Politics

  *Insists Incitement Is Criminal Offence Under Our Laws The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), CSP Anietie Iniedu, has cautioned political stakeholders in the country against making inciting remarks that could trigger electoral violence ahead of the 2027 general elections, stating that the Force will not tolerate any form of incitement. JoinDiaspora Networks CSP …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has unveiled its governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the 2027 general elections across 28 states. The party announced the candidates in a statement on Friday, highlighting its commitment to presenting what it described as credible leadership and a viable alternative for Nigerians. Among the candidates are Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for Lagos State, Isa Mohammed Ashiru …

The findings suggest that many young Nigerians are not necessarily indifferent to elections; rather, they are becoming disillusioned by an electoral process they believe is neither transparent nor capable of translating their votes into meaningful change. Ahead of the 2023 election, Prodigy Dan, a young Nigerian, believed that high voter turnout would bring the good governance the country desperately needed. …

  As campaign activities for the 2027 general elections get underway, clerics and politicians have quickly resorted to old rhetoric and tricks to mobilise support for their candidates. As campaign activities for the 2027 general elections get underway, clerics and politicians have quickly resorted to old rhetoric and tricks to mobilise support for their candidates. But Nigerians are challenging the …

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation’s largest United Methodist church. Now he wants to bring Kansas voters to the polls as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. A first-time candidate, Hamilton faces an unusual balancing act between political ambition and spiritual obligation. His pastoral role has …

  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 …