Category: News

The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Dr Tunde Bakare, has disclosed that he is under pressure from political stakeholders to join the African Democratic Congress. Bakare, who spoke on Saturday at the maiden edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series tagged ‘Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection’ in Oregun, Lagos, however, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be considering aligning with the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections, as the party’s coalition of opposition forces gathers strength and intensifies consultations with key political stakeholders across the country. Multiple members of the ADC National Working Committee, who spoke on condition of anonymity because […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claims that he suggested former President Muhammadu Buhari had any connection with Boko Haram. His clarification came in response to reports following his speech at the book launch of former Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, which some media outlets had misrepresented. In a statement signed by his spokesman, […]

The Presidency on Wednesday rejected the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s Independence Day claims that President Bola Tinubu’s policies had pushed 15 million Nigerians into acute poverty and squandered borrowings on waste. It described his assertions as “not based on facts.” In an interview with The Punch, the President’s Special Adviser on Information […]

Labour and Employment Minister Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi The Federal Government has settled the dispute between the management of the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), thus ending a strike that threatened fuel supplies across the country. Announced on Wednesday in Abuja, the agreement followed two days of […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 6,232,673 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration during Week Six of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, held between 22nd and 28th September 2025. The figures show strong public interest, with youths between the ages of 18 and 34 years accounting for 4,230,715 […]

Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and former Vice President Atiku Abunakar on Tuesday during a congratulatory visit to him following his coronation The newly crowned Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja has declared that he is no longer a politician, but a royal father whose door is open to all indiscriminately. He spoke during […]

PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned a comment by a former information minister, Prof Jerry Gana, on ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential bid speculation. He had said Jonathan would contest the 2027 presidential election on the PDP platform, Nigeria’s  leading opposition party, and defeat President Bola Tinubu to return to the […]

It has been disclosed that the deceased Arise News anchor and producer, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, had jumped from her apartment in a desperate bid to escape armed robbers who had invaded her Abuja residence. The reporter and one of the guards at the premises later died at the Maitama District Hospital. Meanwhile, attempts to have […]