Timipre Sylva, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, has officially stepped down from the All Progressives Congress (APC) through a resignation letter dated August 31, 2026, transmitted electronically to his Ward 4 chairman in Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Copies of the letter were also extended to the APC National Chairman, the Bayelsa State APC Chairman, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Explaining his departure following deep consultations with family, allies, and supporters, the founding party member stated that current leaders have abandoned the fundamental moral standards, decency, and original ideals upon which the party was built, operating instead under the belief that “all is fair in politics.”....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Sylva heavily criticized both the ruling party and the current federal administration for letting down the majority of citizens, expressing no hope for internal reform and describing the party as a sinking ship weighed down by its own misdeeds. He further justified copying the EFCC on his correspondence by accusing the anti-graft agency of acting more like an arm of the ruling party than an independent state institution, acknowledging that his exit might invite heightened political persecution or investigations against himself and his associates. Finally, he urged Nigerians to mobilize and vote out the APC in the upcoming 2027 general elections to liberate the nation from its political grip.

Arise Television anchor Reuben Abati has pushed back against criticisms from African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar regarding President Bola Tinubu’s three-week European vacation. Speaking on the Morning Show, Abati dismissed Atiku’s objections as insufficiently researched and “embarrassing,” pointing out that the president is fully entitled to travel and vacation as long as his absence remains within the 21-day constitutional threshold under Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution, which exempts him from needing to formally transfer power.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Wole Afolabi (SAN), a member of President Bola Tinubu’s US legal team, has refuted allegations that his team is attempting to conceal damaging details regarding the president, maintaining instead that their legal strategy strictly adheres to United States laws. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Afolabi addressed the ongoing legal tussle over the disclosure of records tied to historical drug trafficking allegations. He clarified that while the US government has already made certain documents public, it is withholding specific portions under Freedom of Information Act exemptions, driven by FBI and DEA concerns that full disclosure would jeopardize investigative techniques, confidential informants, and undercover agents.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Defending the legal approach, Afolabi noted that failing to leverage these statutory protections would constitute professional malpractice. He emphasized that the authorities’ resistance stems from institutional security protocols rather than an effort to shield Tinubu personally, pointing out that if US agencies possessed actionable evidence of drug trafficking, the president would have faced formal indictment. While reinforcing that being investigated does not equate to guilt and that the presumption of innocence stands, Afolabi declined to comment on the specifics of the $460,000 forfeited to the US government in the 1990s, citing attorney-client privilege.