Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election and one of the presidential hopefuls in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, on Monday declared that Nigerians would no longer entertain glitches in the next general election. Obi spoke on Monday when he led his supporters and other civil society organisations to the National Assembly to demand passage of real-time transmission of …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has held that the Senate acted within its powers when it suspended the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for misconduct. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court said it was satisfied that neither the Appellant’s parliamentary privilege nor her constitutional rights were breached as …

Ghanaian President John Mahama has ordered the immediate recall of Mohammed Ahmed, known as Baba Jamal, from his position as the country’s high commissioner to Nigeria over allegations of vote buying in Saturday’s parliamentary primaries. Mahama’s decision was in response to claims that delegates were induced during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries. Jamal was a candidate in the polls, …

Fresh tension has gripped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following plans by the Nyesom Wike-backed caretaker committee to reopen the party’s national secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Monday through police intervention. The development has raised fears of possible confrontation between rival factions within the party, amid ongoing legal battles over its leadership structure. Speaking after a closed-door meeting at …

The New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, last month lost the only state they controlled to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after Governor Abba Yusuf joined numerous other state governors seeking survival ahead of the 2027 general elections. Kano recently faced biggest political defection as Governor Yusuf parted ways with Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso and aligned himself with Kwankwaso’s longtime rival or …

Public Affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu has accused the Federal Government of using the removal of fuel subsidy to protect corruption rather than ending it. In a post shared on X on Wednesday, Shehu described the policy as the biggest scam, theft and corruption in the history of Nigeria, while comparing past subsidy payments with recent spending claims by the Nigerian …

Storms may be brewing for many of President Bola Tinubu’s recently nominated ambassadors who face the prospect of being rejected by host countries due to time constraints on their tenure, findings by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. High-ranking officials in the Presidency and the foreign service disclosed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was grappling with the challenge of securing agrément, …

Peter Obi, leading Presidential hopeful for the 2027 elections, has led protesters to the National Assembly. The politician, who is joined by many of his supporters including Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, is currently at the entrance to the parliamentary building. “We have suffered the danger. We don’t want any glitch again. We want things to go well. Allow the …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted comments attributed to United States Congressman, Rep. Riley Moore, on Nigeria, religious persecution and self-determination, describing them as based on flawed assumptions and a misreading of history. In a statement titled “A Response to Rep. Riley Moore on Nigeria, Religious Persecution, and Self-Determination,” IPOB’s spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, argued that preserving Nigeria’s …

A legal consultant to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has criticised those calling on a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi, to abandon his 2027 presidential ambition. Ejimakor described the calls as “cowardly and duplicitous”. Ejimakor said claims that President Bola Tinubu controls the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and …

Ahead of the 2027 election in Nigeria, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has justified the removal of mandatory electronic transmission of results from the amended Electoral Act. The Senate had last week removed mandatory e-transmission of election results from the legislation. The Senate’s decision sparked controversy across the country with Nigerians, including opposition parties and the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, urging …

Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has urged the National Assembly to pass the Electoral Act amendment bill and allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine whether real-time electronic transmission of election results is feasible. Mark spoke in Abuja while chairing the unveiling of a book titled “The Burden of Legislators in Nigeria”, …

Efforts by some stakeholders within and outside the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to float a joint presidential ticket of former Anambra State governor Peter Obi and former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 general elections are intensifying, amid growing manoeuvres within the opposition political space. Although the ADC leadership has sought to play down the agitation, …

The strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) left patients stranded and government hospitals struggling, with many facilities offering only skeletal services for 84 days. From locked record offices to partially operating laboratories and pharmacies, the impact was felt nationwide as health workers demanded better welfare, improved working conditions, and the full implementation of long-standing agreements. In Abuja, patients …

Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church, has expressed concerns over the recent wave of attacks on communities in Nigeria. At least 100 persons were murdered in Woro and neighbouring communities, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday. Local authorities in the communities said at least 75 residents were buried on Wednesday and 13 others on …