With the death on Monday, 7 March of Dr Doyin Okupe, twice a presidential spokesman, Nigeria has been deprived of a pan-Nigerian politician. Okupe, who died of cancer at 72 in a Lagos hospital, was free of the primordial tendencies that have over the years made our country underachieve, despite stupendous resources. Though he and Chief Moshood Abiola, the Social …

Described as “prominent opposition spokesman” (for the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)/Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign), Daniel Bwala hugged the limelight early in the week when he was not only sighted at the seat of power, Aso or Presidential villa, but was also captured posing for a snapshot with President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). During the last …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would remove the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, from its watchlist following his arrest by the Department of State Security Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. Okupe was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) on …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe to two years imprisonment for breaching the money laundering act. In a judgment on Monday, Okupe, who is now Director General of the Labour Party presidential campaign council, was found guilty of 26 out of a 59-count charge preferred …