Politics

  The lawmakers further exonerated the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the controversy and commended him for raising the alarm about the activities of the purported agency. The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the controversial “illegal” Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has uncovered 58 bank accounts linked to the embattled purported Director-General of …

Former Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday mourned the passing of former Edo PDP Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, at the age of 64, saying that his death represents a significant loss to Edo. Obaseki, a visiting Scholar and Researcher at the School of African Studies, Boston University, USA, described Orbih as a prominent figure and influential voice in Edo. …

Mr Reno Omokri, Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua., says no criminal FBI record links President Bola Tinubu to criminality. Omokri reiterated this during the City Boy Movement Podcast, anchored by Mr O’tega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital and New Media, on Tuesday in Abuja. He dismissed claims that FBI records relating to Tinubu …

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of “systematically removing” the party’s nominated candidates for the 2027 general elections, and replacing them with “strange names” unknown to the party. The NDC’s National Chairman, Moses Zuwoghe, disclosed this in a statement posted on the party’s official X handle on Sunday. Giving an instance of the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost one of its influential voices and prominent South-South political figures, Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, who died on Monday, August 31, 2026. Orbih, a former National Vice Chairman of the PDP and close ally of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, reportedly died at a time political activities ahead of …

The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Sen. David Mark, has urged the party’s governorship candidates to shun hate speech and empty promises. A statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Monday, said Mark spoke at a consultation meeting with the candidates at the ADC headquarters in Abuja. Mark urged the candidates to avoid …

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s 4.43 per cent economic growth in the second quarter of 2026, saying reforms are delivering results. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Monday that GDP grew by 4.43 per cent, compared with 4.23 per cent recorded in Q2 2025. The latest performance reflected growth across agriculture, manufacturing, oil and gas, and services, …

  “I am fully aware that my actions may invite a redoubled witch hunt against me and my associates, but that is a risk I am willing to take,” the former governor of Bayelsa said. Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the ruling party of abandoning the ideals on which …

The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement 2027 has faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for criticising President Bola Tinubu over his ongoing vacation abroad. The movement said Atiku’s remarks were an attempt to turn a routine presidential vacation into a political controversy, stressing that Tinubu’s absence did not create a leadership vacuum. This is contained in a statement issued by its National …

Director-General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, has dismissed allegations of lopsided appointments and violations of federal character principle at the institute. Sulaiman, while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Personality Interview Series on Sunday in Abuja, insisted that all recruitments, promotions and internship programmes under his administration were conducted strictly on …