The 2027 African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Bola Tinubu's administration to explain what he described as a suspicious increase in the Service-Wide Vote (SWV) contained in the 2026 federal budget, alleging that trillions of naira have been hidden under opaque spending provisions. In a statement issued on Monday by his …
The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal judgment that nullified the forfeiture of seven high-value properties linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, restoring the Federal High Court's order that permanently transferred the assets to the Federal Government. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday, a five-member panel of …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering conducting a mock presidential election and a comprehensive audit of its electoral technology as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan (SAN), disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, during a courtesy visit …
Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has filed a N15 billion defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), over allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a purported N27.3 billion take-off grant for the agency. The suit, filed before the …
The Federal Government has arraigned three men before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The defendants, identified as Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid; Yunusa Musa, also known as Yunusa bin Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani, …
The Kogi State High Court has dismissed as false a social media report claiming it ordered the deregistration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting it never heard or determined any case relating to the registration or deregistration of the party or any other political party. In a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja, the …
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Farouk Aliyu, has said many Nigerian Christians are now more comfortable with President Bola Tinubu's Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket than they were before the 2023 general election, arguing that the administration has allayed fears of religious marginalisation. Aliyu made the remarks on Thursday during an interview on …
The Senate on Wednesday, for the second time in one week, rejected a fresh request to investigate the controversial budgetary allocation to the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), insisting that the matter is already before the courts and under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The development …
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the permanent forfeiture of 48 properties linked to former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to the Federal Government. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had met the legal threshold of …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will recognise only the candidates submitted by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), confirming that the faction has already uploaded candidates for 471 elective positions ahead of the 2027 general election. INEC National Commissioner, Mohammed Haruna, said the commission granted the …
