Rivers LG Election: Atiku Describes It As  Absurdity, Travesty To Elective Democracy  

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers LG Election: Atiku Describes It As  Absurdity, Travesty To Elective Democracy  

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 1, 2025

…Calls On Opposition Parties To Reject Election Result Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Saturday Rivers State local government election as a travesty to elective democracy. A release by Atiku on Sunday noted that the local government election conducted by the occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy. “By the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead...

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Breaking: Former IGP, Solomon Arase, Dies At 69

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBreaking: Former IGP, Solomon Arase, Dies At 69

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 1, 2025

Former Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Ehigiator Arase, has passed away at the age of 69. Arase was said to have died in the early hours of Sunday, at Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja, leaving behind a legacy of dedication and service to the Nigeria Police Force. Born on June 21, 1956, in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Arase had a storied career marked by key positions, including: 18th Inspector-General of...

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Leadership Recruitment Should Be Decided At Polling Booths, Not Courts – Ugwumadu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLeadership Recruitment Should Be Decided At Polling Booths, Not Courts – Ugwumadu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 30, 2025

Former president of Centre for Committee of Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Malachy Ugwumadu has said that the electorate should decide the leadership recruitment at the polling booths and not at the courts. Ugwumadu stated this on Arise TV yesterday when he gave reasons why the call for electoral and judicial reforms should be supported ahead of the 2027 general elections. He said, “Leadership recruitment process must be a function of the direct participation of the...

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Afenifere Seeks Intervention Over Kidnapping In Kwara, Ogun, Others

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAfenifere Seeks Intervention Over Kidnapping In Kwara, Ogun, Others

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 30, 2025

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has sought urgent intervention over the onslaught by bandits in parts of Kwara State, leading to the kidnapping of a monarch’s family members and the sacking of about 16 communities, as well as the kidnapping of Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro from his home in Upenme, Owo, Ondo State, on Thursday. The organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a release yesterday, lamented over the kidnap of a 7-year-old boy in...

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Tinubu Reaffirms Commitment To Tech-driven Development, Food Security 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Reaffirms Commitment To Tech-driven Development, Food Security 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 28, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment to fast-tracking Nigeria’s development through technology and food security, aligning with the success models of emerging economies like Brazil. In a press statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President disclosed this yesterday when he met with a cross-section of Nigerians resident in Brazil and also emphasised his administration’s commitment to transformation through innovation, reform, and inclusive growth....

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2027: FCT PDP Stakeholders Endorse Hashim, Condemn Zoning To South 

NewsNigeriaPolitics2027: FCT PDP Stakeholders Endorse Hashim, Condemn Zoning To South 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 28, 2025

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, members of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have declared their support for the Presidential aspiration of Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim The group at a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday attended by about 170 critical Stakeholders of the party from various area councils, which included Local Government, Party Ward Chairmen, Council Chairmanship Flag bearers, Councilorship candidates, Executive Chairmen, Secretaries of Area Councils and other stakeholders, the...

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Tinubu Hosts NGX Board, Securities and Exchange Commission DG In Brazil

BusinessNewsNigeriaTinubu Hosts NGX Board, Securities and Exchange Commission DG In Brazil

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 28, 2025

…Lauds Nigeria Capital Market Growth President Bola Tinubu hosted the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Board of Directors of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX) during his state visit to Brazil. He also hailed Nigeria’s capital market’s remarkable growth since he assumed office over two years ago. According to him, the phenomenal rise in market capitalisation and increased trading activity has broadened investment opportunities for Nigerians and international investors. In a...

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2027: Groups Storm PDP NEC Arena Canvassing Support For Olawepo-Hashim

NewsNigeriaPolitics2027: Groups Storm PDP NEC Arena Canvassing Support For Olawepo-Hashim

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 26, 2025

Political groups, supporting a former presidential candidate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on Monday stormed the venue of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, urging the politician to declare interest in the 2027 presidential election. The jubilant crowd, clad in colorful vests and face caps, carried bold banners and sang solidarity songs in support of the business mogul and politician, describing him as “a credible alternative and a unifier the...

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APC, A Cult, Not A Political Party, PDP Presidential Hopeful Says

NewsPoliticsAPC, A Cult, Not A Political Party, PDP Presidential Hopeful Says

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2025

A former presidential candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a cult and not a political party. He stated that the party is lacking in ideology, internal democracy, and a coherent vision for Nigeria’s future. Speaking in an interactive session with journalists in Abuja over the weekend, Hashim alleged that the APC functions more like an authoritarian movement than a democratic...

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Tinubu’s Wife Empowers 500 Ekiti Women With Business Equipment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu’s Wife Empowers 500 Ekiti Women With Business Equipment

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2025

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady of Nigeria, yesterday empowered 500 women in Ekiti State with business equipment to boost their economic independence under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The distribution, which took place at the Government House, Ado- Ekiti, featured the presentation of deep freezers, maxi gas cookers with ovens, industrial grinding machines, and generating sets...

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