Tunji-Ojo To Immigration: “Withdraw Passports From Persons Who Have Renounced Nigerian Citizenship”
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to immediately withdraw and deactivate passports of Nigerians who have renounced their citizenship. He, however, clarified…
Troops Kill 10 terrorists, Recover Arms In Plateau
The military authorities said that the successful engagement marked a significant step in degrading the operational capacity of armed groups in the region. The troops of the Joint Task Force…
Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Aregbesola, Mark, Others Lead ‘Save Democracy’ Protest
Prominent members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday led the “Save Nigeria Democracy” protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Several chieftains of the…
Focus: Nemesis – Sambo Dasuki and The Tribulations of Abubakar Malami
There is, in the slow theatre of Nigerian public life, a certain grim poetry in watching men eventually take up residence inside the very machinery they once so enthusiastically operated.…
2027: Atiku, Obi Hedge Election Bets with “Placeholder Parties” against Tinubu’s One Party Strategy
With barely ten months to the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s top opposition politicians; Alhadji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are quietly exploring alternative political platforms in what…
Editorial: Tinubu’s One-party Agenda Erodes Nigerian Democracy
History, when ignored, does not repeat itself so much as it mutates, shedding its crude excesses for subtler, more insidious forms. Nigeria today finds itself staring at a disquieting reincarnation…
2027: Between INEC and ADC – by Reuben Abati
Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are incensed by the de-recognition of the leadership of their party by Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, relying on a March 12, 2026 judgement…
Military Probes Killing Of 14-Year-Old Girl In Borno, Arrests Five Suspects
The military has confirmed the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, saying it has commenced an investigation into the incident. According to reports, a stray…
Amnesty Demands Probe Into 14-Year-Old’s Death By Stray Bullet In Maiduguri
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Federal Government to launch a thorough investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl by a stray bullet in Maiduguri,…
Focus: Tinubu Marches Nigeria Toward a One Party State
There is a particular genius to Nigerian politics: the ability of each new administration to repeat the sins of its predecessors while insisting it is engaged in national salvation. President…
Spotlight: Tinubu – A President Addicted to Borrowing Even in a Boom
There are governments that save for the rainy day, governments that prepare for the storm, and governments that, when the heavens open and money falls like tropical rain, rush outside…
NDLEA Uncovers Cocaine In Palm Kernel Oil Cans Bound For UK
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a sophisticated international drug trafficking operation in which cocaine was concealed in tins of palm kernel oil bound for…
Tinubu Approves ₦3.3trn Payment Plan To Restore Reliable Power
President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan aimed at settling long-standing debts in Nigeria’s power sector, in a move expected to improve electricity supply and restore investor…
Mixed metaphors: A deformed democracy – By Sonala Olumhense
Ahead of the 2023 elections, I described a vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress as an act of self-betrayal. “Unless you truly hate yourself or you are a masochist,…
Eleven Killed, Over 50 Houses Burnt As Hoodlums Attack Nasarawa Communities
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, involved hoodlums carrying out a suspected reprisal attack over the alleged killing of two of their kinsmen. In the…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Airport Condolence to Jos Massacre Victims
There are moments in the life of a nation when symbolism matters as much as substance. This was one of them. And President Bola Tinubu failed it; comprehensively, unmistakably, and,…
Outrage as Tinubu Limits Plateau Visit to Airport, Avoids Massacre Site
A wave of national outrage has erupted following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s controversial visit to Plateau State, where he declined to visit the scene of the Palm Sunday massacre in…
Tinubu Jos Stop By: A visit that didn’t leave the airport
Huhuonline.com understands that when President Bola Tinubu finally arrived in Jos to commiserate with victims of the Palm Sunday massacre that claimed at least 28 lives in the Angwan Rukuba…
David Mark-Led ADC Rejects Delisting, Says INEC Bowed To Govt’s Pressure
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by Senator David Mark has faulted the interpretation of a recent Court of Appeal ruling by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the…
Spotlight: Tinubu – A President Addicted to Borrowing Even in a Boom
There are governments that save for the rainy day, governments that prepare for the storm, and governments that, when the heavens open and money falls like tropical rain, rush outside…
Nigeria Rakes in Billions as US–Iran War Sends Oil Prices Soaring
As missiles fly across the Middle East in an escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran, an unlikely beneficiary has emerged thousands of miles away: Nigeria. Africa’s largest oil…
Editorial: Tinubu Is Squandering Nigeria’s Iran War Oil Windfall
Nigeria is in the middle of an oil bonanza. A geopolitical earthquake; the US–Iran war has pushed global crude prices to $115 per barrel, nearly double the federal benchmark of…
