Politics

Barring any last-minute change, Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas appears set to become the latest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah on Tuesday made a similar switch. The move, which has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks, gained momentum after Kefas’ close aides …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has continued to count its losses following the protracted leadership crisis bedevilling the party since the aftermath of the 2023 general election. The once-formidable umbrella is now fraying under the weight of defections, protracted crisis, and loss of public confidence. This even as President Bola Tinubu appears to have successfully demolished the long-standing political walls …

Britain’s unemployment rate has edged up to the highest level in over four years, official data showed Tuesday, adding to the country’s economic strains ahead of the government’s annual budget. The rate reached 4.8 percent in the three months to the end of August — the highest level since the first half of 2021, the Office for National Statistics said …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday warned the National Assembly against the proposal calling for the amendment of 2027 election dates. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said that moving could undermine governance in the country. Recall that the National Assembly had proposed to move the presidential and gubernatorial elections from February …

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a new dimension at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday as the National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum and the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, disagreed in open court. During the hearing of a suit seeking to stop the party’s planned National Convention, instituted by three aggrieved members, Damagum and …

Madagascar’s military has taken charge of the African island nation, an army colonel announced on Tuesday, after a rising Gen Z-led protest movement peaked over the weekend. “We have taken the power,” Colonel Michael Randrianirina of the army’s CAPSAT unit said on national radio. The military was dissolving all institutions except the lower house of parliament, Randianirina said, shortly after …

Senator Kevin Chukwu.House of.Reps Members:Hon Sunday Umeha*Hon Chimaobi Atu*Hon Paul NnamchiEarlier defectors to APC All missing in action as Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the state political establishment move in and take over the party

The World Bank report, released on October 8, 2025, shows that a staggering 139 million Nigerians are now living in poverty, an alarming increase from the 87 million Nigerians living below the poverty line reported in 2023, when Tinubu was sworn in as President. What this means is that in two years under the watch of the APC regime, over …

Cameroon’s opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma, declared victory late Monday in the country’s October 12 presidential election, calling on President Paul Biya to accept defeat and “honour the truth of the ballot box.” “Our victory is clear. It must be respected,” Tchiroma said in a speech posted on his Facebook page from his hometown of Garoua in northern Cameroon. “The people …

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has proposed that presidential and governorship elections be conducted in November 2026, instead of the usual February or March of the election year. The proposal is contained in the draft amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, which were discussed on Monday during a one-day public hearing held by the Joint Committee …