Politics

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the outcome of Saturday’s area council elections reflect President Bola Tinubu’s visionary leadership. Wike made the remarks during a broadcast in Abuja on Sunday, thanking Tinubu for strengthening residents’ confidence in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC won five of …

Three major opposition parties—the Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigerian Peoples Party, and African Democratic Congress —are missing on the ballot papers for the Kano State House of Assembly by-election holding on Saturday, as reported by Arise News. The by-election is being conducted to fill two vacant seats in the state assembly following the deaths of the former lawmakers last year, …

  At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met a few electoral officials without any voter. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has lamented the low turnout in the ongoing Area Council Elections. The minister, who toured some polling units in Abuja interacted with electoral officials. At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met …

As the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) electorate file out to vote for their representatives at the six area councils in the FCT, most residents, especially in the city centre, remained indifferent to the exercise, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, had on Friday, declared a work-free day and announced a …

The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Anite-Uzoka, on Thursday announced plans to begin payments for the 2024 and 2025 capital budgets to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). Anite-Uzoka made this disclosure while defending the ministry’s 2026 budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. Her clarification followed persistent questions from senators seeking updates on the status of …

A former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Chief Martin Onovo, has faulted the newly assented Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, saying it did not reflect the yearnings of Nigerians for credible elections. Onovo, who is also the Head of Policy Positions at the Movement for Fundamental Change, made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for the prompt signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, in Abuja on Wednesday, described the development as “apt”. The News Agency of Nigeria …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026. The brief signing ceremony took place at the President’s office at the State House, Abuja with Principal officers of the National Assembly in attendance. The National Assembly had on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill. The amendment comes amid intense public debate over the …

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has hailed the successful conduct of its ward congresses as a major boost to internal democracy, party unity and grassroots cohesion across the state. State Chairman of the party, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, stated this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the party’s state secretariat in Benin, following the conclusion of the congresses held …

  ​By Oto Drama, PhD T]he greatest tragedy of the African political landscape is not the illiterate tyrant, but the “Scholar-Dictator”—the man who spends decades teaching the Theory of Exit in the ivory towers of the West, only to practice the Praxis of Entrenchment at home. As 2027 approaches, Professor Julius Ihonvbere is no longer just a representative; he has …