ADC Leadership Meltdown Deepens as INEC Freezes Party Activities Ahead of 2027 Elections
A full blown leadership crisis has erupted inside the African Democratic Congress (ADC), throwing the party into paralysis just months before the 2027 general elections. In an unprecedented move, the…
[FULL LIST] Group Stage Fixtures For 2026 FIFA World Cup
A FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed at the Akron Stadium, where it arrived as the second part of its tour in Zapopan, Mexico on February 28, 2026. (Photo by…
El-Rufai To Remain In Custody, Bail Application Ruling Fixed For April 14
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has fixed April 14 , 2026, to deliver its ruling on the bail application filed by former governor of the state, Nasir…
ADC, APC Gain As Lawmakers Defect In House Of Reps (FULL LIST)
A fresh wave of defections in the House of Representatives has given the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other parties more members as politicians intensify…
Akpabio Declares Three Senate Seats Vacant
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday declared three senatorial seats vacant following the deaths of some members. The vacancies affect Enugu North Senatorial District, Nasarawa North Senatorial…
Senate Approves ₦68.3trn 2026 Budget, Up From ₦58.4trn
The Senate has passed a ₦68.323 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, approving an increase from the initial ₦58.47 trillion proposed by President Bola Tinubu. The upward revision of…
Nasir El-Rufai’s Release – By Reuben Abati
The release of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), on temporary, compassionate grounds, on Friday, March 27, following the death of his mother,…
Tinubu Condemns Killing In Plateau & Kaduna, Assures Security Agencies Will Bring Perpetrators to Justice
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the barbaric and cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwan Rukuba district, Jos, Plateau State. He equally condemned the attacks in Kahir village in Kagarko…
ICPC Arraigns El-Rufai At Kaduna Court Over Alleged Corruption
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, arrives at the State High Court for the continuation of his trial on March 31, 2026. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
Tony Elumelu and Africa’s Entrepreneurial Renaissance
In an age too often seduced by the narrow arithmetic of quarterly returns, Tony Elumelu stands as a rather inconvenient rebuke: a capitalist who insists that profit, properly understood, must…
Nine Cabinet Ministers Poised to Resign as Tinubu’s 2027 Election Clock Ticks
A major shake up is looming in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet as no fewer than nine serving ministers are preparing to resign ahead of the 2027 general elections, following the…
Spotlight: APC rehearses its future at National Convention
The forthcoming national convention of the All Progressives Congress is, on paper, an administrative ritual. In practice, it is something closer to a controlled experiment in elite management; part theatre,…
Over 8,000 Delegates, 31 Govs Set For APC National Convention
The convention will allow APC members to choose national executives who will pilot the affairs of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. No fewer than 8,433 delegates are…
Editorial: Tinubu in London – A Masterclass in Pageantry and Failure
State visits are meant to project power, forge alliances and, occasionally, deliver substance. President Bola Tinubu’s two‑day procession through London; the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years, achieved…
Tinubu Returns to Nigeria Empty Handed amid Backlash over £746m UK Ports Deal
President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Monday to a growing storm of criticism after his lavishly choreographed state visit to the United Kingdom delivered little for the country’s struggling…
Police Arrest Baruwa, 6 others Over Forceful Takeover of NURTW Secretariat in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has denied allegations that its officers opened fire on members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) during a violent takeover…
Drama as Blogger Funke Ashekun & Husband collapse in US Court after $300,000 Defamation Verdict
Tension erupted into high drama inside a Baltimore County, Maryland courtroom in the United States as blogger Funke Ashekun and her husband reportedly collapsed on separate days following a crushing…
El Rufai to Be Arraigned Tuesday after 35 Days in Custody as ICPC Files Multiple Charges
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai will be arraigned in court on Tuesday after spending more than 35 days in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Tony Elumelu Marks Birthday with Renewed Commitment to Empower 3,200 African Entrepreneurs Across 54 Countries
In a move to reaffirm his commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, UBA Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, has…
Baruwa unseats MC Oluomo as NURTW president, takes control of secretariat
The leadership crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers took a dramatic turn as Tajudeen Baruwa assumed control of the union’s national secretariat in Abuja, dislodging Musiliu Akinsanya,…
₦868m Fraud: Court Jails Ex-Accountant-General Nwabuoku For 72 Years
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, to a 72-year jail term without an…
Spotlight: Abdulrazaq Isa Reshaping Nigeria’s Energy Landscape
In Nigeria’s oilpatch, reputations are often built on acreage and access. Abdulrazaq Isa has chosen a harder route: institutions. Over three decades he has constructed, with almost bankerly fastidiousness, a…
Nigeria Hits TotalEnergies With $126m Fine
