The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has strongly opposed calls to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Bola Tinubu’s running mate ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that such a move would be a serious political blunder. In a statement released Thursday in Abuja, the forum’s Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, addressed reports that some party members were …

A non-profit organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said that more than half of Nigerians do not trust the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The group’s Executive Director, Samson Itodo, stated this on Friday during an interview on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television. Itodo said issues such as conflicting results from the same polling unit, election officials subverting the will …

Two of Nigeria’s most consequential power centres today are the Federal Capital Territory and Rivers State. One is the seat of national authority and the symbol of our collective future; the other is the country’s energy nerve centre. Stability, competence, and restraint are therefore non-negotiable in the governance of both. What Nigeria is witnessing today, however, is an unhealthy concentration …

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 …