Politics

Former Abia State Governor and senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has alleged that elements within Nigeria’s political elite are backing Boko Haram in a bid to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s administration.‎‎Speaking with News men on Monday, Kalu claimed that the resurgence of the terrorist group was politically motivated and orchestrated by power-hungry individuals […]

The Afenifere, under the leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, has declared that Nigerians have been subjected to harrowing pain and anguish in the two years of President Bola Tinubu’s. They gave this damning verdict in its mid-term review of the administration, adding that the reforms had deformed Nigerians.‎‎Contained in a statement by Oba Olaitan, and […]

Controversy has erupted within the All Progressives Congress in Plateau State, over a call for Governor Caleb Mutfwang to join the party. While  the North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum, led by Saleh Zazzaga, backed Mutfwang for a second term and urged him to join the APC, citing his good performance and alignment with President Bola […]

The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the Labour Party says it is excited with the prospect of having the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, run again on the party’s platform in 2027. The LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed this on Sunday. He spoke on the backdrop of Obi’s declaration at the […]

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the service of a hearing notice on the All Progressives Congress following the absence of a representative to appear for the party in the ongoing nomination fee refund suit brought against it by a former aspirant.‎‎The complainant, a former aspirant for the position of […]

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Nigerian judiciary of corruption, claiming that many judges and lawyers have compromised their roles in delivering justice.‎‎Speaking on Monday, May 19, 2025, during the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Bwari Branch, in Abuja, El-Rufai said the Nigerian public no longer trusts the […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has strongly dismissed claims that he intends to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Ganduje stated that the PDP was dead while the APC is gearing up for a decisive victory in the 2027 elections. This was in response to a claim by the former […]

The House of Representatives member representing Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency, Gboyega Isiaka, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for lifting restrictions on the sales and supply of petroleum products to communities that are within 20 kilometres of the country’s border with the Republic of Benin.‎‎Isiaka said that though the lifting of the sanction imposed six years […]

The Peoples Democratic Party and a former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, have paid tributes to the late former president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua fifteen years after his passing.‎‎In a message posted on X on Monday, the PDP — the party that gave Yar’Adua the platform to serve as Nigeria’s president from 2007 until his death […]

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has firmly denied rumours linking him and four other governors to plans of defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC)‎‎In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ahmed Idris, it stressed the governor’s unwavering loyalty to the APC.‎‎However the governor described the speculation as ridiculously malicious and the work […]