Politics

Nigerians have expressed mixed feelings after British-Nigerian politician, Kemi Badenoch, emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. Badenoch, a Member of Parliament representing North […]

Kamala Harris targets the Rust Belt while Donald Trump heads to the biggest US swing states Sunday in a frantic last push, less than 48 hours before Election Day in the historically close campaign. Seventy-five […]

The Peoples Democratic Party announced late on Tuesday that its planned National Executive Committee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed to 28 November 2024. The move is to allow the party to focus […]

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has led to the emergence of two national chairmen, following a split within the ranks of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The split within the party’s […]

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, says he is disappointed in Nigerians for their seeming laid-back disposition to the economic hardship sweeping through the country. The former governor of Rivers bemoaned the rising cost of […]

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says he is bothered about President Bola Tinubu “singling him out” in a statement on the crisis in Rivers state. Arsonists have torched three LGA secretariats in Rivers at the […]

Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday — the first-ever US president to reach the century mark and another extraordinary milestone for the one-time peanut farmer who found his way to the White House. […]

ABUJA – The 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under President Bola Tinubu, stating that the party’s unpopular policies have […]

THE Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has vowed to mobilise and join forces with Nigerians against the practices of unitarianism in Nigerian politics. Afenifere stated this in a communique issued after its monthly meeting held at […]

A coalition of accredited civil society organizations, CSOs, has rejected the results of the Edo governorship election held on September 21, expressing concerns about the election’s transparency and integrity. The coalition, which includes notable organizations […]

The electoral commission, INEC, has commenced the final collation and announcement of results for the Edo governorship election. The final collation is being done at the INEC headquarters in Benin, the Edo State capital. Thousands […]

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City, Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, Linus Aleke, Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The 2,249,780 voters in Edo State that have collected their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of the 2,590,603 […]

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, says his state has enough water to quench the fire that Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), threatened to put in the states of Peoples Democratic Party […]

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended former Senator from the state, Dino Melaye from the party. Melaye was suspended by the PDP exco in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1 following […]

Former US President, Donald Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in their first—and potentially only—presidential debate on Tuesday. Moderated by ABC News, the debate took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lasted one hour […]

Outrage has trailed the comment of Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, that Betsy, wife of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, “has no child”. On Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state flagged […]

George Moghalu, pioneer national auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has resigned from the ruling party. Moghalu conveyed his decision to quit the party in a letter dated August 26 and addressed to the […]