The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu for describing Nigeria as a cancer patient. Speaking during a world press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Atiku asked why Tinubu has not cured Nigeria in the three years of his administration. Recall that President Tinubu, in his Independence…
The Benue State Government has rejected allegations by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, that thugs working for the state government blocked him from accessing Yelewata community in the state on Tuesday. Obi had said his convoy encountered “thugs” who mounted a roadblock on the Makurdi-Gboko federal highway while he…
The Chief Executive Officer of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has donated 34 campaign vehicles to a support movement mobilising for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in Katsina State. Tompolo made the donation during the official unveiling of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Katsina, describing the initiative as…
Subtle political tensions are emerging within the Kebbi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 governorship election following Governor Nasir Idris’ decision to replace his deputy, Umar Abubakar-Tafida, with a former commissioner for finance, Ibrahim Muhammad Augie as his running mate. The development has placed Governor Idris, his deputy, Umar…
Ali Ndume says opposition parties should sell Nigerians their policies instead of making Tinubu’s academic credentials a campaign issue. Ali Ndume, former senate leader and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged opposition parties to focus on policies and alternative solutions as they campaign for the 2027 presidential election. Ndume, who represents Borno…
Adeleke consolidates power in Osun as Tinubu gains credibility, while APC heavyweights lose influence after the governor’s decisive re-election victory. For a state that has acquired a reputation for producing some of Nigeria’s most fiercely contested elections in recent years, the outcome of last Saturday’s Osun governorship election was as emphatic as it was politically…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking to strip a Benue State House of Assembly member representing Okpokwu Constituency, Anthony Attah, of his seat following his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Justice Muhammed Garba Umar, in a judgment in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/2408/2025, held that although…
Distribution of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election and a series of senatorial and federal constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday, 20th June 2026. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were at the Central Bank office in Ado Ekiti sorting the sensitive…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Abdulrahman Mohammed, has announced former Cross River State gubernatorial candidate, Senator Sandy Onor, as its consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the PDP Presidential Primaries Collation Committee and former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, during the collation and…
Some former ministers of President Bola Tinubu who resigned from the Federal Executive Council to pursue elective office ahead of the 2027 general elections have lost both their cabinet positions and their bids for party tickets. Three former ministers who resigned from Tinubu’s cabinet to contest the 2027 elections have lost their party primaries. Adebayo…
