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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to immediately release Abubakar Salim Musa, describing his arrest as part of a growing crackdown on dissent in Nigeria. Atiku made the call in a statement issued on Monday, following a report by Amnesty International Nigeria on the arrest of the young Nigerian on Sunday, January 11, 2026. …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that political power is earned through strength and strategic action, warning that Obio/Akpor Local Government Area remains a decisive force in Rivers State politics. Wike also dismissed calls for his removal, stressing that the power to sack him lies solely with the President. Wike spoke on Sunday during a …

Former Plateau state governor and leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Jonah David Jang, has asked Governor Caleb Mutfwang to resign and contest a fresh election. The former governor said this at a stakeholders’ meeting of PDP while reacting to the recent defection of Governor Mutfwang from PDP to All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Jang, …

Loyalists of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, were conspicuously absent on Sunday as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made his first public appearance since reports emerged of moves for his defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor had been out of public view for more than a week and was …

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, some state governors seeking re-elections are currently facing hurdles after falling out with their political godfathers. While some of the governors, especially in the opposition parties found shelter in the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government ahead of 2027, their godfathers were left behind. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his Kano State counterpart, …

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says he does not “shout or complain” about the issues in the state because God is with him. Fubara spoke on Sunday during an interdenominational church service organised to commemorate the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The service took place at St Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital. After the clerics prayed …

A former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Usman Bugaje, has criticised the political elite, accusing them of taking turns to destroy the country under the guise of zoning. Bugaje noted that while the people have kept their own side of the social contract in the democracy by being law-abiding and paying taxes, the government has failed to fulfill …

When the first whispers of impeachment began to drift out of the Rivers State House of Assembly, many Nigerians did not ask “if” it would happen; they asked “why now”. The answer, it turns out, was written all over the political terrain. From the very beginning, the move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Oduh, carried the unmistakable …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed criticisms trailing his political choices, insisting that politics is driven by interests, power and the will of the people, not sentiment or emotions. The minister stated this on Sunday during a ‘thank you’ visit to Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, his political base, where he addressed a supporters and political …

The Rivers State House of Assembly has raised the alarm over what it described as a plot by some persons linked to the executive arm to procure a court order stopping it from performing its functions. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Petitions and Complaints, Dr Enemi Alabo George, in a statement on Sunday, said the plot was to get …