Politics

U.S. APPEAL COURT REJECTS TRUMP’S BID TO REVOKE THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the United States. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put …

15 POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR Of LATE POPE FRANCIS’ Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, due to a stroke and cardiac arrest at his residence in thew Domus Sanctae Marthae, Vatican City. His death concluded a 12-year papacy noted for its emphasis on humility, advocacy for social justice, and efforts to reform the Catholic Church. …

ALL DELTA PDP REPS DEFECT TO APC All Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Representatives members have officially defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Their defection was made public by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, during plenary on Tuesday. Recall that former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and his successor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, …

TEN COUNTRIES WITH MULTIPLE CAPITAL CITIES While most countries have just one capital city, a few around the world take a different approach, splitting national duties across two or even three capital cities. Whether for historical, political, or logistical reasons, these nations have chosen to spread out their centers of power. From South Africa’s trio of capitals to Bolivia’s high-altitude …

OPPOSITION GOVS RECONSIDER MOVE TO APC Some governors elected on the platforms of opposition parties and reported to be bound for the All Progressives Congress may have ditched the plan. This might not be unconnected to moves by parties to stop the defections of their chieftains to the ruling APC, including changing political dynamics. The recent defection of Delta State …

EMERGENCY RULE: TINUBU UNDER PRESSURE TO REINSTATEMENT FUBARA MAY 29 Since March 18, 2025 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency, there has been relative peace in Rivers State. The eventual suspension of Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Ordu, and the entire Legislative Arm of government is the biggest setback that may likely affect the …

PETER OBI’S STRONG ALLY, OBAZE DUMPS LABOUR PARTY Mr Oseloka H. Obaze, a key ally of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has resigned his membership of the party. Obaze disclosed this in a letter addressed to LP Chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru Local Government in Awka on Sunday. Obaze, …

HOW THE NORTH IS WEIGHING JONATHAN OPTION TO SUCCEED TINUBU In this analysis, Abuja Bureau Chief LEON USIGBE explores the quiet but strategic conversations in the North about positioning former President Goodluck Jonathan as a potent tool to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. BY 2027, Nigeria’s political terrain may witness another momentous shift, and politicians in the north are …

2027: PDP GOVERNORS STRIKE DEAL WITH WIKE Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have agreed to make concessions to foster unity within the party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. A reliable source told Sunday PUNCH that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, represented PDP governors in a …

WALKOUT ON TINUBU’S WIFE BY RIVERS WOMEN WORSENS FUBARA-WIKE FEUD The political feud between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have worsened following a dramatic walkout by women believed to be Fubara’s supporters at an event attended by the wife of the Sole Administrator, Theresa Ibas. This came …