Wednesday, 01 April, 2026

Category: Politics


The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has disclosed that it has formally written to the United States Congress to defend its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, following allegations linking him to terrorism. Speaking in Read more…


Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that certain pitfalls, particularly internal wrangling within political parties and numerous litigations, may negatively affect the process. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, Read more…


The former representative of Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly,  Emmanuel Anosike, has emerged as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. Anosike was elected through a consensus arrangement at the party’s state congress held in Read more…


The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited nine commissioner nominees submitted by Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara for screening to become members of his cabinet. The nominations follow the dissolution of the previous cabinet after a peace agreement in February Read more…


Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 8, 2025 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Nicholas Ukachukwu, has urged members of the party to work for its growth in the state. Ukachukwu told members and stakeholders of the Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, declaring that he would pitch his tent with the President for a second term in office. Wike, a chieftain Read more…


Mr Elrufai used more than half of the statements to tell the ICPC about his life and background –where he was born, the schools he attended and the jobs he has taken up in the last 26 years. The former Read more…


Adamu Atiku Abubakar, the first son of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has resigned his position as the Commissioner for Works and Energy Development in Adamawa State. In a resignation letter dated March 2, 2026, and addressed to Governor Ahmadu Read more…


The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested a 26-year-old teacher, Udeme, over his alleged link to threats, and the February 24 gunfire incident, involving former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other opposition figures in Benin City, Edo Read more…


The Senate Committee on Finance made a U-turn on its resolution seeking to sack the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Mr Hussaini Ishaq Magaji (SAN), from office on Monday. The committee, which is chaired by Senator Sani Musa, had on Thursday Read more…


Major opposition parties in the country, namely the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP), have started gearing up to receive mass defectors next month from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The mass Read more…


A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, has cautioned the opposition against undermining and demonizing Nigeria’s democracy with “scaremongering.” Okechukwu appealed to the opposition to desist from utterances capable of further discouraging voter participation and undermining Read more…