Politics

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has blasted what he described as the excessive deployment of security operatives around the family of President Bola Tinubu. He recently warned that such overreach undermines Nigeria’s security priorities, and Nigerians have been reacting. Speaking at the 20th Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) ...

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has officially joined the Accord Party ahead of the party’s governorship primary, scheduled for Wednesday. His defection comes days after a resignation letter, dated November 4, surfaced online on December 1, following which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) conducted its primary that produced Adebayo Adedamola ...

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor recently announced his defection while addressing stakeholders at a meeting held at the Government House, Port Harcourt. According to him, he met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on ...

Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr Abdullahi Sani Shinkafi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to unify the command structure of the Ministry of Defence. He recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, Nigeria’s security challenges will ...

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve deploying troops to the neighbouring Republic of Benin as part of a peace mission. This comes two days after rogue soldiers briefly seized control of a TV station in Cotonou, Benin’s economic capital, before being repelled by government forces. In a ...

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a failed political arrangement. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, reacted to the ADC’s public call for Peter Obi to clarify his political intentions. According to him, ...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has blasted the Federal Government over its fast intervention in the attempted coup in the Benin Republic. The party recently had its say via a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. According to him, the development raises important questions about ...

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for quickly approving the Benin Republic’s request for Nigerian military support to foil Sunday’s attempted coup in the neighbouring country. He recently had his say via a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on Dec. 17 over insecurity in the country. This was recently revealed via a communiqué jointly signed by the NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, and the Acting General Secretary, Mr Benson Upah. According to him, the NEC ...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has said that he is expecting a sweeping victory for the ruling party in the 2027 general elections. He recently had his say while receiving the leadership of Women Leaders Support Advancement, a political advocacy group promoting greater inclusion ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he still does not know his exact age. He recently had his say while speaking at the Toyin Falola Interview Series, themed “A Conversation with His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,” and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, his only reference point comes ...

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Nigerian Armed Forces for their swift intervention in Benin Republic following an attempted military coup in the neighbouring country. He recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, the Government of Benin formally requested Nigeria’s military ...

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren. A United Nations source and local media recently confirmed their freedom, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to the insider, the children from St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri are set to be handed over to local government officials in ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that he and other founding members of his led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party will not allow individuals who joined the party from other platforms to kill it. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, ...

A group within the Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, BTO4PBAT, has said the African Democratic Congress will not shake the ruling party ahead of the 2027 general election. BTO4PBAT recently revealed that with or without Atiku in the ADC, President Bola Tinubu would win the presidential poll. ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blasted President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, for an ambassadorial post. He recently revealed that he would never nominate a past INEC chairman as an ambassador if he were president. In a press ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to be truthful about the insecurity crisis in the country. He recently revealed that BAT should reveal those who keep financing terrorism in Nigeria. Blasting the appointment of the immediate Chief of Defence ...

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has assured Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma that his conglomerate is ready to become one of the biggest investors in the state. He recently urged the governor to identify priority investment areas, pledging that his group would commit fully as soon as they are ...

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that almost 70 per cent of those presently working with the President had opposed him politically at one point. He recently revealed that Tinubu once told him that his mum taught him to embrace even those ...

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Senate for its quick confirmation of General Christopher Musa (retd.) as the new Minister of Defence. He recently described the appointment as timely and crucial for the country. In a post shared via his official X handle, Tinubu revealed that he forwarded Musa’s name ...