Politics

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said the political atmosphere ahead of the 2027 general elections may be too “dirty” for former President Goodluck Jonathan to participate in actively. Lamido made the remark while speaking on the growing ...

The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dahiru Liman, his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Barr. Magaji Henry Danjuma, and the Majority Leader, Hon. Munira Suleiman Tanimu, have emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for their ...

On the crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State worsened on Wednesday as former Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, former senator Danjuma Laah, and other dissatisfied aspirants rejected the outcome of ...

Human rights lawyer and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has reacted to claims that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be exposing itself to legal challenges over the conduct of its senatorial primary elections. Odinkalu ...

Former Agege Local Government Chairman, Chief Ganiyu Egunjobi, has defeated his former Vice Chairman, Gbenga Abiola at Ward A, Agege, at the All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries. The newsmen reports that Mr Akorede Shoremekun, the Party Returning Officer at Agege ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has revealed that Mrs Efuntiloye Williams, wife of Mr Akintola Williams, doyen of Nigeria’s accounting profession, personally tutored his wife, Victoria, on etiquette, British customs, home management, and international protocol to prepare ...

According to report by Vanguard on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has confirmed that all governorship aspirants seeking to contest in the party’s primary election have been cleared to participate. The clarification was ...

Dele Momodu, a former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has issued a warning that the political position of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be fortified as a result of the ongoing disagreements regarding zoning in the lead-up to ...

According to Punch Newspaper, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, prominent All Progressives Congress chieftain and 2027 governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has announced his withdrawal from the race for the state’s governorship, stating that his decision was driven, ...

Chidi Odinkalu, a renowned human rights activist and former chairman of the national human rights commission has taken to his official X handle to express concerns over what he believed was a flagrant disobedience to it’s rules by the All ...

Retired General Lucky Irabor, a former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria, has denied in an interview that the Nigerian Armed Forces are accepting or reintegrating former Boko Haram members. He said that the claims are false and impossible ...

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that part of the land at Jabi Lake Park in Abuja was taken over by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, amid ongoing discussions surrounding the ownership and use of ...

Social media users have taken to their official X account on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 to react to the statement that Omoyele Sowore made about the former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso after he said his daughter told ...

In an interview with Arise Television, Kwankwaso stated that the time for such tactics to sway voters is passed, arguing that people in the north are now more politically aware and autonomous than ever before. Those in the north are ...

Security and intelligence analyst Dr. Sani Aliyu has revisited Nigeria’s security challenges in the early 2000s, focusing particularly on the activities of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the federal government’s response under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking during an ...