Politics

Candidates of political parties contesting the Aug. 15 Osun governorship election on Thursday signed a peace accord organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) to ensure a non-violent poll in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 14 political parties signed the accord at the event presided over by the NPC convener, Rev. Matthew Kukah. In his …

Prof. Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that flashpoints across Osun have been identified, with directives issued to security agencies to neutralise any attempts at ballot disruption during the Aug. 15 governorship election. Amupitan made this known on Wednesday in Osogbo at the Osun Governorship Election Stakeholders’ Forum. He stated that the commission has …

Police in Osun have arrested the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Teslim Igbalaye and five others following a raid on his house in Osogbo. DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the spokesperson for the police command in the state, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. “Acting on credible and actionable intelligence that some criminal gang were hibernating around Oroki …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to deliver the Inner Southern Expressway (Goodluck Jonathan Way) by December. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday after inspecting the project, alongside the ongoing construction of the service carriageways of the Southern Parkway in Gaduwa District, Abuja. He added that the 10-kilometre road project awarded in …

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s economy has recovered, while security operations are delivering improved results through stronger coordination among security and intelligence agencies. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Tuesday after leading the National Communications Team to a meeting with the President in Abuja. The delegation included the Presidential Media Team and heads of information …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Abba Mohammed, the appellate court held that the June 15 judgment of the …

The House Committee probing the establishment and operations of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has requested the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olatunji Disu to provide the agency’s Director-General, Mr Adeyemi Adeniyi on July 29. The committee also ruled that 13 civil servants across the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Office of the Accountant …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the reported attack on one of its permanent voter cards (PVCs) collection centres in Osun will not deter it from conducting a free, fair and credible governorship election in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Dayo Oketola, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

The opposition’s plan to unite behind a single presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election may be losing momentum, with key opposition factions and parties adopting different positions on the proposed arrangement. Although the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party keeps the possibility open, the Nyesom Wike-backed PDP faction ruled out any alliance. Also, the …

  Over three million people – mainly from Eastern Nigeria – died while property worth billions of Naira was destroyed during a bloody 30-month-long civil war, which happened from 1967 to 1970. The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has declared his intention to prioritise national unity and the healing of historical wounds if elected …