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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Fubara said he decided to leave the PDP to support President Bola Tinubu of the APC, saying that he…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has announced that he has joined the Accord Party as a new platform to seek re-election in August next year. Adeleke made the announcement in a post on his verified X handle on Tuesday, just a few days after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor disclosed…
The Nigerian government has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the attempted forcible seizure of power in the neighbouring Benin Republic on Sunday. Gunfire rang out on Sunday near the residence of President Patrice Talon, as armoured vehicles from the presidential guard moved through the area in a heightened security patrol. The group, calling itself…
The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Amaewhule defected along with 16 other members of the House on Friday. The defectors blamed their departure from the PDP on the crisis in the party. Others who dumped the PDP…
The National Orientation Agency has kicked off the push to introduce Citizenship Studies into Nigerian universities with the inauguration of a joint committee in Abuja. The committee, made up of representatives from the National Universities Commission, NOA and the media, was inaugurated by NOA’s Director General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, who tasked members to produce a draft…
…Our democracy stands because of people like Jonathan — Tinubu Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday warned that Nigeria’s democracy was being ‘suffocated’ by reckless political behaviour, cautioning that politics should never be reduced to a playground for unruly conduct. This came as President Bola Tinubu said that democracy was standing in Nigeria because of the…
A former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been elected as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Turaki emerged at the national convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State, where delegates from 17 states across the country cast their votes to choose national officers. A former…
Nigeria has witnessed an 81 percent decrease in terror-related deaths since 2015, according to the Presidency. In a statement posted on its official X account on Sunday, the Presidency said the decline reflects improved counter-insurgency operations and stronger collaboration between the country’s security agencies and affected communities. It added that more than 13,000 terrorists have…
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared the winner of the Saturday, November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Edoba Omoregie. Soludo, who polled a total of 422,664 votes, defeated his closest rival, the candidate of the…
The Federal Government has again called on the United States President, Donald Trump, to be understanding in his approach to Nigeria’s security challenges. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the call during a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja, days after Trump threatened military action against Nigeria over what he claimed…