Politics

  •As Power, pressure and survival collide At 7:21 a.m. on Ahmadu Bello Way in Abuja, a battered Toyota Carina II taxi crawled toward the Federal Secretariat. The radio crackled through the traffic hum as the morning news broke: another governor had defected. Inside the car, civil servants stared ahead in silence. No one looked surprised. For Musa, a senior …

  The governor has not only stripped Mr Kwankwaso of his primary bargaining chip but has also triggered a critical political transition that places his own survival at stake. Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State was formally admitted into the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, ending weeks of speculation of his defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). …

ABUJA: Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed claims that the tax reform laws which took effect in January were adulterated. Akpabio clarified the issue during plenary on Wednesday, saying the four tax Acts had been properly passed, gazetted, signed by President Bola Tinubu and certified by the Clerk of the National Assembly. “There is no adulteration. You can discard anything …

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said on Tuesday that Nigerians expect cooperation, not competition, within the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Abdullahi, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, made this known during the public presentation of his book, entitled “The Loyalist ” in Abuja. Abdullahi noted that Nigerians appeared politically ready for 2027, but leaders of the ADC were not united enough. He lamented …

The chairman African Democratic Congress (ADC), Sokoto state chapter, Alhaji Bello Isiyaku-Keegan, has denied Sen. Abubakar Gada’s membership, saying he was never their member. Isiyaku-Keegan stated this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Sokoto. He emphasised that membership of a political party was a formal and verifiable process involving registration and documentation through official records. He explained that Gada, who …

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises within the party and the need to protect the broader interest of the people of Kano State. The governor conveyed his decision in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the NNPP in Diso–Chiranchi Ward, Gwale Local Government …

A Private Investigator, Prof. Sandra Duru, has called on the Police to expedite action on her petition against Sen. Natasha Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, in the National Assembly. The private investigator, based in the US, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, that there was no need for delay in the investigation of the issues raised in the petition. She said …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a security expert, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni, has cautioned party leaders against any move to replace Vice President Kashim Shettima on religious grounds ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that such a decision could undermine the ruling party’s electoral prospects. Mumuni, who served as a member of the intelligence and security …

The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has explained why he declined to set up a seven-member panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, amid ongoing impeachment proceedings. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, Amadi cited court orders as the …

A CSO, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, has decried what it called delay by the Senate to conclude passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill in 2025. Convener of the group, Yunusa Ya’u, who stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, noted that the bill had earlier been passed by House of Representatives. Ya’u called on the …