Politics

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 …

The Department of State Services has directed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the alleged cyberbullying case instituted against the African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the 2027 presidential election. The development followed a meeting between the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin Ajayi, the senior lawyer and top officials of the agency’s …

The Owan West stakeholders and concerned citizens of Edo State have strongly condemned the purported conversion of the resignation of the former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, to impeachment, describing the action as a brazen abuse of legislative power and a dangerous assault on constitutional democracy. The stakeholders, in a strongly worded legal …

The Presidency has dismissed former Vice President and ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s claim that Nigeria’s borders are closed, describing it as misleading and insisting that the land borders remain open. The ​‌‍⁠‌‌‍⁠⁠‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‍‌​Presidency said the Federal Government reopened most land borders on March 14, 2024, and had not reversed the decision. This is contained in a statement titled “Atiku and …

The OK Movement, a platform to mobilise support for Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, has ruled out any merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group, which is a blend of supporters drawn from the Obidient Movement, Kwankwasiyya and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), also rejected the rumoured plot …

Savannah Centre for Diplomacy Democracy and Development (SCDDD) has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to counsel Nigerians and politicians against violence before, during, and after the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of SCDDD Council of the Wise, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola (rtd.), made the call in a statement issued on Wednesday by Amb. Sani Salauwa-Bala, Executive Director and Secretary of the …

  ICPC exposed how senior officials in the federal civil service helped the organisation obtain administrative approvals and gain access to government financial systems despite its questionable legal status. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered how some civil servants allegedly helped Adeniyi Adeyemi, the director-general of the now-disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), …

  The anti-corruption agency found that the Budget Office admitted the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council into the 2026 budget without carrying out due diligence. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has faulted the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) for including the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 federal budget. …

The Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, says President Bola Tinubu’s tax and economic reforms are opening new windows of opportunity for Nigerian youths. Adedeji stated this while delivering a keynote speech at the “Oyo State Emerging Political Leaders Summit 2026” in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit had as its …

Factional National Chairman of Accord, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has raised concerns over his personal safety and that of his family, urging law enforcement agencies to intervene. Imumolen, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said his attention had been drawn to developments and circumstances that had caused him serious concern about his personal safety and that of members of his …