When the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, abruptly resigned on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, many observers assumed that the troubles surrounding the top petroleum regulator had departed with him. A few who did not initially share that view soon reconsidered on Wednesday, January 7, […]
President Bola Tinubu has sparked controversy after posting on X a photo purportedly showing him in a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, amid signs that the image was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). The photo, shared on Sunday via the president’s verified X account and amplified by some of his aides, was said […]
United States (US) President Donald Trump has announced that the US would temporarily take charge of Venezuela following what he described as a decisive military operation which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the early hours of Saturday, January 3. Trump first broke the news […]
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The year 2025 will be remembered as one in which Nigeria’s political system was repeatedly pushed to its constitutional and moral limits. Rather than a single defining crisis, the year unfolded as a series of high-stakes confrontations involving executive power, judicial authority, national security, and the credibility of democratic institutions. Each controversy, while distinct, fed […]
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The United States (US) has carried out an air strike against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, specifically Sokoto State, marking a sharp escalation weeks after US President Donald Trump publicly threatened military action over alleged killings of Christians in the country. Trump announced the strike late Thursday on Christmas day, December 25, […]
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“The more things change, the more they stay the same” is the expression that best describes the state of Nigeria today. As it was in December 1992, so it is now in December 2025 — 33 years later. The cover of the December 21, 1992, issue of the now-defunct Newswatch Magazine reads: “Nation in Darkness”. “NEPA […]
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, has resigned amid a fast-escalating public dispute with billionaire and Dangote Refinery CEO, Aliko Dangote, over allegations of corruption and regulatory sabotage in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Ahmed’s resignation was confirmed on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, by […]
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The United States (US) has placed Nigeria under partial travel restrictions, citing security concerns and problems with visa overstays. The decision, announced by the White House through a presidential proclamation on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, affects how some Nigerians can enter the US and comes amid growing diplomatic and security tensions between both countries. […]
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In his 1979 track, “Unknown Soldier,” Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sings: “Government magic! / Them go dabaru everything / Government magic / Them go turn green into white.” Nearly 50 years later, those lines — a cryptic warning about the Nigerian government deception — feel uncomfortably familiar in the country’s ongoing struggle with mass abductions. […]
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The government of the Benin Republic says its armed forces have foiled a military coup attempt after a group of soldiers briefly appeared on national television on Sunday, December 7, 2025, claiming to have seized power and dissolved state institutions. Mutiny Suppressed Speaking later on national television, Interior Minister Alassane Seidou described the […]
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Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office with immediate effect in a development that has added fresh uncertainty to a nation battling an escalating wave of kidnappings. In a letter dated Monday, December 1, 2025, and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, the former Jigawa State governor said he was stepping down […]
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Nigeria’s greatest tragedy is not just corruption, it is the near-total absence of consequence, especially for those insulated by wealth or significant political influence. The higher one climbs in the country’s political or economic hierarchy, the further accountability recedes, until the very idea of consequences becomes negotiable, reversible, or simply irrelevant. From presidential pardons for […]
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