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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has pressed for special attention to Enugu State, given its place in Nigeria’s colonial and post-colonial history. He made a case for more accommodation of Enugu State in the 2026 budget and greater speed in the ongoing federal road projects connecting the state. Mbah made the appeal weekend when he received the Joint National …

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was today received by jubilant supporters as her Senate office was finally unsealed, ending more than six months of restriction from her legislative duties, News360 Nigeria reports. Deputy Director of the Chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabo Adedeji, flanked by security personnel, officially reopened Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, her designated office. The development followed the expiration of her …

There seems to be confusion in the National Assembly over whose duty it is to issue an official notice of a Lawmaker’s resumption of plenary on behalf of the National Assembly. On Monday, Chinedu Akubueze, Chief of Staff to the Senate President, in a statement he signed, announced the postponement of plenary resumption from September 23 to October 7, 2025. …

The senate’s sergeant-at-arms has unsealed the office of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, News360 Nigeria reports. The office, located in suite 2.05 of the senate wing, has been under lock and key since the senator was suspended from the red chamber on March 6, 2025. In a video shared on Tuesday, Alabi Adedeji, deputy director, sergeant-at-arms, could be seen …

Lagos State has been thrown into mourning following the deaths of four female elected officials, barely two months after they were sworn into office. The most recent losses are Basirat Mayabikan, who died on 21 September, just 56 days after inauguration, and Oluremi Ajose, who died on 20 September, 55 days into her tenure. Their deaths came a month after …

The Presidency has dismissed claims by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is seeking to make himself a “life president,” insisting that the President has no plan to remain in office beyond 2031 if re-elected. El-Rufai, speaking over the weekend, had urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to rally Nigerians against President Tinubu in 2027, …

A coalition of opposition groups have advised former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, to work together or be prepared to hand President Bola Tinubu a second term on a platter of gold. Coalition of civil society groups including the Save Democracy Mega Alliance, SDMA, and the Civil Societies Alliance, among others, gave …

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that steps are underway to secure an international arrest warrant against Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and extradite him to the United States for alleged money laundering. Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, made this known in a post …

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that steps are underway to secure an international arrest warrant against Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and extradite him to the United States for alleged money laundering. Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, made this known in a post …

A coalition of opposition stakeholders, civil society groups, and political movements has unveiled AGOBI ’27—short for Atiku Givus Obi 2027—calling on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step aside and back Labour Party’s Peter Obi as a united presidential candidate in the 2027 elections. The Save Democracy Mega Alliance (SDMA), African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition partners, and allied civil societies …