The Chairman of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Hon Alabi Bliss Oshionogue, has been removed from office following his impeachment by members of the council’s legislative arm. The impeachment was conveyed in a letter signed on Wednesday by seven councillors, a move that came hours after a scheduled peace meeting between the chairman …
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has released its provisional timetable for the 2026 local government primary elections in Anambra State. The party made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Awka by its National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Ejimofor Opara. He said the timetable was approved in line with the provisions of APGA’s …
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has launched a series of meetings with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders across the state to strategise and discuss issues affecting both the party and the state. A statement from the Governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the engagements began on Tuesday at the Rescue Mission Hall, Government House, …
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed concern over the low number of votes usually recorded in Aba during elections, saying the figures do not reflect the city’s large adult population. The governor spoke during a church service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Abayi Ariaria, Aba, where he urged residents to participate in the ongoing …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State says it is positioning itself to deliver no fewer than one million additional votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The party said it is relying on the political structure of the bloc led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), …
Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to mobilise support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. Abba formally joined the ruling party on Thursday evening in Abuja, where he was received by Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, and Mustafa Salihu, APC national vice-chairman for …
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said President Bola Tinubu will not sacrifice the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, amid the lingering political crisis in the state. Fayose made the remark on Tuesday while speaking on ARISE News, where he argued that those involved in …
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Comrade Austin Okai, has warned that the ongoing political crisis between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike and Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara could ultimately consume the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The political tension in Rivers resurfaced after Wike vowed to work against Fubara’s …
The Senate’s screening of President Bola Tinubu’s ambassadorial nominees took a contentious turn on Thursday as Senators Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) and Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) engaged in a heated confrontation over the nomination of former presidential aide Reno Omokri. The altercation unfolded during the second day of deliberations on the 65 career …
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, just hours after the House of Representatives voted to restore food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and revive the air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled House passed the funding package 222–209, with Trump’s backing helping to unify …
