The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs Chioma Wesley, has explained why President Bola Tinubu will not interfere in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Wesley was addressing State House correspondents after she briefed Tinubu at Aso Villa on Thursday. […] More
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu can be defeated in 2027 because he’s not invincible. Amaechi said Tinubu’s defeat in Lagos during the 2023 presidential election showed that he’s not invincible. He spoke at the fifth anniversary lecture of First Daily Newspaper in Abuja on Monday, Amaechi. Speaking on […] More
Hundreds of youths from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), blaming their decision on widespread hardship, unmet promises, and dissatisfaction with the present administration. The mass defection occurred in Ilorin, the state capital, where youths from Ajikobi, Alanamu, and Ubandawaki Wards in Ilorin West […] More
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is more “evil” than that of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawal disclosed this while noting that there is no point removing Tinubu in 2027 only to replace him with another evil administration. He disclosed this […] More
Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for declaring Sylva wanted, calling it a “coordinated political attack” intended to tarnish his principal’s image. In a statement released on Monday night, Bokoru noted that the announcement, made […] More
A 96-year-old woman, Mrs Elizabeth Onike, broke down in tears on Saturday after she was informed that she did not have a valid voters’ card to participate in the ongoing governorship election in Anambra State. The incident occurred at Umudim Akasi Polling Unit 019, Agulu II, Ward 8, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. […] More
Former Senior Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has blamed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity on successive leadership failures, saying President Tinubu has not done enough to address the crisis. He particularly noted that Tinubu, like his predecessors, had failed to provide effective leadership. Baba-Ahmed spoke on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Friday, noting […] More
‘Former President Goodluck Jonathan says his political journey has been a miracle, attributing his elevation to divine intervention. Jonathan stated this on Friday at a book launch to commemorate the 60th birthday of his former aide, Dr Reuben Abati. According to him, his journey through Nigeria’s political hierarchy could only have been made possible by […] More
The Anambra off-circle governorship election will be held today, Saturday, November 8, 2025. Anambra is one of the eight states where elections are held outside of the general election timetable. Among those states are Bayelsa, Kogi, Anambra, Imo, Osun, Ondo, Edo, and Ekiti. Anambra joined in off-circle governorship election in 2003 after the court sacked […] More
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has disclosed that the devil is using members of the party to cause crisis. Damagum disclosed this when he met with PDP state chairmen in Abuja, led by their forum chairman, Tony Aziegbemi (Edo) and forum secretary, Edward Masha (Kaduna). The state chairmen […] More
African Democratic Congress, ADC, Imo State Chapter has taken a significant step towards consolidating its presence across the 27 LGAs in the State by formally kicking off a membership registration exercise. The exercise, according to the leadership of the party, is a strategic move aimed at strengthening the party’s grassroots mobilization and organizational structure ahead […] More
Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, says China has demonstrated to be a true, faithful, unwavering ally and friend of Nigeria. In a post on his verified X handle on Wednesday, Sani said China is a country that has opened its doors to Nigeria’s citizens and made available its resources for Nigeria’s infrastructure. His comment […] More