Politics

    The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Power and its agencies, said it is prepared to partner with the government of Akwa Ibom State to realise its resolve of delivering a reliable and affordable electricity to its people.   The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, made the pledge ...

    The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has urged reinstated Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers not to dump the party, but to do his best to make the state great again.   The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that President Bola Tinubu had on March 18 proclaimed an ...

  The African Democratic Congress has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against interfering in the affairs of state governments, declaring that the Nigerian Constitution does not empower the President to hire or fire elected governors.   ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, on Thursday, emphasised that ...

    French protesters were on Thursday staging a day of nationwide protests and strikes in a show of anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity policies, causing widespread disruption.   Public transport stalled, schools closed down and tens of thousands of people took to the streets for demonstrations marked by ...

    The Rivers State House of Assembly has scheduled 10 a.m. on Thursday to begin its post-emergency plenary.   The sitting follows the lifting of the emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday and the resumption of democratic governance in the state.   Our correspondent gathered that the ...

    The Pan Niger Delta Forum has hailed the lifting of the state of emergency in Rivers State, effective midnight, Wednesday, September 17, 2025.   In a statement signed by Board members and National Executive Committee members on Thursday, PANDEF commended President Bola Tinubu for rectifying what they described ...

  President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep condolences to the families of victims and to the management and staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service and United Bank for Africa following Tuesday’s fire outbreak at Afriland Building on Broad Street, Lagos Island.   PUNCH Online reports that seven victims have ...

  The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state.   PUNCH Online reports that reclamation projects are engineered efforts to create new usable land from water-covered areas by filling them with sand, earth, rock, or other ...

  President Bola Tinubu has reminded state governors and Houses of Assembly across the country of the constitutional provision empowering the federal government to declare a state of emergency where public order and safety are under threat.   Tinubu, in a speech on Wednesday, said the provision was an inbuilt ...

  My Fellow countrymen and, in particular, the good people of Rivers State.   I am happy to address you today on the state of emergency declaration in Rivers State. You will recall that on 18th March, 2025, I proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. In my proclamation ...