Politics

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.   Kwankwaso also visited the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, where ...

  The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said that the five states that make up the South-East geo-political zone have clear expectations regarding the proposals in the ongoing 1999 Constitution review by the National Assembly.   He stated this in his remarks at the South East Zonal public hearing ...

  The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the ongoing constitution review process to demand greater accountability and transparency from the 10th National Assembly.   Speaking on Saturday at the Constitution Review Public Hearing in Owerri, the centre serving Imo ...

  The Social Democratic Party in South-West, on Saturday, dissociated itself from the recent coalition of opposition parties.   This was made known by the Chairman of Chairmen of the party in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Femi Olaniyi, popularly known as Ferrari, at the South-West ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mrs Funmi Ogun, has expressed confidence that new developments in the party will compel those who have left to return.   Ogun, a former Works Commissioner in the state, said that all hands were on deck to reposition the ...

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Friday, paid tribute to late former President Muhammadu Buhari and personally conveyed the UN’s solidarity with the government and people of Nigeria.   Guterres, during his visit to Nigeria House in New York, described Buhari as a leader whose unwavering dedication to Nigeria, ...

  Cuba had scrapped the maximum age limit of 60 for its presidential candidates as part of a constitutional reform approved on Friday by parliament.   The communist-ruled island’s restriction of two five-year presidential terms and minimum age of 35 for candidates were left unchanged.   The measure, approved by ...

  The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot, on Friday, announced the release of 123 inmates, including an 18-year-old mentally challenged girl said to have been eating foam and other objects while in custody.   Obot granted freedom to the inmates during the second quarter of 2025 ...

  Political heavyweights and captains of industry have applauded the appointment of a former Minister of Works, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority by President Bola Tinubu.   They paid tributes to the ex-minister at an event held in his honour in Abuja ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Friday received Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   The meeting, which took place behind closed doors, underscores ongoing consultations between the President and state governors across the country.   Eno, who is the ...