Politics

  South Koreans began voting Tuesday in a snap presidential election, concluding months of political upheaval following former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial imposition of martial law and subsequent impeachment, AFP reported.   Polling stations opened at 6:00 a.m. local time in districts across the country, including Seoul’s Munrae-dong area, ...

  The wife of Niger Governor, Hajiya Fatima Bago, has visited victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area, where she announced a personal donation of N50 million.   She said that the donation was on behalf of herself and her family to the victims, to help ...

  The Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed MainPower Electricity Distribution Company to refund over 20,000 customers who were overbilled in April 2025. In a statement signed and released by EERC Chairman, Chijioke Okonkwo, and the Commissioner in charge of Market Operations, Reuben Okoye on Monday, the commission said ...

  The Minister of State for Works, Mohammed Goroyo, on Monday, declared that the Nigerian government must spend approximately N880 billion for the maintenance of the federal road network across the country.   This is just as the Managing Director of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Chukwuemeka Abbasi, said that ...

  The Kogi State Government has announced that it has liquidated a total debt of N98.8 billion since assuming office 15 months ago.   This was disclosed on Monday by the State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Ashiru Idris, during a briefing with journalists following the Executive Council meeting ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he never played anti-party politics, despite his support for President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 general elections.   Wike made the clarification during a live media parley on Monday, where he also noted that despite agreements for ...

  The Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, said he derives joy from stepping on the toes of big people in the country.   Wike said this while dismissing a possible backlash from a section of the elite regarding his enforcement of rules regarding ground rent payments during ...

  Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has fired back at those calling for his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party.   This is as he declared that no one has the authority or the courage to remove him from the party he has served for years.   Speaking on ...

  The Take It Back Movement has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on June 12 to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship.   In a statement on Monday by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the rising wave ...

  Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, says Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living, as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms start to materialise   Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Onanuga stated that the positive ...