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  ‘Absolute Nonsense’: Obasanjo Blasts Tinubu Over Borrowing Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his comment that borrowing is not leprosy, describing the position as “absolute nonsense”. Obasanjo spoke on Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the Ajibosin Platform, a public forum theme “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to solve grassroots problems and accelerate National Development.” In April, Tinubu said his administration would continue to borrow whenever necessary, insisting that it should not be viewed negatively. Tinubu spoke at the State House during a meeting with Plateau leaders led by Caleb Mutfwang, the governor, and Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “If we have to borrow, we borrow. Borrowing is not leprosy, we just have to work hard to be able to pay for it,” the president had said. His remarks came amid rising public concern over Nigeria’s growing debt burden and the increasing share of...

2027: Atiku presses INEC to release 103m voters’ register Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate publication of the preliminary voters’ register, warning that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to display the list online could undermine confidence in the 2027 general election. Atiku, in a statement on Thursday issued by the Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Phrank Shaibu, said Nigerians were entitled to inspect the register, challenge questionable entries and correct omissions before the election. “INEC has announced more than 103 million registered voters. Nigerians went to its portal to inspect the names and found an empty page. That is an outrage. A figure cannot answer an objection. A press announcement cannot tell a voter whether her name has been omitted. Show Nigerians the register,” he said. The electoral umpire had announced a seven-day public scrutiny exercis...

  JDPC TOWNHALL Honourable Wale Kuku with the Labour Party State Secretary, Mr Tosin Ogunbanwo and JDPC representative signing The People’s Contract. Wale Kuku unveils The Transform Ogun East Agenda,  Signs Citizens’ Charter Labour Party candidate outlines plans for local businesses, agriculture, international trade, skills development, education, electricity and security. By Infocity Media IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE — It was a day of strong expectations and frank conversations as the Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), Ijebu-Ode, convened a town hall meeting with senatorial candidates in Ogun East on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The gathering brought together traditional leaders, labour representatives, artisans, women, youths, farmers and other community stakeholders to discuss the district’s future and present their expectations ahead of the 2027 elections. The meeting was organised to give citizens an opportunity to question candidates, examine their pr...

  OUR MANDATE 🟢 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES It must be about creating real opportunities for our people to earn, build businesses and prosper while unlocking Ogun East’s Economic Potential. 🔴 21ST-CENTURY EDUCATION It must be about giving our children and young people the education, skills and technology they need to compete in this fast-evolving world. 🔵 BETTER COMMUNITIES It must be about building communities where people enjoy a high quality of life, live in safe and thriving environments, raise their families happily, and look forward to the future with confidence. Wale Kuku (Dodondawa) LP, Ogun East Senatorial Candidate Transform OgunEast * OGUN EAST MUST BE GREAT! * 📲 👉 Stay connected with: Wale Kuku on his verified handles and stay informed, inspired, and involved. WhatsApp group:  https://chat.whatsapp.com/BzcPGdhGIsX3tiTaoAYy6i?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4 This isn’t just about updates — it’s about being part of the movement shaping real change. 🔗 Join now. Don’t...

  Happy Independence Day to Nigeria  , as Nigeria marks 66 years of Independence,  we must do more than celebrate. We must reflect. * Are we living the life our independence promised? * Are our families becoming more prosperous? * Are our young people getting opportunities? * Are our businesses growing? * Are our children receiving the education they deserve? * Are our communities safe? If the answer is NO,  then we must have the courage to ask why. For too long, we have endured failed leadership—men without the capacity to govern, men without conscience, men without the enlightenment to understand a changing world, and men who have failed to put the interests of the people at the heart of governance. * Breaking the Cycle of Bad Governance *  We cannot keep making the same mistakes. * We cannot keep voting poor leadership, incompetent people, and political structures that fail to deliver—and then expect a different result. * We cannot do the same thing over and ...

  UNDERCOVER: Europe Through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea (I) Nearly every day in Agadez, a sandy, windswept town in the north of Niger Republic, West Africa, scores of trucks stuffed with African migrants barrel out of town and across the parched   and cracked earth, dust swirling around their swivelling tyres, human feet dangling precariously from all sides, on a perilous multi-week journey through the inhospitable Sahara Desert into Libya in the Maghreb region of North Africa, hoping to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe, particularly Italy. Investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent 47 days as one of them, journeying from Kano in Nigeria through notorious illegal migrant hubs Zinder, Agadez and Dirkou in Niger, and al Gatrun and Sabha to Tripoli in Libya. He returns to document tales of deaths, starvation, rape, dehumanisation, mental abuse, physical assault, abductions, torture, and modern-day enslavement of citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, Niger, South...