The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Senate for rejecting electronic transmission of results while passing the amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act, describing the upper chamber’s action as harmful to democratic consolidation. The statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, reads, “This rejection is most shameful and unfortunate, attracting condemnation from all democratic-minded persons. “We charge our lawmakers to remember that they are delegates of power invested in them...

Senator Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of Benue State, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing persistent internal crises and a lack of cohesion within the opposition party. The former governor’s resignation was contained in a letter dated Wednesday, February 4, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the PDP in Mbagber Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, and shared on Facebook by his Chief of Staff, Moses Ukeyima. The...

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Movement for Credible Elections (MCE), has said that the hijacking of Osun State Local Government funds by certain politicians is an attack on Nigeria’s democracy. A statement on Tuesday signed by Media Coordinator of MCE, Comrade James Ezema, noted that it was shocked, outraged, and deeply alarmed by the latest twist in the Osun State Local Government (LG) crisis—a scandal that represents a brazen, criminal assault on democracy, the...

The Kogi State Government has said that the temporary closure of schools across the state is a preventive step taken on the basis of credible intelligence and the overriding need to put protective measures in place around schools to safeguard pupils, students and teachers. While speaking to newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, explained that the decision was not borne out of panic, but of responsibility,...

The Kogi State Government has described the ongoing cash-back promotion exercise as a clear affirmation of the pro-labour governance philosophy of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, stressing that the policy is designed to ensure that promotions translate into real improvements in workers’ welfare. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, stated this on Saturday in Lokoja while speaking with newsmen on the scope and significance of the exercise. Fanwo disclosed that the cash-back promotion...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has berated the red chamber of the National Assembly for adopting delay tactics in passing the Electoral Bill 2025. According to ADC, failure to promptly pass the bill for urgent presidential assent raises suspicions that the legislature is deliberately applying delay tactics to frustrate key amendments, especially those intended to make future elections more difficult to rig. The coalition party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji...