The Obidient Movement has criticised a recent comment by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, saying the Presidency cannot deny the reality of hunger and insecurity facing Nigerians. The group was reacting to Onanuga’s remark during an interview, in which he said ...
Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has raised an alarm over the security situation in the country after sharing a video of heavily armed bandits moving freely on a highway and casually greeting security personnel without any hindrance. Dalung made ...
The Peoples Democratic Party’s Interim National Working Committee on Wednesday presented Certificates of Return to its governorship candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. The certificates were presented during a meeting held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, ...
The Senate has passed constitutional amendment bills seeking to establish state police across the country. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the proposed amendments seek to create a legal framework for state-controlled police forces alongside the existing federal police structure, with the ...
The request was initially rejected after it was subjected to a voice vote in which senators voted against their presence in the red chamber. The decision briefly delayed proceedings as the invited governors and other senior officials were already waiting ...
The Senate has adopted manual voting for the consideration of the State Police Bill after its electronic voting device developed a technical fault. The decision followed concerns that some senators could be disenfranchised if the chamber proceeded with the faulty ...
A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau), a Nigerien; Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, and Kabiru ...
The Nigeria Sanctions Committee has welcomed the decision by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to sanction Mukthar Muhammad Adamu, Nine to Nine Bureau De Change and Generation BDC Limited over alleged terrorism financing activities. In a ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded the name of Professor Abayomi Sunday Fashina to the Senate for confirmation as a non-career ambassador/high commissioner-designate. The nomination was formally announced during plenary on Wednesday after a letter from the President was read ...
The trial of former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others over alleged financial misconduct was adjourned on Wednesday after the Kano State High Court fixed October 14 for further proceedings. Ganduje, alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar, is facing ...
The new senators are Danladi Envulu-Anza, senator representing Nasarawa north senatorial district, Asogwa Israel, senator representing Enugu north senatorial district, Olaka Nwogu, senator representing Rivers south-east senatorial district, subsequently took the oath of office and Dayo Faduyile, senator representing Ondo south senatorial ...
The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed growing speculation over a possible permanent defection of Nyesom Wike to the ruling All Progressives Congress, insisting that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory remains one of its strongest political figures. The opposition ...
France has confirmed its first case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), involving a doctor who recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where authorities are battling a significant outbreak of the disease. The case marks the first instance ...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal High Court’s refusal to review the bail conditions imposed on former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Atiku described the conditions as practically impossible to meet and a de facto denial ...
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu promised not to seek a second term if he failed to improve electricity supply in Nigeria. Speaking during an interview, Onanuga said the President’s 2022 campaign remarks had “been ...
The former Governor of Kano State and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has initiated legal action against Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church over defamatory remarks. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that ...
Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, will remain in detention at the Kuje Correctional Centre after the Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned its ruling on his application for bail restoration. Justice ...
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay N10 million in damages to journalist, Jide Oyekunle, over what the court described as violations of his fundamental rights by security operatives. The ruling followed ...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has declared that the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies are simply wasting their time because President Bola Tinubu will eventually leave office. Sowore made the ...
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the 2027 election, Omoyele Sowore, has arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja as proceedings in his trial continue. Sowore, an activist and publisher, was brought to court from the ...