Politics

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 …

A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of “impersonating a celebrity”. Mark S Zuckerberg says his account has been disabled five times over the past eight years, and it has cost him thousands of dollars in lost business. The …

Political strategist and Group CEO of Global Investment and Trade Company, Baba Yusuf, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of working to destabilise the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 elections. Yusuf spoke on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Friday. He alleged that Wike’s strategy is to prevent the PDP from …

Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are alleging that Nigeria is heading towards dictatorship. In a statement which Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, Director General of the PDP Governors’ Forum issued on behalf of the governors, he urged leaders to use the occasion of Eid-El-Maulud to urgently address insecurity, “compromised judicial system and failed economic …

Angela Rayner, UK deputy prime minister, has resigned following an investigation into her failure to pay the correct amount of stamp duty on a property purchase. Rayner, who also served as housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party, confirmed her resignation in a letter on Friday, saying she takes “full responsibility for this error”. The Labour MP for …

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says recent events in Kaduna, Katsina, and other states point to a troubling drift towards authoritarianism under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Abubakar said the invitations extended to Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state by the police; the attack on the convoy …

President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department’s official name is set in law, Trump, in an executive order, is authorising use of the new label as a “secondary title” by his administration, a …