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  The X (formerly known as Twitter) handles of the Special Adviser on Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga and that of the Senior Special Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu became a theater for hot exchanges over grammatical error and corrections.   The drama ensued after Onanuga, through his X handle @aoanuga1956, made a reaction to the reported incident of vandalism on the rehabilitation work on the Ilesha-Ibadan Expressway.   The presidential adviser had furiously responded to the story, asking that the vandals wrecking havoc on public infrastructure should, according to him, be shot at sight.   “Just shoot these unconscionable vandals/thieves at sight. They are worst species of citizenships,” Onanuga said in a tweet posted at 8:09 am on Sunday.   Few hours after the post, Shaibu replied to it through his handle, @phrankangel at 1:43 pm, dismissing the remarks by Onanuga as, “lawlessness.” ...

The All African Students Union (ASSU) has awarded former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari with a distinguished Award in Leadership and Services.  The ward which was presented during the inauguration of the President of the Union, Comrade Osisiogu Osikenyi, in an elaborate ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs auditorium, in Accra Ghana, at the weekend, highlighted the achievements of Senator Yari during his tenure as Zamfara State Governor, Chairman, Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF), and now a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  Abdulaziz Yari is being celebrated across Africa as an icon of modern Nigeria, using his contributions towards Humanitarian activities, political development and critical infrastructural improvement as a base for African leadership and mentorship series. The Award which was presented by the African students union leaders led by the President, Comrade Osisiogu Osikenyi from Nigeria, the deputy...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on  African leaders to draw strategic lessons from the Abraham Accords, arguing that peace, economic integration and global relevance can be advanced through pragmatic cooperation even when political disputes remain unresolved. Frank, who made the call in a statement while outlining a policy brief titled, “The Abraham Accords and Africa: Strategic Lessons for Peace, Integration, and Global Relevance,” said the Middle East agreements initiated in 2020 marked a departure from traditional conflict resolution models by prioritising practical cooperation over the settlement of all historical grievances. He explained that the Abraham Accords are a set of agreements brokered by the United States in 2020 that established diplomatic normalisation between Israel and several Arab states, which marked a significant shift in Middle Eastern diplomacy.  According to h...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on African leaders and the continent to embrace peace models that are realistic, fair, and people centered.  Frank, who is a Senior Advisor, Global Friendship City Association (GFCA), in  USA, made the call following the adoption of Abraham Accords by the  U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, which chose to push a different approach to a longstanding conflict.  In a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Comrade Timi Frank, said the new arrangement focused on practical cooperation encouraging dialogue, trade, security collaboration, and engagement between former adversaries. According to him, Africa understands this reality very well. Our continent has lived through conflicts that lasted decades. We know that waiting for “perfect conditions” before talking often means waiting forever. In many African countries, peace be...

A group, the Omoluabi Coalition has strongly condemned the continued interventions of Hakeem Baba-Ahmed in Nigeria’s opposition politics, describing his posture as duplicitous, partisan, and calculated to weaken the opposition ahead of 2027. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its Convener, Olumide Obayemi, the Coalition faulted Baba-Ahmed’s repeated public calls urging Atiku Abubakar to step aside from the 2027 contest, insisting that the decision to seek elective office is a personal and constitutional right, guided by prevailing political realities—not the preferences of self-appointed gatekeepers. The Coalition noted with concern that since his much-publicised exit from the administration of Bola Tinubu, Baba-Ahmed has conspicuously avoided any serious critique of a government that has presided over unprecedented economic hardship, social dislocation, and national despair. Instead, his energy has been disproportionately deployed against the opposition—particul...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has described the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on businessman Gilbert Chagoury as a dark moment for Nigeria, warning that the decision sends a dangerous signal that corruption and conflicts of interest are being normalised at the highest levels of power. In a strongly worded statement he released on Tuesday, Frank said the honour - Nigeria’s second-highest national award - undermines public trust and the country’s anti-corruption posture, given widely reported allegations and judicial findings linking Chagoury to money-laundering cases arising from funds looted during the late General Sani Abacha junta. “Today ranks among the saddest days of my life as a Nigerian,” Frank said, recalling reports that a Swiss court convicted Chagoury in 2000 in connection with laundering Abacha loot, after which he allegedly paid a fine of one million Sw...