Politics

  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 ...

    The Kano State Censorship Board has announced a ban on vulgar content displayed on tricycles, popularly known as Adaidaita Sahu, in a renewed effort to safeguard public morality and enforce state regulations.   A statement issued on Saturday by the Board’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the decision ...

  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Saturday, announced that new 2025 SUVs have been given to council chairmen to aid effective service delivery, noting that the narrative has changed and chairmen are now recognised by his administration.   The governor also clarified that it does not interfere with ...

  The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has called for accountability and transparency in the energy transition process in Nigeria to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2060.   It also recommended tax incentives for investors in the clean energy sector as a way of encouragement and that stakeholders should ...

  The National Assembly on Friday pledged to swiftly amend the Electoral Act to curb the growing trend of defections by governors and lawmakers, who abandon their parties for other political platforms without vacating their elective seats.   The Clerk of the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, reaffirmed the legislature’s commitment ...

    Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has said the repeated defeats of the Peoples Democratic Party are a reason for the people of Edo to celebrate.   Okpebholo, joined by his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, APC leaders, youths and market women, went on a victory motorcade around Benin City ...

  Senate President Godswill Akpabio has debunked reports suggesting that the upper legislative chamber embarrassed Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East) during a recent plenary session.   In a statement he personally signed on Friday in Abuja and titled “Clarification on Misleading Reports Regarding Senate Proceedings,” Akpabio described the online ...

    Aare Adetola Emmanuelking Conferred with First-Ever “Knight of Faith” Title by CAN South West Nigeri   The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South West Nigeria, on Thursday, 22nd May 2025, officially conferred its first-ever “Knight of Faith” title upon renowned business mogul and philanthropist, Aare Adetola Emmanuelking, in ...

  The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has commiserated with the Niger State Government on the flood, which has claimed many lives in the Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.   In a statement signed by the NGF chairman, AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, the forum said that it was shocked by ...