Leadership

Editor’s note: In this piece, leadership and good governance advocate Kalu Okoronkwo weighs whether Goodluck Jonathan could be PDP’s 2027 choice. He weaves Jonathan’s global stature with the party’s troubles under Nyesom Wike’s shadow. The People’s Democratic Party, battered, bruised with haemorrhaging supporters, like an old ship taking on water, …

Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his government and the PDP would overcome the threat posed by pharaohs against them The governor made the claim following his return from short vacation in the US, where he attended the wedding of his nephew, Davido Addressing PDP members at a reception …

A Lagos court has stopped police from arresting OAP Nedu Wazobia over an N83m charity project gone sour. The entertainer insisted that his business partners turned a civil dispute into a police matter despite a clean investigation report Details emerge of alleged harassment, detention, and even seizure of passports linked …

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance in Nigeria. Enugu, Enugu state – Kingsley Cezer, senior pastor at the Worshippers Embassy, has warned Nigerians against voting a candidate “even the spirits call the wicked” in the 2027 election. Cezer spoke in …

US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell has come under attacked from Trump, who has called him a “numbskull” for not lowering interest rates. Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFPSource: AFP US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell is expected to walk a fine line while delivering a closely watched speech at a …

Michael Warner, co-founder of wine boutique DCanter, said importers and distributors have raised costs of foreign wines since June. Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFPSource: AFP At a wine shop in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, bottles sourced from Europe are becoming costlier to import — and soon, pricier for customers to …

Shipping Nvidia’s H20 chips to China was “great” for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant’s chief Jensen Huang says. Photo: I-Hwa Cheng / AFP/FileSource: AFP Shipping Nvidia’s H20 chips to China was “great” for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant’s …

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to deliver remarks during an annual gathering of central bankers, a key event for observers weighing the chances of a rate cut. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileSource: AFP Asian markets were mostly up Friday morning ahead of …

Bags of rice are seen at the entrance of a shop in Tokyo. Rice prices soared 90.7 percent in July year-on-year, but the rate of increase slowed from previous months. Photo: Kazuhiro NOGI / AFPSource: AFP Rice prices in Japan soared 90.7 percent in July year-on-year, official data showed Friday, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske, a son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and a businessman, wanted over the allegation of money laundering and criminal conspiracy. This was disclosed in a notice by the head of media and publicity of the EFCC, Dele …