Politics

United States Senator, Riley Moore has cleared the air on reports alleging that the US is planning to divide Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, the lawmaker said though he was in Nigeria and engaged in multiple high-level meetings with government officials, the discussion of dividing the country never came up. He stated that in all the discussions, the idea …

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has described the claims by the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi over rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the Senate as “false and misleading.” Spokesman of the party, Seye Oladejo, made the remark on Saturday, in apparent reaction to Obi’s claim …

Former United States President, Barack Obama has made his first public statement following a controversial video shared by President Donald Trump that portrayed him and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes. Obama, in a post on X on Saturday, made no reference to the video, which sparked widespread outrage and accusations of racism. Instead, the 44th US president focused on …

President Bola Tinubu will embark on a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom in March, according to Buckingham Palace. Military President Ibrahim Babangida embarked on the last Nigerian state visit to the UK in 1989. The late Queen Elizabeth II had hosted Babangida for four days. The BBC described State visits as a form of soft-power diplomacy, using the …

The Executive Director of Equipping the Persecuted, Judd Saul, has accused Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, of promoting what he described as a false narrative in Washington DC (USA), while violent attacks allegedly claiming the lives of over 300 Christians continue across parts of Nigeria. Saul made the allegation in a video post shared by an X user, Dr. Kenon …

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has adopted a report by the President of the Association, Max Afam Osigwe, SAN @afamosigwe strongly urging the National Assembly to vote in favour of the proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill, which seeks to compel the electronic transmission of election results. At …

A coalition of over 70 civil society organizations (CSOs) advocating for credible elections, on Friday, insisted on mandatory real-time electronic transmission of 2027 general election results. The CSOs, which operate via the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, flayed what they described as the Senate’s passage of a retrogressive version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026. According to the group, …

Facts have emerged on why the All Progressives Congress dropped the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as Chairman of the National Convention Central Coordination Committee and replaced him with former Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari. Some senior officials of the APC told Sunday PUNCH that the leadership change was necessitated by the need to accommodate and show respect to ‘old …

A United States congressional hearing on global religious freedom has criticised the Federal Government’s reported $9million lobbying contract in Washington, with lawmakers warning that the deal appeared to be aimed at downplaying serious human rights and religious freedom violations. The concerns were raised on Wednesday during a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on the …

The supporters of Kano Strongman, Musa Kwankwaso, have started campaigning for an Obi/Kwankwaso alliance to rescue Nigeria. Supporters of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), have proposed a joint presidential ticket pairing Peter Obi with Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 general election. Speaking on behalf of the support groups in Kano on Friday, Abba …