Politics

The African Union, AU, has suspended Guinea-Bissau after the coup in the country that overthrew President Umaro Embalo. Chairman of AU, Mahamoud Youssouf, said the union decided to suspend Guinea-Bissau from its bodies with immediate effect. DAILY POST reports that the regional body’s decision came hours after the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, […] 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 would announce a coup. DAILY POST reports that General Horta Inta-A Na Man was sworn […] More

Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday said Nigeria is taking concrete, historic steps to secure Nigeria and restore national stability amid the heightened insecurity. The spokesman of the arm arm of APC, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, said Tinubu declared a State of Emergency on Security, in a bold move showing zero […] More

Mulikat Abiola, a former legislator representing Ifelodun State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, has officially entered the race for the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship ticket ahead of the August 8, 2026 election. The APC has scheduled its governorship primary for December 13, with at least seven aspirants having already purchased nomination […] More

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, visited Kebbi State to show support to the government and families following the safe rescue of 24 students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, GGCSS, Maga. The delegation, led by PDP National Chairman Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, met with Governor Nasir Idris and other state officials at the Government House […] More

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has cleared the air about the sealing of the Renewed Hope Agenda office situated at Ojike Street, Umuahia, the state capital. The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Ukoha, stated that the action was not politically motivated, contrary to misinterpretation by members of the opposition. […] More

The State Secretary of the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Youth Vanguard, Dr. Jinadu Garvey Yaweh, has described the ongoing wave of political defections in the state as “unprecedented.” Answering questions from journalists on Monday in Jalingo, the state capital, Tuesday, Yaweh noted that the steady movement of politicians from […] More

An aspirant for the Gashaka, Kurmi, Sardauna Federal Constituency under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Fanuel D. Lawrence, has lamented what he described as decades of neglect and poor representation in the area since the return of democracy in 1999. Lawrence spoke at the weekend during the commissioning of the APC secretariat in Gashaka Local […] More

Tensions have emerged within the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano State as party Chairman Abdullahi Abbas reportedly clashed with Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Attah, over the minister’s public comments on party matters. The crisis is said to have started after Attah allegedly endorsed Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau as the […] More

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Osun State has announced the commencement of outstanding activities under Phase One of the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise. INEC also said the move followed a circular released by the Commission’s National Headquarters on Friday. In a statement issued on Saturday on behalf of Dr Mutiu Agboke, the […] More

A member of the United States House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, has announced she will resign from Congress after a clash with President Donald Trump. The development is the climax of her disagreement with Trump and the Republicans, as she maintained a hardline stance during the longest government shutdown in the nation’s […] More