Powerful forces within the Lagos All Progressives Congress are reportedly working behind the scenes to halt any attempt by Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to contest the Lagos governorship in 2027, insisting that such a move would be politically dangerous and publicly unacceptable. According to a report by Daily Post Nigeria dated January 15, 2026, the Governance …

Since June 2023, Nigeria has witnessed an unsettling shift, one that threatens its delicate unity, fairness, and social fabric. The north, long a stabilising pillar of the nation’s identity, now finds itself systematically marginalised, politically isolated, and economically weakened. Across politics, security, religion, and governance, a pattern has emerged, one that paints a disturbing picture of selective justice, religious bias, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that governors who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) would soon regret their actions The opposition party stated this while reacting to the APC’s decision to rule out automatic tickets for defecting governors. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said the governors who dumped the party for the …

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday accused the federal government of locating “the National Gold Refinery” in Lagos State. But the federal government said it was unfortunate that the NEF was framing a private sector–driven initiative in the mining sector as a regional agenda. The NEF, in an open letter signed by its spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere and addressed …

Nine state governments have domesticated the new tax laws aimed at ending the era of multiple taxation and uncoordinated levies. They are Bayelsa, Anambra, Ekiti, Gombe, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kwara and Zamfara. The remaining 27 are likely to follow suit soon, The Nation gathered. Sources said the domestication of the new tax laws by the state governments will complement the …

Residents of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano metropolis, where a woman and her six children were killed on Friday, yesterday recounted how the incident happened. This is even as the husband of the woman and father of the children said the incident had shattered his life. Fatima Abubakar, 35, and her children: Maimuna (17), Aisha (16), Bashir (13), Abubakar (10), …

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s planned defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has become one of Kano’s most talked about political puzzles following the uncertainty surrounding the move. The defection, which was hitherto slated for the first week of January 2026, was pushed to January 12, 2026. The much anticipated event was again stalled as …

The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi has stated that the South East Geopolitical zone has every reason to be grateful to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the ongoing numerous road Projects within the region. The Minister stated this during a press briefing in Enugu on Saturday after inspecting some federal government projects in the Country. The Federal Government says …

The United States relied on information and reports from Emeka Umeagbalasi, a screwdriver trader in Onitsha, Anambra state, to launch air strikes in Nigeria, according to a report by the New York Times. In October, US President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” in response to allegations of a Christian genocide in the country. “Christianity is …

The office of the Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, has received the letter from the State House of Assembly requesting him to constitute a seven-man committee to probe the allegations of gross misconduct leveled against the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, The Nation gathered yesterday. The House of Assembly Committee Chairman on …

Catholic Cardinal Robert Sarah has criticised what he described as the politicisation of the Church’s liturgy, condemning the use of profane music and persistent liturgical abuses during Holy Mass. Speaking during two lectures at Princeton University in November 2025, the Guinean cardinal said the sacred liturgy has increasingly been “instrumentalised” and distorted over recent decades. His remarks were later reported …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed reports claiming it has asked its members to contribute N10,000 each to fund party activities, describing the allegation as false and misleading. This was contained in a press statement issued on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Ini Ememobong. The PDP faulted a publication by The Observer Times titled …

Darlington Orji, the special adviser to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on political affairs, has said the governor did not respond to notice of gross misconduct against him by the state assembly because he has not been served with the notice. Mr Orji disclosed this on Friday during an interview on AIT, an Abuja-based television station. The assembly, on 8 …

Arrangements are in top gear for the marriage ceremony of nine children of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. The invitation card for the event, which has circulated widely on social media, was sighted by our correspondent on Saturday. According to the invitation, which has the minister’s picture, the weddings will hold at the Central Mosque, Abuja, by …

The planned defection of the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has experienced a setback as the ruling party has not acceded to the governor’s demand to be offered an automatic ticket in the 2027 governorship election in the state THISDAY gathered that the demand for an …