Wednesday, 21 January, 2026

Category: Politics


The second-term bid of Governor Ademola Adeleke may have received a boost as a prominent politician in the state and governorship candidate of the Action People’s Party in the 2018 governorship election in the state, Dr Ademola Ekundayo, has resolved Read more…


TWO former Senate Presidents and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators Adolphus Wabara and Bukola Saraki, have disagreed over holding the party’s national convention billed to start tomorrow in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. While Wabara, the chairman Read more…


The Department of State Services has filed a six-count charge against 27-year-old Innocent Chukwuemeka Onukwume for allegedly calling for a military coup in the country. The charges, brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja under case number FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025, relate Read more…


The convening of the much-anticipated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elective national convention scheduled for this weekend hangs in the balance following a fresh court judgement halting the gathering. However, the Oyo State chapter of the party told LEADERSHIP that the Read more…


An election observation group under the aegis of The Electoral Hub has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) highly against previous records, days after the just-concluded Anambra State election. The group, in a statement signed by the Director, Princess Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor TAF Africa has advocated improved provision for effective participation of Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) in election process across the country. The group particularly tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others to ensure that Persons With Disabilities Read more…


The Federal Government said yesterday that ongoing diplomatic engagements between Nigeria and the United States were producing positive results towards easing tensions in both countries’ relations. The government spoke on a day United States Congressman, Bill Huizenga, expressed disappointment in Read more…


Former presidential candidate Professor Kingsley Moghalu has rejected media reports suggesting he was the Labour Party’s candidate in the recently concluded Anambra State gubernatorial election. In a statement released on Tuesday via X, Moghalu voiced dissatisfaction with what he termed Read more…


Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday confirmed that Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State will join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Orji Kalu described Soludo as a progressive, like himself and President Bola Tinubu. Speaking to journalists at Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the last Saturday, Anambra State governorship election, Prof Charles Soludo has on Tuesday received Certificate of Return from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The presentation ceremony took place at the Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi TAF Africa, an organisation funded by the European Union has frowned on the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide assistive devices for persons with disabilities in all the polling units in Anambra Read more…


One officer was reportedly shot on his chest, while others sustained injuries. Soldiers at a checkpoint along Onitsha Road opened fire on police officers returning from official duty in Anambra State. The police officers, according to Sahara Reporters, were returning Read more…