The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its 103rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The postponement was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba. According to the statement, the decision was reached by the National Working Committee (NWC) …
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Governor Dauda Lawal to reinstate more than 3,000 civil servants recently removed from the state’s workforce. The demand was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Gusau by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris. According to the statement, those affected include …
Khamis Musa Darazo, a loyal supporter of President Bola Tinubu and a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the Presidency and the party’s national leadership to act swiftly to prevent key figures from leaving the ruling party. Darazo raised the alarm over reports that former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, …
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has begun moves to overhaul Nigeria’s electoral framework. The lawmakers held a joint public hearing on Monday on the repeal and re-enactment of the Electoral Act 2025. The new bill proposes extensive reforms to the electoral system, including early voting for security personnel and election officials, …
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State, Hon. Abdulaziz Maituraka, has cautioned opposition leaders against politicising the security challenges in the state. Speaking at a meeting with APC supporters over the weekend, Maituraka said it was unfair for opposition parties to blame the state government for problems that predated the current …
Former presidential candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has faulted the Federal Government’s handling of the nation’s worsening insecurity, describing it as “shamefully political and dangerously unserious.” In a statement issued at the weekend, Olawepo-Hashim accused the government of responding to terrorist and bandit attacks with propaganda and partisanship …
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s recent exercise of the prerogative of mercy, saying the mass clemency has weakened public confidence in the criminal-justice system and “emboldens criminality.” In a statement posted on his X handle, Atiku said the presidential power to grant mercy is intended to temper justice with compassion, not …
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said it is not yet the turn of the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s next president, urging the region to remain patient in its pursuit of the nation’s highest office. Umahi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, stressing the importance …
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a retired Director of Finance and Administration at the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Garuba Mohammed Duku, to 24 years in prison for diverting ₦318 million belonging to the government. AMMC is under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgement after finding …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the exercise of the presidential prerogative of mercy for 175 persons, including Nigeria’s foremost nationalist, Herbert Macaulay, and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Major-General Mamman Vatsa (retd.) The approval was confirmed on Thursday after the Council of State endorsed the recommendation presented by the Attorney-General of the …
