Political activities within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State have intensified, following the emergence of four prominent aspirants who have obtained nomination and expression of interest forms ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Those in the race include the incumbent governor, Agbu Kefas; former Minister of Power,...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rescheduled the commencement of his planned three-nation trip, shifting his departure date from Saturday to Sunday. The adjustment marks a change from an earlier announcement that the President would leave Abuja on May 2 for official visits to France, Kenya and Rwanda. The Special...
A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Sandy Ojang Onor, has officially joined the party’s 2027 presidential race after purchasing his nomination form, pledging to reposition the party for national leadership. Onor, who represented Cross River Central Senatorial District in the Senate...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has extended an invitation to the Acting High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa for a meeting scheduled to take place on Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. This is contained in a statement...
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has formally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), in a move that could reshape the political landscape in the state and beyond. The announcement was made on Saturday at the Government House in Bauchi, where...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has firmly dismissed claims suggesting it may not participate in the 2027 general elections, describing such reports as misleading and without any factual or legal basis. In a statement released on Sunday, the party said it remains committed to its broader mission of offering an...
Lawmaker representing Yagba Federal Constituency in Kogi State, Leke Abejide, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amid its lingering leadership crisis. Abejide, a two-term member of the House of Representatives elected on the ADC platform, made his resignation known during a press conference in Abuja on Friday....
Former Adamawa governorship candidate and ex-senator, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, has officially joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), marking a major shift in the build-up to the 2027 elections. She was received in Abuja by NDC National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, alongside party leaders and the National Working...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, May 2nd, on a visit to Kenya, Rwanda and France. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja He said President Tinubu’s first stop will be in France, after...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday used the 2026 Workers’ Day celebration to confront Nigeria’s twin crises of insecurity and poverty, declaring them major threats to jobs, productivity and national stability. Speaking at Eagle Square in Abuja, the President told thousands of workers and labour leaders that “there cannot...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally acknowledged the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President David Mark, following a decisive ruling by the Supreme Court. INEC’s action comes after the apex court nullified an earlier directive of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which...
A coalition of governors and key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the party “must not die,” following a Supreme Court judgment that has effectively left the opposition platform without a recognised national leadership. In a strongly worded joint statement presented after an emergency stakeholders’...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, June 20, 2026, for the conduct of bye-elections in six states of the Federation, even as it formally welcomed a newly sworn-in National Commissioner, Rear Admiral Jamila Malafa (rtd.). Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, disclosed this on...
– Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a fiscal expert, has been nominated to replace Adebayo Adelabu, the immediate former Minister of Power, who resigned recently to pursue his 2027 governorship bid in Oyo state. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made the nomination on Thursday pending Senate confirmation. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe is...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which affirmed the party’s leadership under David Mark as National Chairman and Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary. In a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party congratulated its members and...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally taken over the national leadership of the party, citing constitutional provisions and the need to prevent a vacuum after a decisive Supreme Court judgment. In a statement issued on Thursday, the BoT said its intervention became necessary...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Rilwan Babalola as Special Adviser to the President on Power and as Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power Sector Reset and Restoration. The President has also redesignated the Office of the Special Adviser (Energy) as the Special Adviser (Oil &...
Supreme Court has overturned an earlier directive by the Court of Appeal in Abuja which ordered parties to maintain the status quo ante bellum in the ongoing leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The appellate court’s ruling had prompted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw...
Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by the Taminu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), effectively nullifying the party’s Ibadan national convention. In a majority judgment delivered by Justice Stephen Adah, the court held that the November 15–16, 2025 convention in Ibadan, Oyo...
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has strongly criticised Nigeria’s borrowing pattern, warning that debt taken without productive purpose poses grave risks to the nation’s economic future. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Obi likened unproductive borrowing to deadly diseases, arguing that loans not...