The ICPC has submitted an interim report to President Bola Tinubu, exactly 30 days after he ordered a probe into the fraudulent Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). ICPC Chairman Musa Aliyu disclosed this on Thursday after briefing Mr Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The commission recommended the prosecution of self‑proclaimed Director‑General Adeniyi Adeyemi for forgery, impersonation, and related offences. Investigations established that Adeyemi was never appointed by the Federal Government, and PFIPC was never created by any law or valid government instrument. His appointment letter, gazette, and supporting documents were all forged. The fake agency unlawfully occupied the…
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The X spat between Davido and ex-presidential aide Bashir Ahmad Thursday descended into pure petty warfare, with each man weaponising the other’s biggest failure. It started when Davido cheered President Tinubu’s call to his uncle, Governor Adeleke, over the EFCC’s account freeze on Osun State. Ahmad quote-tweeted, warning Davido would “lament” if the 15 August governorship election flips. Davido fired back with surgical cruelty: “U got 16 votes bro in primaries!!” referencing Ahmad’s humiliating defeat in APC primaries. Ahmad pivoted to music: “How many Grammys from five nominations?”. But Davido wasn’t done. He called Ahmad “a small boy who came…
The war of words between Afrobeats king Davido and former presidential aide Bashir Ahmad turned viciously personal Thursday, as the singer unleashed a blistering tirade over Ahmad’s political and social record. The spat erupted after Davido cheered President Tinubu’s intervention to unfreeze Osun State’s EFCC‑restricted account. Ahmad jabbed Davido’s five Grammy losses; Davido retaliated by mocking Ahmad’s humiliating 16‑vote defeat in the 2022 APC primaries then went for the jugular. “You spent 8 years with the ex‑president and couldn’t change a thing in your poverty‑stricken community,” Davido fired, accusing Ahmad of being “an accident in politics.” Ahmad, visibly rattled, pivoted…
President Bola Tinubu personally called Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday, mere minutes after directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to vacate the court order freezing the state government’s account. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga announced the phone conversation on X, stating that Tinubu informed Adeleke about his directive to lift the order. The EFCC had frozen the Osun government’s salary account at First Bank on Wednesday over alleged suspicious transactions. However, Tinubu, in a personally signed statement, said he felt “deeply embarrassed” by the timing of the action, just days before the August 15 governorship election. The…
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a massive 15,000 operatives to secure the August 15 Osun State governorship election, Commissioner of Police Samuel Erale Etaifo announced on Wednesday in Osogbo. The deployment, ordered directly by the Inspector-General of Police due to rising political tension and recent pre-election violence, includes conventional policemen, Police Mobile Force units, counter-terrorism specialists, explosive ordnance disposal teams, dog squads, and medical emergency personnel. Etaifo, who was redeployed early to the state to coordinate security, warned both officers and political actors against any form of compromise, vote-buying, or intimidation at polling units. In a firm declaration, he…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has delivered a sharp riposte to Afrobeats star Davido, after the singer appealed to the APC National Campaign Council chairman to allow Osun residents choose their next governor freely. Davido had on Wednesday urged Uzodimma not to turn the August 15 governorship election into a “political battleground”. Speaking at a press conference in Osogbo, the singer addressed the Imo governor directly: “To our daddy from Imo State, I say this with respect, sir. I’ve heard rumours suggesting moves to interfere in the Osun election… I appeal to you to use your influence to promote peace…
“Ọgbọ́n ju agbára lọ”—wisdom is greater than strength. Yet in the case of Peter Obi, one is left searching for evidence of either, as the man who once governed Anambra now presides over a burgeoning pandemic of “Olodoism” threatening to engulf Nigeria’s political discourse. Peter Obi’s political brand rests on a foundation of tautological mumbling and conveniently unverifiable statistics. His favourite refrain, “Go and verify,” has become the ultimate shield against scrutiny. When challenged, he retreats into the comfortable echo chamber of what critics term “Chinese data”, statistics that exist only in the imagination of their creator. The famous claim…
In a broad directive targeting insurgency in the Northwest, Defence Minister Gen. Christopher Musa (rtd.) instructed troops in Sokoto State to confront bandits and terrorists immediately, without awaiting orders from superiors. He issued this order on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Giginya Memorial Stadium during the official commissioning of 62 armoured vehicles and operational assets supplied by the Sokoto State Government. “You are deployed to neutralise threats. Once deployed, do not wait for anyone’s order to shoot any bandit or terrorist,” Musa stated before a crowd of military leaders, police personnel, and officials. He further warned: “Anyone refusing to shoot…
A video recently surfaced on Twitter showing Peter Obi in an interview making bold claims that the government is targeting him and that he may not survive until the 2027 elections. He also alleged harassment at the airport for parking improperly while other cars were overlooked, and complained that people now fear associating with him. Let’s examine these claims one by one. First, the airport incident. Mr. Obi was captured on video a few weeks ago calmly stepping out of his vehicle to mediate a parking dispute between two men at the airport. So “harassment” now means being held accountable…
…A Serial Fraudster Operated a Fake Presidential Agency for Months, Right Under the Noses of Nigeria’s Intelligence Community? The Adeniyi Matthew saga is not merely a story of a brazen con artist. It raises a damning question mark over Nigeria’s national security architecture specifically, the Department of State Services (DSS). How does a man with a documented history of high-profile fraud ranging from impersonating a SUG President to running pyramid schemes in Ogbomosho, and the infamous 2016 “World Youth Organisation” scam that forced the UN to publicly disavow him reappear years later, forge a presidential appointment, secure an office…