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The recent suspension of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Barrister Minister, Nyesom Wikes monthly press briefings by the Presidency has stirred a wave of reactions across the nations capital from cautious approval within the corridors of power to open relief among residents and indigenes who have long decried the ministers penchant for grandiose displays and excessive spending.

At a time Nigeria is battling to redeem its battered image in the comity of nations, a house in North London purchased in 1993 has become the unlikely centrepiece of one of the most sensational property fraud cases ever that’s threatening to sink the country’s image deeper into a quagmire of corruption and national disgrace, JIBRIN NDANUSA writes.

While the Nigerian media space is awash with debates over the propriety of President Tinubus decision to send Professor Mahmood Yakubu on terminal leave ahead of his retirement, the EFCC has paid an unexpected visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, thereby fuelling speculation of a fallout between the President and the INEC Chairman, ANTHONY OCHELA writes.

Barely had the controversy over alleged illegal land allocations to his children begun to subsidedismissed by Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike as a smear campaign by political enemiesfresh allegations have surfaced accusing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of acquiring properties in Florida, USA. According to reports, the assets were allegedly registered in the names of his wife and children to conceal ownership, LAWAL IBUKUNOLUWA writes.

Although Governor Fubara has returned to office after the six-month emergency rule ended in Rivers State, analysts say that the supposed peace brokered by President Tinubu is fragile, as indications within 24 hours of the return of democratic governance in the state, is like a time bomb, just waiting to explode, JIBRIN NDANUSA writes.