Politics

A fresh and significant leadership crisis has erupted within the Labour Party (LP), deepening the struggle for control of the party structures. The party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) and a quorum of the statutory National Executive Council (NEC) have announced the dissolution of the Senator Nenadi Usman-led interim National Working Committee (iNWC). This development further strains the internal politics of …

Nigeria’s so-called opposition politicians, comprising some of those left in a dying political party and a sprinkling of some failed political office aspirants regrouping in a platform struggling to find its bearings, are amusing lots. They blow hot air, seek scapegoats for their failure and move to confuse the polity in a desperate search for cheap political gains. On Sunday, …

Prominent opposition leaders in Nigeria have raised serious concerns over what they described as a deliberate plot by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to weaken and ultimately dismantle the country’s multi-party democracy through the politicisation of anti-corruption agencies. In a strongly worded joint statement on Sunday, the leaders accused the Federal Government of weaponising state institutions, particularly the …

Six days after a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made a precautionary landing in Burkina Faso, the 11 military personnel on board have remained in detention as diplomatic efforts intensify to resolve the standoff. The soldiers and the aircraft were seized by the Burkina Faso military government over alleged violations of the Sahel country’s airspace. On Tuesday, the Government of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of turning development of states into a tool of political coercion, saying the pressure on governors and elected officials to defect is fuelled by a system that rewards only those aligned with the ruling party. The opposition party warns that such actions endanger Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general …

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has acknowledged concerns over the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 general election. Speaking on Friday during an appearance on Arise TV’s The Morning Show, Abdullahi said the situation poses a challenge that worries the …

Leading American political analysts say the People’s Democratic Party has just taken its most significant institutional step since losing national power in 2015. The introduction and issuance of a formal expulsion certificate created under the initiative of the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN–led National Working Committee (NWC) after the Ibadan Convention expelled Nyesom Wike and ten others is being described as …

,I just returned from a Congressional delegation to Nigeria with @HouseAppropsGOP. While there, we visited Benue State. We met with Bishops Anagbe and Dugu and Tor Tiv. We met with suffering IDPs who are all Christians. They are forced to live in camps that are regularly attacked by Fulani Islamic radicals. We heard heartbreaking stories from survivors of this horrific …

The United States is proposing a change to its visa-free travel programme which could impact millions of international travellers. Under new guidelines announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, individuals seeking entry through the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation will now be required to provide their social media history from the past five years. This proposed revision, published …

Maria Corina Machado, a pro-democracy activist, stepped onto the balcony of Oslo’s Grand Hotel shortly before 2.30am on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding in Caracas. The 58-year-old was smuggled out of Venezuela with help from the US in defiance of a ⁠decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in her home country, and after spending more than …