A member of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Aisha Yesufu, has said Peter Obi will have an easier task in the 2027 presidential election than he did in 2023. Yesufu, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Thursday, said the support base popularly known as the “Obidients” had laid significant groundwork during the 2023 …
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Akin Olujinmi, SAN, has described the allegation by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that President Bola Tinubu submitted a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate as speculative and unsupported by evidence. Olujinmi, who is leading Tinubu’s legal team in a suit seeking to disqualify …
The National Assembly has suspended all official visits to South Africa and directed lawmakers and officials to boycott legislative activities hosted or organised by the country over recurring xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals. The decision was contained in a statement signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, on Friday. …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the modified logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) on its website and updated the party's leadership details following a Federal High Court judgement in Abuja. The commission listed Senator Cleopas Moses Zuwoghe as the National Chairman of the NDC, with the position marked as updated “by …
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has overturned a presidential pardon granted to hardline Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara and ordered him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence. Gnanasara was convicted in 2018 for contempt of court and intimidating Sanya Eknaligoda, the wife of missing political cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda. The monk had disrupted a court …
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said his administration would prioritise the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure over the construction of new roads and buildings if elected in the 2027 presidential election. Obi made the statement in an interview with Arise Television aired on Thursday. He said his administration would …
The African Action Congress (AAC) has condemned the killing of Kano-based social media influencer and political commentator, Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagamu, demanding a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Dan Shagamu was reportedly killed at his residence in Gaida, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State. In a statement signed by the party’s …
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has arrived in Anambra State to launch the National Community Food Bank Programme for the South-East zone and commission an Information and Communication Technology Centre at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko. Oluremi arrived at the Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri, on Thursday and was received by Anambra State Governor, Prof. …
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged anti-Northern statement falsely attributed to him and circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms. Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, made the petition available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. The petition, filed by the Senate President’s Chief …
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has secured a Federal High Court order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload and use the party’s modified digital logo contained in its constitution. National Leader of the NDC and former Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X account …
