Felix Duru Mbah

*Wedding Guest List In Spotlight As Violence Grips Swathes Of Nigeria, The Paper Reports *'Nigeria’s Elite Prefer To Bolster Their Political Standing By Fraternising With Each Other First, Before Attending To Needs Of Nigerians' It has been described as Nigeria’s wedding of the year – and it is only February. This month, five sons and five daughters of the junior Defence Minister Bello Matawalle married their spouses in an opulent six-day celebration in Abuja. The sheer scale of the extravaganza in the capital prompted one of the comperes to exclaim on Instagram: “First of its kind … @guinnessworldrecords check this…

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri At least three persons have been killed in a violent cult clash at the Igbogene suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.  The attack, which occured Sunday night, triggered panic as gunshots were heard in different sections of the area. Though the identities of the victims could not be immediately ascertained, eyewitnesses described the clash as a continuation of cult-related violence plaguing parts of the state. Residents reportedly fled their homes, and business activities were halted during the orgy of violence. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear for his life, called for intensified security…

*Selection, Not Election -Transition Monitoring Group, CISLAC *'Wike Should Not Have Monitored Elections On Polling Day, Has No Constitutional Role In Poll Management' *FG Choking Political Space -Atiku By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Worrying questions are being asked over how the inner circle of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, appeared to have an inkling of how the results of Saturday's Area Council elections in the nation's capital would go, particularly pertaining to those of the vociferous opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). Interestingly, the party, which has FCT's lone Senator, Ireti Kingibe, a Wike archrival since 2023 for control…