Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary election. The returning officer of the ADC presidential primary election, Tunde Ogbeha made the announcement late on Wednesday night after collation. Atiku Abubakar polled 1,846,370…
The Presidency has vowed to prosecute Nigerian social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as Verydarkman, VDM, for allegedly sharing a fake audio of President Bola Tinubu. An X user, @Pious_minister, earlier drew attention to the President’s AI-generated audio…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to FCT minister, Nyesom Wike has declared Sandy Onor as its consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 elections. Former governor of Benue and chairman of the party’s presidential primary collation committee, Samuel Ortom…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has shifted the collation of results for its presidential primary election. Ikechi Emenike, chairman of the ADC presidential primary election committee, announced the development late Tuesday night after over than four hours of result collation…
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to peace, unity, security, and development as the state marks its 59th anniversary. In a goodwill message issued on Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary, the Rivers State governor said that…
Suspected political thugs reportedly assaulted the Wike-backed PDP secretariat in Bauchi, causing damage to automobiles and injuring a few party members. The assault occurred during in Bauchi State, during a governorship declaration hosted by the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led faction of the…
The Nigerian military has issued a warning to residents in the North-East region over possible attacks by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. In a statement issued on Monday, the Headquarters Joint…
For the last 13 days, the Oyo schoolchildren have remained in hostage of their abductors, while families have continued to wait in silence heavy with fear and unanswered prayers. Yet, as the days have stretched on, what began as a…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has formally cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest in the 2027 presidential election. In a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu on Tuesday, he upheld a N20 million fine against the lawyer, Johnmary…
The Federal Government has cancelled $717.7m in undisbursed World Bank intervention financing designed to revive Nigeria’s struggling electricity sector. The cancellation came after the Federal Government formally requested it and all parties decided to stop funding under the Power Sector…
President Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer for the 2027 presidential election was expected. What was not expected, however, was the sheer scale of the numbers announced after the party’s nationwide direct primary exercise. According to…
Amid ongoing collation for the ADC presidential primary, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been declared the winner across Wards in Abia State on Monday. Atiku scored 25,153 votes to beat his closest challenger, Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi, a former Minister…
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, emerged as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) faction’s preferred presidential flag bearer in Ebonyi State after the ADC primary across the state’s 171 political wards on Monday.…
Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revealed the reason for Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara’s withdrawal from the 2027 governorship race . Wike disclosed that the reason is linked to a political peace agreement aimed at stabilising the state. The…
The African Democratic Congress will today commence the selection for its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, with party members across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory expected to participate in the exercise. The party has chosen…