Nigeria’s anti corruption watchdog has imposed a $126 million fine on TotalEnergies for allegedly violating expatriate worker quotas, igniting a legal and political confrontation that now threatens to overshadow President…
Tunji Alausa – The Medical Doctor Who Prescribed Education Reform
In the long annals of Nigerian public administration, few appointments have seemed as improbable, or as quietly transformative, as that of Dr Tunji Alausa, the nephrologist who now presides over…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Outlandish Claim of Rescuing Nigeria from Bankruptcy
There are exaggerations in politics, and then there are the sort of claims that make economists reach for their calculators in disbelief. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent declaration that he…
ENI Fast Tracks Former OPL 245 Investment Plan After Truce With Abuja
Italian energy giant ENI is preparing to launch an accelerated investment programme for the former OPL 245 deepwater fields after signing a sweeping settlement agreement with the Nigerian government that…
Spotlight: Kano betrayal and Kwankwaso’s political obituary
Politics in Kano has always been a contact sport disguised as ideology. The defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the ruling All…
A security plan, not platitudes – By Sonala Olumhense
Last week, as President Bola Tinubu prepared for his state visit to the United Kingdom, insurgents again slaughtered dozens in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Social media videos suggest that the death toll…
Southern Leaders Warn Tinubu Against Northern Pushback Amid US Calls to end Sharia Law
Huhuonline.com can authoritatively report that southern political leaders have entered the escalating US–Nigeria confrontation with a sharp, unexpected message: President Bola Tinubu must not allow northern political elites to weaponize…
“Naija No Dey Carry Last!” (Nigerians Never Come Last)
For the Record: Speech by King Charles III at the State Banquet In Honour of President Tinubu, First Lady Your Excellency, Mr President, and Distinguished First Lady, Ekabo. Se Daaa…
King Charles to Tinubu: “Naija No Dey Carry Last”
The invocation of the Nigerian street aphorism – “Naija no dey carry last” – by King Charles III at the close of his banquet speech was no mere flourish of…
Nigeria, UK Sign MoUs On Migration, Border Security, Business Visas
Nigeria and the United Kingdom have signed three major Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) covering migration partnership, organised immigration crime, border security, and expanded business visas for UK firms operating in…
Spotlight: America’s Sharia Law Repeal Gambit and Nigeria’s 2027 Reckoning
In most democracies, foreign policy rarely decides elections. Nigeria, a country whose politics are usually consumed by subsidy regimes, security failures, and the delicate arithmetic of ethnic balancing, has long…
Tinubu Oversees £746m Financing Deal In UK To Modernise Lagos Ports
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has witnessed the signing of a £746 million financing agreement in London between Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, led by Wale Edun, and Citi Bank. The agreement…
CAF’s grotesque farce over Senegal’s AFCON 2026 Title disgraces African football
There are bad decisions in sports, and then there are decisions so staggeringly pig-headed that they acquire a kind of perverse grandeur. The ruling by the Confederation of African Football…
King Charles III Receives Tinubu, First Lady, With Full Military Honours
King Charles III and Queen Camilla stand with President Bola Tinubu and his wife Oluremi Tinubu, on the Dias during a ceremonial welcome in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle, in…
CAF Strips Senegal Of 2025 AFCON Title, Crowns Morocco Champions
Senegal’s forward #10 Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match against Morocco at the…
Tinubu Unleashes $750,000 a Month Counter Lobbying War against Biafra in Washington
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched an unprecedented, high stakes counter offensive in Washington, deploying one of the most expensive lobbying operations in Africa’s modern political history to blunt…
Operation Epic Mistake – By Reuben Abati
“Bros, looks like President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran is beginning to look like an Operation Epic Mistake. Three weeks after, Iran is still standing strong, and threatening not…
23 Confirmed Dead, 108 Injured In Borno Attack — Police
Police authorities in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have confirmed that a total of 23 persons were killed while 108 others sustained injuries after three bomb blasts were detonated on…
Probe ₦5.9bn NNPC Rebranding Cost, SERAP Urges Tinubu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into the alleged spending of about ₦5.9 billion on the rebranding of the Nigerian…
Editorial: A Royal Welcome for Tinubu in London
State visits are usually exercises in diplomatic choreography: polite speeches, polished banquets, and the faint hope that something meaningful might emerge from the ceremonial fog. President Bola Tinubu’s arrival in…
Northern Leaders Blast US Congress Over “Hostile Demand” to Repeal Sharia Law
Northern political leaders erupted in unified outrage over the weekend, condemning what they describe as a “hostile and imperial overreach” by Republican lawmakers in the US Congress who are pressuring…
Tinubu Warned Against Cancelling Tompolo’s Pipeline Surveillance Contract
President Bola Tinubu is facing mounting pressure from Niger Delta stakeholders and civil society groups after fresh warnings that terminating the multibillion naira oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita…