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A major attempt to alter the Senate Standing Orders widely interpreted as a move to strengthen the eligibility of incumbent presiding officers to seamlessly return to the same office in the next Assembly suffered a dramatic setback on Tuesday after a pushback and procedural concerns raised on the floor. The proposed amendments, sponsored by Senate Leader Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti …

, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, has described the recent killings of Christians in Nigeria as a “genocide wearing the mask of chaos.” Fox News reports that Waltz made the comment on Tuesday at an event hosted by the United States Mission to the United Nations. “There is a body of evidence, and you are going …

The newly elected National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ini Ememobong, has condemned the police for firing tear gas canisters directly at party officials and journalists during Tuesday’s confrontation at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television, on Tuesday Ememobong said the party had anticipated resistance ahead of its planned inaugural National …

The presidency on Tuesday accused Tanimu Turaki, the new factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of committing “high treason” punishable by death for inviting American President Donald Trump to intervene in Nigerian democracy following the crisis rocking the opposition party. Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu, in a post on X on Tuesday, shared the video of …

Abuja was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday as the ongoing leadership battle within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) exploded into outright mayhem at the party’s national headquarters in Wadata Plaza. Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, a key figure in one of the warring factions, was forced to make a hasty exit from the building amid clouds of tear gas …

In a resounding endorsement of democratic order and party legitimacy, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially recognized the authentic National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by National Chairman Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) as the sole valid leadership. INEC has categorically rejected a spurious letter from expelled claimants of Acting National Chairman of the …

The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign, accusing him of failing to respond decisively to the abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Mega, in Kebbi State. The organisation said the President’s alleged silence and slow response to both the abductions and the recent killing of Brigadier-General Uba by …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership on Tuesday regained control of its national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, from the faction aligned with the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. The tense confrontation led to the postponement of a scheduled meeting to Wednesday, 19th November 2025. National Chairman Tanimu Turaki (SAN), addressing journalists after the takeover, said the leadership was forced to shift the …

As the national clamour for Nnamdi Kanu’s release from detention intensifies, no fewer than 44 federal lawmakers from different regions in Nigeria have written a two-page letter and resolution to President Bola Tinubu calling for the release of the IPOB leader. The National Assembly members urged the President to invoke his constitutional powers and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention. …

The newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Taminu Turaki, has called on United States President Donald Trump to come and save democracy in Nigeria. Turaki made the call addressing journalists at the PDP headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. The development followed tension at the party headquarters over attempts by warring factions to hold parallel meetings. Very …