Politics

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, is set to return to the National Assembly later this month following the expiration of her six-month suspension. Her lawyer, Victor Giwa, confirmed that the lawmaker, currently in London on vacation, has completed all necessary arrangements to resume plenary when the Senate reconvenes on September 23. “Everything is in place, and the six months …

Inside INEC’s Secret Plot To Manipulate 2027 Elections For Tinubu, APC; Abdulrazak Yusuf Tipped To Replace Yakubu – SaharaReporters The manipulation of IReV, according to the insider, is already in motion. It was reportedly deployed in recent by-elections and is set to be tested again in the upcoming governorship elections in Anambra, Osun, and Ekiti states. SaharaReporters can exclusively reveal …

The long-running debate over whether former President Goodluck Jonathan can legally return to the presidential race took a dramatic turn last week after a Federal High Court in Yenagoa ruled that he cannot be barred from contesting on the basis of Section 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Justice Isa H. Dashen, who delivered judgment on May 27, 2022, …

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of plotting to silence him. Speaking when he appeared on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, Sowore said the current administration has adopted the same strategy used by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. “Well, I think it is just a recycling of the same strategy …

Barring any corrective intervention from the National Council of State (NCoS), the international community, civil society organisations and potential election observers (both local and foreign), there are warning signals that the 2027 general elections may turn out to be the worst elections ever conducted in the history of Nigeria, based on verified pieces of information made available to Sunday Vanguard …

As the November 16, 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approaches, the governors elected on the party’s platform and the loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike are in fresh battle of wits for the positions of the National Chairman and the National Secretary of the main opposition party, THISDAY’s investigation …

Following a closed-door meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas, retd, in the Presidential Villa last Wednesday, there are strong indications that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, and the 32-member House of Assembly may return on September 18, 2025. Sunday Vanguard gathered that at the meeting, Ibas …

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will not determine who becomes the party’s next state chairman. Ikem stated this on Friday while responding to the declaration by the Cross River South Senatorial District PDP caucus that Wike’s faction of the party …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified why it is yet to formally recognise Senator David Mark as National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as National Secretary. According to the Commission, the ADC has not fully complied with the statutory requirements for leadership change, rendering all official documents and communications …

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has responded to a recent claim by former President, Goodluck Jonathan, that Nigerian politics is full of betrayers. He urged young Nigerians aspiring to go into politics to learn from Goodluck Jonathan’s experience. Jonathan had recently claimed he was betrayed while seeking re-election in 2015. Jonathan made the remark in Benin, the Edo State …