By Rafiyat Sadiq Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ending a decades-long association with the party. He attributed his decision to persistent internal divisions and unresolved leadership crises within the PDP. In a letter dated June 27 and addressed to the PDP Chairman in Otukpo Ward …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Armed herders on Sunday attacked the Udei community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, killing four Mobile Police officers in what residents described as a coordinated assault that once again threw the area into panic. The attackers launched the operation around 11 a.m., moving from the Asha community toward …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Federal Government delegation arrived in Madina, Saudi Arabia, on Monday to receive the remains of the late elder statesman and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, ahead of his burial. The delegation, led by Minister of Defence Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, left Nigeria late Sunday and landed in the holy city early …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Federal Government has arraigned the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, at the Federal High Court in Abuja Monday. The charges relate to alleged cybercrimes committed against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The prosecution accused the senator of making harmful imputations …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday relocated its scheduled Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting from the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat to the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. The party attributed the move to the presence of heavily armed police officers and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election while firmly dismissing rumours of a possible alliance with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Obi made the declaration on Sunday night during a live interactive session with his supporters on X (formerly Twitter). He restated …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Ali Bukar Dalori has formally assumed office as the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the resignation of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. Addressing members of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday at the party’s national secretariat, Dalori said he accepted the responsibility with humility, loyalty, and a sense …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Confusion continues to trail the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the party struggles to hold its rescheduled 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting amid an internal dispute over the position of national secretary and the powers of the acting national chairman. The crisis intensified after the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, …
by Rafiyat Sadiq After months of political unrest and tension in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, have announced a truce, declaring that peace has finally returned to the state. The resolution followed a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday night, where both …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 16 outstanding bye-elections will be conducted across 12 states of the federation on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The commission will also resume Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide beginning August 18, 2025. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made these disclosures during the …
