President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria will spend not less than $11.6 billion on debt servicing in 2026 under the current global financial system. According to a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, the president spoke on Tuesday at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Tinubu said nearly half of Nigeria’s projected revenue for 2026 …
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke and the prosecution have closed their cases in the ongoing bribery trial at the Southwark Crown Court in the United Kingdom. The former minister is standing trial alongside Olatimbo Ayinde, an oil executive, and Doye Agama, her brother, on a five-count charge bordering on alleged bribery. All three …
Political tension is mounting within the Surulere chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as supporters of lawmaker Desmond Elliot intensified calls for his return to the Lagos State House of Assembly amid allegations of planned candidate imposition ahead of the party primaries. The growing dispute came to the fore during a solidarity rally held …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy more than 1.4 million ad hoc personnel, mostly members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), for the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the NYSC in Abuja, where he led a delegation …
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he is willing to serve as running mate to Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election. Kwankwaso made the declaration during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, where he said he would gladly work with Obi, a …
Proceedings in a suit seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election were stalled on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja following the absence of the plaintiff and key defendants. The suit, filed by lawyer Johnmary Jideobi before Justice Peter Lifu, could not proceed after neither counsel to …
Amid the Peoples Democratic Party’s lingering leadership crisis, former President Goodluck Jonathan is emerging as a major option for the Seyi Makinde and Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the party. After months of quietly wooing the former president, sources close to his camp say Jonathan is now considering a return to the presidential race on the …
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the Africa Forward Summit jointly hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron. Tinubu touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the early hours of Monday and was welcomed by Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, …
President Bola Tinubu has appointed retired Major General Adeyinka Fadewa as Special Adviser on Homeland Security. The appointment was announced on Monday in a statement issued by Chris Ugwuegbulam, Head of Information and Public Relations at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. According to the statement, the appointment was approved …
Senate Minority Whip, Tony Nwoye, has defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). The defection was announced during Wednesday’s plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who directed the Clerk of the Senate to update the chamber’s official records. Nwoye Cites Internal Crisis in ADC In a letter read on …
