Saturday, 06 December, 2025

Category: Politics


From Ifeoma Ejiofor A political pressure group known as Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Grassroots Movement of Nigeria for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed their Principal and former Governor of Abia State Senator Orji Uzor Kalu along with the Inspector Read more…


The FCTA is to commence enforcement action on the 1,095 properties following the expiration of the 14-day grace period given to the defaulters to pay ground rent and land use conversion fee. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Read more…


Right Reverend Ikechukwu Egbuonu, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Oji River in Enugu State, has made public his encounter with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, at the Sokoto Correctional Facility on Wednesday. Read more…


Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that there was no coup in Guinea-Bissau. Jonathan believes the coup announced on Wednesday, as the country’s presidential election result was about to be announced, was ceremonial, wondering how a sitting President Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the rising insecurity in Nigeria, saying that the international community has the right to come and help Nigeria tackle insecurity. The former president said that since the government has failed to protect the lives Read more…


The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being staged in United States, Canada and Mexico, with Washington, DC hosting December’s draw. Iran is to boycott next week’s World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas Read more…


Military authorities in Guinea-Bissau have reopened the country’s borders, 24 hours after seizing power and disrupting the electoral process in the coup-prone West African nation. General Lansana Mansali, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, reversed Wednesday’s closure of all land, Read more…


Former President Goodluck Jonathan has left Guinea-Bissau after the military coup that toppled the country’s government, says the federal government. The update was given by Kimiebi Ebienfa, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a chat with members Read more…


Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders have condemned the Coup d’etat in Guinea-Bissau. Jonathan and the leaders, in a joint statement, decried the attempt by the coupists to disrupt the democratic process and gains achieved barely days after Read more…


Professor Akinyemi warns terrorists operate freely in some states and urges penalties for officials and governors allegedly engaging them directly. Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, elder statesman and former Foreign Affairs Minister, has accused some state governments of enabling terrorist operations by Read more…


Japan was going ahead with its plans to deploy missiles to a military base near Taiwan, its defence minister said, prompting China to fume that Tokyo had “crossed a red line”. Shinjiro Koizumi travelled to Japan’s military base on the westernmost island of Yonaguni, nearly 11km from Read more…


STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE  Ahead of the national launch of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the Renewed Hope Ambassador. In his role as ambassador, he will double as Read more…