Politics

    The Spokesman for Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has stated that his principal will not join the African Democratic Congress or align with any interest within the party ahead of the 2026 state elections in the state.   A statement signed by Rasheed obtained in Osogbo on Friday ...

      The leadership of Odo-Otin Local Government Traditional Council, comprising royal fathers of communities in the council areas on Friday said it has intervened in the face-off involving the Alasi of Asi, Oba Isaac Oyewale and the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun.   This ...

    President John Mahama of Ghana has assured Nigeria of the safety of its nationals residing in Ghana, stating that there is no place for xenophobia in the country.   Mahama also reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to the Economic Community of West African States protocols, especially those concerning the free ...

  Former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and ex-Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has said that the political strategy and rhetoric used by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 general election will not be effective in 2027.   Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, ...

    The Federal Government has begun reconstruction of the collapsed Keffi Flyover in Nasarawa State, while accelerating major roadworks across the country.   Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, disclosed this after Thursday’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu.   Umahi described the July 4 collapse ...

    Amnesty International says that one year after the Nigerian police used lethal force and carried out mass arbitrary arrests of peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters, the authorities have failed to ensure justice for victims and survivors.   The organisation made this disclosure in a statement posted on its website and ...

  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday welcomed a delegation of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions on a post-election follow-up and needs assessment mission to Nigeria, two years after the 2023 polls.   Speaking at the INEC headquarters in Abuja, Yakubu commended ...

  Residents of Ibadan in the Oyo State capital have protested against the elongation of marked portions of land for the construction of the Ibadan Circular Road.   The protest, which erupted on Monday, took the protesters to the entrance of the Oyo State Government Secretariat.   PUNCH Online gathered ...

  The 2023 deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, John Ayuba, has resigned from the party and joined the African Democratic Congress.   Ayuba confirmed his defection on Monday in a telephone interview with PUNCH Online, and in a formal resignation letter addressed to the ...

    The National Working Committee, Social Democratic Party, has expelled former Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, from the party.   SDP declared El-Rufai as ineligible to associate with the party in any capacity for the next 30 years.   The leadership of the party accused him of falsely parading ...