Former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday declared that urgent action is needed to rescue Nigeria from its current challenges, as stakeholders from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and other groups in Lagos formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking at the affirmation ceremony in Lagos, Aregbesola welcomed the new entrants…
It is about two years to the 2027 general elections.But the grand plot to ensure victory for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State has already been set. This was sequel to the announcement in July of a fresh date for the local government elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC. Recall that the…
Mrs Hajara Alabelewe, wife of the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kaduna State Council, Alhaji Abdulgafar Alabelewe, is dead. Mrs Alabelewe died in the early hours of Sunday at about 1am in a hospital in Kaduna following a brief illness. Confirming the incident, the NUJ chairman said his wife died as a result…
The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two suspected kidnappers during a gun battle with security forces along the Tungargiwa-Saminaka road on Sunday. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, the police received credible intelligence about a gang of armed bandits planning to ambush and kidnap commuters along the…
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, to intervene and help secure his removal from the Federal Government’s wanted persons list. Igboho made the plea during a courtesy visit to the Ooni’s palace in Ile-Ife over the weekend, where he also tendered…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to immediately suspend the patently unlawful and unconstitutional pay rise for political and public office holders in Nigeria particularly the president, vice-president, governors, their deputies, and the country’s lawmakers.” SERAP urged him to “reject…
THE African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed remarks by Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, describing his criticism of the opposition coalition as “personal opinions” that do not reflect the ADC’s position. In a statement signed by Jackie Wayas, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, the ADC reaffirmed its commitment to uniting…
It has been widely reported that the by-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday, August 16, 2025, in 12 states across the country was marred by violence, apathy and malfunctioning of BVAS in many of the places where the exercise took place. For instance, the arrest of nearly 288 suspected thugs…
With the 2027 general elections fast approaching, the coalition party, African Democratic Congress, is battling internal uncertainty as the anticipated membership of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi remains stalled, leaving the party’s future direction unclear. Several credible sources within the coalition, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have accused the Federal Government of intimidation and anti-democratic actions during the just concluded by-elections in the country. But the Presidency described the allegations as baseless, adding that the governors were merely hurting from their losses at the polls. Allegations of vote-buying, violence and low voter…
