Politics

Let us be clear: this is not a spontaneous eruption of public anger. It is a carefully curated political project. The successive leaderships following the death of Madiba have been the primary architects of this destructive banality. From local councilors to national figures, xenophobia has become the default currency of political mobilization. Look at the rhetoric. When political leaders, including …

Unfortunately, numerous Owan voters are pained that Dr. Umakhihe, the very one that would have bettered their lots, as elected HoRs lawmaker, had quit the race, on a reason they cited as insincerely in the HoRs electoral process. Still on the Prof Ihonvbere’s forced contest, Dr. Oto Drama, a social and political critic, puts it succinctly; “The greatest tragedy of …

Mahmud Sadis Buba, a 30-year-old person living with disability (PWD), has passed the screening conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for a seat in the house of representatives from Kaduna state. Buba, popularly known as Abin Al-Ajabin Zazzau, is seeking to represent the Sabon Gari federal constituency. He lives with dwarfism, a condition that affects growth and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened its online portal for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists intending to cover the upcoming by-elections scheduled for Saturday, June 20. The commission in a notice issued on Friday, said the portal for registration could be accessed via https://imap.inecnigeria.org. It added that the portal which was officially opened on Wednesday, May …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday again adjourned indefinitely the suit filed by an African Democratic Congress chieftain, Nafiu Bala Gombe, challenging the party’s leadership under former Senate President David Mark. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter sine die after the plaintiff informed the court that he had applied to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court …

  The governors, at an extraordinary meeting held Thursday night in Abuja, also resolved to replace Mr Uzodimma with Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah. Twenty state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have passed a vote of no confidence in Hope Uzodimma, the Imo State governor and chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), accusing him of financial impropriety …

The Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says there is nothing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, can do about the ongoing sales of its nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2027 general elections. The INWC’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while …

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says its ongoing nationwide data verification exercise is aimed at ensuring accurate data for sharing revenue among states and local government areas (LGAs). Prof. Adekunle Wright, an RMAFC commissioner who led the delegation to Kebbi, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. Wright described the exercise …

Prof. Nantewe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the APC, says the party is unconcerned about Mr Peter Obi’s defection from ADC to NDC. Yilwatda spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the ongoing purchase and submission of APC nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2027 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obi was the Labour Party presidential …

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has reduced its presidential nomination form fee to N90 million and released an updated schedule for its 2026 primary elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party had earlier fixed the presidential nomination form at N100 million. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement, on Tuesday in Abuja, said …