Politics

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, officially joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the coalition-backed party he has aligned with ahead of the 2027 elections. Coming exactly 130 days he resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a party on which platform he unsuccessfully ran for the presidency twice, ADC is the sixth party he would be joining …

As so often with Donald Trump it was a half-digested news item that prompted him to reach for his box of matches. After watching a segment on Fox News about attacks on Nigerian Christians, the US president took to Truth Social for one of his customary blasts. If Nigeria didn’t stop the killings, he warned, he would deploy the US …

The White House, the United States’ seat of power, was reportedly placed on lockdown on Wednesday following a shooting involving members of the U.S. National Guard near the nation’s capital, raising security concerns in the area. The shooting occurred close to the Farragut Metro Station, coinciding with a controversial troop deployment to Washington, D.C., ordered by President Donald Trump. In …

Military authorities in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday declared that they had assumed full control of the country, announcing the suspension of all electoral activities and an immediate closure of national borders. The development comes just three days after the nation conducted its legislative and presidential elections. The declaration followed reports of heavy gunfire earlier in the day around the presidential palace …

The Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) has accused presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, of attempting to divert attention away from the failures of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The POMR, in a statement on Wednesday signed by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, cautioned Onanuga against launching verbal attacks against former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The statement comes as a …

Hours after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar officially switched to the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), the embattled Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr. Hycinth Alia, has paid a suspicious visit to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Iyorchia Ayu, an Atiku ally, allegedly to facilitate his defection. Dr. Ayu was the Director General of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit before the federal high court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on November 15 and 16. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/25012025, the party, alongside Mohammed Abdulrahman, acting national chairman, and Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary, …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described President Bola Tinubu’s order to withdraw police officers from very important personalities (VIPs) as a political gesture that does not address Nigeria’s escalating security crisis. On Sunday, the president ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs across the country. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information …

The United States has affirmed its commitment to partnering with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, after a high-level security meeting at the Pentagon on November 20. The meeting, hosted by Pete Hegseth, US secretary of war, was attended by a delegation of security leaders from Nigeria led by Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA). Their meeting took place …

In a dramatic and historic vote late Friday night, the United States Congress overwhelmingly backed President Donald J. Trump’s push for possible military intervention in Nigeria, with 285 members voting in favour out of 383 total votes cast in a special joint session. The resolution gives the President authority to use targeted military force against armed groups accused of carrying …