Suspense as Tinubu, APC NEC meet over Ganduje’s successor

High-stakes parley may reshape 2027 path amid rising doubts over Shettima Wike’s growing influence unsettles party as defections reshape power base Okechukwu cautions against sidelining CPC bloc in leadership race Don’t repeat PDP’s arrogance, mistakes, South-South faction warns Tomorrow’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to be one […]

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Okpebholo: No regret asking Obi for notice before visiting Edo

Despite widespread criticisms over his allegedly unguarded, and threatening statement, Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, said he has no regret asking Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to notify him before visiting the state. He reacted to the criticisms on Tuesday in Benin at the inauguration of the new Edo Line, a transport company owned […]

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Atiku says threat against Peter Obi ‘is threat against all Nigerians’

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi Ex-Vice President and former presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that any threat against the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, is a threat against all Nigerians. He said this while reacting to a […]

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Ondo, REA sign pact on power access

Ondo State Government and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have signed a pact to improve access to electricity in many of the state’s underserved communities. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday following a roundtable engagement held in Abuja, under the theme: “From Access to Impact: Unlocking Ondo’s Renewable Energy Potential for Economic Transformation […]

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South East residents lament ‘choking’ soaring house rent

House rent in major cities in the South-East region: Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki, Aba, Owerri, Onitsha, Umuahia and other places, has been on a steady astronomical rise. Residents, particularly civil and public workers and small business owners, are crying out over the matter, saying many of them can no longer cope with the choking rent, especially […]

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US warns citizens against travels to Nigeria

cites no healthcare services, worsening kidnapping, terrorism, armed gangs Citing unavailability of healthcare services, the increasing rate of kidnapping, terrorism, and armed gangs, among other crimes, the United States government has issued a fresh travel advisory to its citizens, warning against travel to Nigeria over the It issued the travel advisory as part of its […]

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Senate passes Oil and Gas Hospital, Tax reform bills

The Senate passed a bill for an act to establish the Federal Oil and Gas Hospital in Benikrukru, Delta. The passage was sequel to the presentation and consideration of the report of the Committee on Health (Secondary & Tertiary) on Federal Oil and Gas Hospital Benikrukru (Establishment) Bill, 2025 (SB. 847) by the Chairman, Senator […]

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Senate approves Tinubu’s $21bn foreign loans

The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s external borrowing plan of over $21 billion for the 2025–2026 fiscal cycle, paving the way for the full implementation of the 2025 Appropriation Act. It did this at its sitting on Tuesday. The comprehensive borrowing package includes $21.19bn in direct foreign loans, €4bn, ¥15bn, a $65m grant and […]

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Adeleke, Osun PDP back Tinubu’s reelection

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and the leadership caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second-term. Simultaneously, both the governor  and the party debunked Adeleke’s rumored defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), which rules at the federal level.. They took the […]

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