Politics

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Abdulrahman Zakariyau, Stephen Angbulu, Wale Akinselure and Godwin Isenyo The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Monday, dismissed moves by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to galvanise opposition figures towards unseating President Bola Tinubu in ...

  The family of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha has formally reacted to a claim by his predecessor, General Ibrahim Babangida that their late patriarch was responsible for the annulment of the June 12 Presidential Election which was ...

  Former Kaduna State Governor and founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, has dumped the ruling party for the Social Democratic Party. The prominent politician cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction ...

  Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said he will announce his preferred successor in January 2026. Makinde made this known on Monday during the 11th Omituntun Ramadan lecture held at the government house arcade in Ibadan. The lecture, titled ...

  The Nigerian Senate has decided not to investigate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, stating that no formal petition was submitted Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu confirmed that without an official complaint, no probe ...

  The reinstated Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olalekan Onafeko, has threatened a contempt suit against the acting Clerk of the House, Ottun Babatunde. The development followed the drama that occurred at the Assembly complex on Wednesday ...

  The factional Chairman of the New Nigerian Peoples Party in Kano State, Senator Mas’ud El-Jibril Doguwa, has described the suspension of the Senator representing Kano South, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, and three members of the House of Representatives as inconsequential ...

  A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that President Bola Tinubu rejected him as a ministerial nominee and not the National Assembly. He made this disclosure on Monday while speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s ...

  The All Progressives Congress on Sunday attacked the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, as indications emerged that the former Federal Capital Territory minister was rallying northern leaders and bigwigs against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election ahead of the ...

  The lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has claimed that a lot of her privileges as a Senator have been denied. She stated this on Friday during an interview on Brekete Family, a Human Rights ...

  The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Thursday, called on the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to tell the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission to call off Saturday’s local government election in ...

  The House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General, Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, to restore peace and order in Osun State following the crisis which engulfed the South-West ...

  As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, chairmen and councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State had resumed in about 14 LGA secretariats in the state. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that the chairmen ...

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has denied rumours suggesting that she has resigned. Meranda’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, debunked the rumour on Wednesday. “I’m in the office. The speaker is in the ...

  Tension in Lagos state House of Assembly as lawmakers clash with DSS officials There was tension in the Lagos state House of Assembly complex as men of the Department of State Services (DSS) took over the premises and reportedly ...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress has won all chairmanship and councillorship seats in the Katsina State local government elections held on Saturday. As results trickled in, the state chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Salima Boyi, congratulated the winners ...

  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has vowed to petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged financial mismanagement during the administration of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. A report by an Administrative Panel of Enquiry claimed that N96bn ...

  Members of the Peoples Democratic Party Abia State chapter believed to be loyalists of FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday suspended the party’s BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, for endorsing Ude-Okoye as national secretary instead of Samuel Anyanwu, an ally ...

  The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday adjourned proceedings to Monday, February 10, for the Edo State Governor, Monday Okphebholo, to open his case. This development followed the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, which was ...

  Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, has doubled down on his allegation that some retired military generals, in connivance with foreigners, are stealing Nigeria’s solid minerals Oshiomhole clarified his initial claim on Arise TV’s Prime Time ...

  Witnesses who testified on Friday before the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal alleged instances of over-voting in their polling units as the respondents’ counsel, vehemently disagreed. The petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the 2024 ...

  Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, a political group he has served since its foundation in 1999. In a resignation letter addressed to the party leadership in Ward 8, Aniocha North Local ...

  The Department of State Services on Thursday grilled members of the Lagos State House of Assembly in connection to a petition reportedly written by the former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa. According to reliable sources, more than half ...

  The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has criticised the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his recent comment that Nigerian politicians are in power to steal, kill, and retain power. Amaechi made the remark at a two-day National ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party’s elected governors have called for an emergency meeting on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, to redress the challenges plaguing the party. This comes as the party’s BoT meeting on Wednesday in Abuja was marred by ...