reportedly told a top US diplomat that they would kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring countries attempted any military intervention.  The Associated Press (AP) reports that the junta disclosed this to two western officials, amid the announcement of the deployment of a standby force […]

 Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo, has reacted to the purported defection moves by Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of the state, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oshiomhole spoke on Thursday in Benin, Edo state capital, while reacting to questions from journalists. BACKGROUND On July 28, Shaibu approached a federal high […]

Omar Touray, president of the Economic Community of West African Commission ECOWAS, says the decision of the regional body to deploy standby military troops in the Niger Republic does not translate to a country fighting another. After its second extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, ECOWAS directed the deployment of standby military […]

President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire says the decision by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy troops to the Niger Republic was taken collectively by member states. TheCable reported that ECOWAS on Thursday during its second extraordinary meeting, directed the deployment of standby military troops to restore constitutional order […]