Bauçhi state Governor, Bala Mohammad, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM). He explained that the decision to join APM was guided by an overriding objective to continue serving his people with purpose and integrity. Mohammed made the declaration for defection on Saturday at the old banquet hall of Government House, Bauchi. He explained that APM offers a viable platform to organize effectively, mobilize supporters, and present a...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and a former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, have formally joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The two political figures were officially registered as members of the party on Sunday at its national secretariat in Abuja, where they were issued membership cards in the presence of party officials and supporters. Footage from the event showed Kwankwaso receiving his membership card first, followed...
Kano State Government has ordered the arrest of a trader, Surajo Ibrahim, a dried food seller operating in the Kofar Dawanau area along Northwest Road, accused of selling government-issued free child nutrition supplies meant for distribution to vulnerable families. The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has ordered the arrest following a routine inspection carried out by a team across health commodity distribution points in Kano on Sunday. During the visit, the...
Niger State Police Command has directed its personnel to adhere to constitutional policing standards across the command and desist from abuse of authority. The Commissioner of Police, in the State Command, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, issued the directive during the command’s end-of-month strategic conference held at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, attended by Heads of Departments, Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers. Elleman directed the outright ban on police involvement in land dispute...
Celebrity nightlife entrepreneur Pascal Okechukwu has entered partisan politics, declaring his ambition to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections. Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, said he would seek to represent the Orsu/Orlu/Oru East Federal Constituency of Imo State. He disclosed his plan in a video posted on Instagram on Tuesday, shortly after a visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) state secretariat, where he...
Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday nullified the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on 15 and 16 November 2025, bringing to a head a protracted leadership dispute within the opposition party. In a split decision, three of the five-member panel dismissed an appeal filed by a faction of the party led by Tanimu Turaki, finding it lacked merit and constituted an abuse of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the removal of Saidu Mohammed as the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The President also approved the nomination of Rabiu Umar as the new Chief Executive of the authority, subject to Senate confirmation. This was contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the decision was made pursuant to the Petroleum Industry Act 2021....
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Olatunji Disu, has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers linked to the fatal shooting of Mene Ogidi in the Effurun area of Delta. At a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the IGP described the April 26 incident as a “criminal and unprofessional” act exhibited by the affected officers, including Nuhu Usman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and five other team members. The IGP who ordered the...
The Executive Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, commends the lead Pastor, Streams of Joy International, Pastor Jerry Eze, for not being involved in money laundering, as his office had presumed. Speaking at the Business Grant Award Ceremony, held by the Jerry Eze Foundation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday, Olukoyede revealed that the Commission had investigated Pastor Jerry for 6 months on allegations of money laundering...
Hon. Seye Oladejo, former Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Spokesman, has formally picked a nomination form to contest for the House of Representatives seat under the platform of the APC. The development has been greeted with widespread excitement and enthusiasm across party ranks, community stakeholders, and supporters, who see the move as a major step towards securing experienced, effective, and result-oriented representation for the constituency. Hon. Oladejo, a respected voice in progressive politics and...
