The New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has stated that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State will face consequences for betraying the party. The governor quit the NNPP, on Friday, claiming it was in a bad situation that could not be fixed. He left the party together with some members of the House of Representatives and the State House of …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed anger over the failed cover-up attempt of Kaduna abduction, saying such development reflects dangerous obsession with public relations. The ADC, which warned the federal government to stop denying security problem, condemned the failed cover-up attempt by the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Police Force of the mass abduction of Nigerians, who gathered …

WHEN American warplanes struck suspected terrorist enclaves in Sokoto State on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, the Federal Government welcomed the intervention, which it said has its imprimatur as a boost to its war against terror. But less than four weeks after the foreign bombs landed, Nigeria has descended into a more complex nightmare. From Kaduna to Zamfara, Niger to …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has declared that he is not for sale after Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state left the party. Kwankwaso made this declaration on Friday while speaking to supporters immediately after Governor Yusuf’s exit from the NNPP. Yusuf on Friday officially resigned from the NNPP, citing protracted internal …

Multiple high-ranking police sources have reported that Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has been deeply unsettled following recent media reports linking his son, Victor Adewale Egbetokun, to an alleged ₦100 million financial impropriety involving funds said to have originated from the Anambra State Government’s (ANSG) security vote account. According to the sources, the development triggered tension at the …

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of Georgia, a state in the United States. Kanu is currently serving a life prison sentence at the Sokoto Prison after he was convicted on terrorism charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. Kanu was declared an ‘Honorary Georgia Citizen’ by Secretary of the …

Members of the distillers’ association, under the aegis of the Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association and the National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees, have warned that the enforcement being carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control will displace no fewer than 5.5 million Nigerians from their jobs. The unions, which …

The Enugu State Government has announced plans to convene a broad-based stakeholders’ engagement meeting as part of its ongoing reforms and development initiatives in the state’s land sector. The townhall meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, will take place at The Dome Hall, Enugu International Conference Centre, at 10:00 a.m. prompt. The government, in a statement issued on Thursday …

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has urged the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to respect the judgment of the Federal High Court recognising the Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had affirmed the removal of Abure as the National Chairman of the Party. The court also ordered the Independent National …

Femi Otubanjo, Bola Tinubu’s adviser has delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying the US President’s speech was a reflection of someone suffering from “spatial confusion’’, a mental state where an individual cannot accurately perceive their body’s position, motion, or altitude relative to their surroundings.Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned Nigerians against the consequences of selling their votes for money in the 2027 election. The Director of Voter Education at INEC, Victoria Eta-Messi, while responding to questions on vote buying during an appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Friday, questioned the logic of accepting ₦20,000 in exchange for a vote, noting …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has assured Nigerians that all amendments to the Electoral Act will be concluded in time for the 2027 general election. Akpabio was responding to questions raised by the AdvoKC Foundation, a civil society group. The Senate President’s assurance was conveyed through his Special Adviser on Constitutional Matters, Dr. Monday Ubani (SAN), in response to calls by …

His action is similar to an adventure of a slave who escaped from the palace of a stingy, mean, ruthless and difficult to please king and relocated to a bush hosting the Den of vicious animal, venomous reptiles with death as a guaranty any moment 1..The governor of Kano State has begun a journey to a “pilgrimage” neither to Mecca …

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and the need to safeguard the broader interest of the people of Kano State. This was contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday. The Governor, in a letter addressed …

The ongoing electronic membership registration and re-validation exercise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has further exposed and widened internal divisions within the ruling party, as allegations of deliberate exclusion and factional manipulation continue to trail the process in several states across the federation. Although complaints of glitches and access restrictions had earlier surfaced in states such as Benue and …