Politics

By Ali Elias President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after ending his working vacation in Europe, arriving in Lagos from Paris, France, where he is scheduled to spend several days on political and Independence Day engagements. The President departed Paris on Tuesday and was expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, later that evening, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ended his working vacation and has already departed Paris, France, for the homeward journey to Nigeria,” Onanuga said in the statement. As of Wednesday, September 30, President Tinubu is in Lagos, where he is expected to attend events marking Nigeria's Independence Day and hold meetings...

By Rareview President Bola Tinubu has postponed his return to Nigeria yet again, turning what was announced as a three-week working vacation into a nearly month-long absence and raising fresh questions about the whereabouts of the country’s president and the constitutional arrangements governing his stay abroad. Tinubu was expected back in Nigeria this weekend after the Presidency announced last week that he would return following an extension of his European trip. But that plan has now changed. Presidency sources say the president’s return has been pushed to Tuesday, although the reason for the latest change was not immediately disclosed. The development is likely to rekindle questions that have followed Tinubu’s prolonged stay abroad: Why has the president remained away f...

By Ono Yima The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to approve and immediately upload the modified digital logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for use in all elections conducted by the commission. Justice J. O. Abdulmalik, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, also restrained INEC, its officers, agents and representatives from interfering with the NDC’s use of the modified logo, effectively settling the immediate dispute between the electoral commission and the party over its official symbol. The court directed INEC to approve the modified logo, including its symbol and colours, for use by the NDC “as its official logo for all purposes as a political party including for all elections conducted by” the commission....