Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded a full account of the ₦10 billion Ebola preparedness fund approved by President Bola Tinubu, arguing that the outbreak has exposed serious questions about the country’s readiness to respond to the deadly virus. The Federal...
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The African Action Congress (AAC) has formally written to President Bola Tinubu, requesting permission to inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council for its Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja, on November 11, 2026. In a letter dated October 21, 2026, and signed by its National...
Nigeria’s plan to introduce fuel taxes after the economy stabilises risks opening another front in the cost-of-living crisis, with households and businesses potentially facing higher transportation, food and operating costs even as the government seeks additional revenue for roads and fuel reserves. The plan raises a critical question: can...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have paid glowing tributes to the late Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, following his death at the age of 100. In separate messages released on Tuesday, the two political leaders described the elder statesman as a man of...
African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has said Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has validated its position that the APC-led government has failed to secure Nigeria and cannot offer credible solutions to the country’s worsening security crisis. The ADC-PCC was...
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has urged Nigerian youths to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the January 16 presidential election, accusing the ruling party of failing the nation’s young people after years in power. The ADC-PCC said the APC,...
The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a Local Organising Committee (LOC) and several subcommittees ahead of the official flag-off of the party’s 2027 presidential campaign scheduled for October 24, 2026, in Kaduna. The party said Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, approved the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, describing his passing as a great loss to Delta State and Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday by the State House, President Tinubu extended his condolences to the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that throwing total support behind President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid is the strategic key to unlocking unprecedented political appointments, infrastructure development, and lasting national relevance for Rivers State. Speaking on Monday during an interactive meeting with supporters of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved 18-month tenure extensions for Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service and Kemi Nanna Nandap, Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service. Following the approval, Nwakuche’s tenure will now end on May 26, 2028, while Nandap’s tenure will end on June 30,...
Eight Zamfara State lawmakers who recently left the All Progressives Congress (APC) have returned to the party after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House. The lawmakers, who were led to the presidential meeting by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, resolved to...
The North-West youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and other APC candidates in the zone for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 general elections. The endorsement was announced on Sunday at an event...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the growing Northern support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election is not a blank check, and the administration will earn it through facts, radical transparency and measurable results. Speaking directly to the political stakes, he maintained that expanding loyalty in the region...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday described former Vice-President and presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi as well as the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, as politicians...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and National Leader of the Rainbow Coalition, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned the people of Rivers State against surrendering their political future to “gamblers” without vision or proven developmental records. Speaking during a Rainbow Coalition town hall meeting at Ayama in Abua/Odual Local...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated four new national commissioners and two new resident electoral commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission created by expiring tenures. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The statement said...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has called on Governor Abiodun Oyebanji to honour the sacred verdict of the Ekiti electorate by raising the bar of governance and prioritising youth empowerment in his second term. According to him, the governor will justify the people’s mandate if he keeps faith...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has urged Nigerians to reject those he called political gamblers, who are using deceit as a means of gaining access to public office, wondering how someone who was not celebrating his birthdays with the downtrodden when he was Governor...
“I have gathered that concerned members of the PDP and Accord are poised to approach the courts to seek judicial determination of the legality and constitutionality of chieftains of their respective parties being drafted into the ruling APC’s presidential campaign council, without the requisite authorisation of their parties. That...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said President Bola Tinubu cannot ask Nigerians for four more years while sending governors, ministers and defectors across the country to defend the hardship of the past three and a half. Atiku in a statement issued byhis Director of Strategic Communication of the...