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Siminalayi Fubara on Friday addressed a mammoth crowd in Port Harcourt for the first time since the end of emergency rule in Rivers State. The Rivers State Governor thanked the people for standing by him during the challenging period and assured them that his administration would remain focused on their welfare and development. He said the government’s priority was to …

About 36-hours to the conduct of bye-election by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, into 63 councillorship seats across 15 local government areas, the State High Court sitting in Benin City has restrained the commission from conducting the election. Edo State Independent Electoral Commission had slated September 20, 2025 for the conduct of the bye-election in the state Justice …

Unknown to the supporters waiting to receive him back into the Government House yesterday, reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara was airborne at the time they were drumming and singing in front of the facility in Port Harcourt. Fubara and Rivers State House of Assembly members got the nod to return to office as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu terminated the …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has finally arrived in Port Harcourt, the state capital, following his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu. Fubara arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport about 11:50 a.m. on Friday. The development comes more than 24 hours Tinubu ended the six-month emergency rule in the state. The Governor was greeted by a crowd of supporters who …

Nigeria’s economy has shown early signs of recovery following the removal of fuel subsidies, with non-oil exports driving growth, according to new policy data. Nigeria introduced crude oil as a social product in 1973, fixing domestic prices below international levels. At that time, crude oil was sold locally at $1.93 per barrel, while the global price stood at $3.00, with …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a “typical example of where democracy is dying,” citing a lack of accountability and elite capture of the state. Obi made the remark at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Annual Democracy Dialogue in Accra, Ghana, with the theme “What Makes Democracy Die?” At the programme, which held on Wednesday, the …

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Senator John Azuta Mbata, has asked every Igbo resident in any part of Nigeria to go and ensure that he or she is registered to participate in the 2027 general election and other elections. In a video, Mbata release on Thursday, he said that the federal government has no advantage in still keeping …

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for what it described as a “confused and inconsistent” stance on zoning its 2027 presidential ticket. In a statement issued on Thursday, APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the PDP’s latest decision to leave its ticket open to all zones after initially zoning it …

The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this on Thursday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja. He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria …

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has tackled activist and Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, over his comments, where he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal”. In a tweet on August 25, Sowore had described the President as a criminal, citing a video where Tinubu, during his visit to Brazil, said there was no …