The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) three days to publish his name on the final list of candidates for the 2027 general election. In a letter on Monday, addressed to the INEC chairman, the legal team of Professor Pantami led by Senior Advocates of Nigeria Ahmed Raji, A.T. Kehinde and Abdul Mohammed, protested the omission of Pantami’s name...

The Enugu State Government has debunked rumor circulating in media alleging its involvement with the shooting at the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC Secretariat in GRA Enugu on Saturday. Addressing newsmen on the independent findings of the state on the incident, the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia said the State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah strongly condemns any form of violence and insecurity in the state while stating that the Airport incidence was...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 18 presidential candidates and their running mates for the 16 January 2027 general election. President Bola Tinubu is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar is contesting on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while Peter Obi represents the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). Other candidates include Oyo State Governor Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM),...

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State, on Thursday presented a proposed budget of N490,740.20 billion for the 2027 fiscal year to the Ekiti State House of Assembly, describing it as a roadmap for consolidating the gains of his administration and sustaining the development trajectory of the state. The Governor said the 2027 budget, christened “Budget of sustainable progress and prosperity”, which represented the policy direction of his administration for the first year of its new...

Former vice President Atiku Abubakar and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his 30-Day discount on petrol price, saying that Nigerians need permanently affordable rates. According to a statement on Thursday by Atiku media, the announcement by the Tinubu administration of a 30-day petrol discount at NNPC filling stations exposes the contradictions and political opportunism that have characterised the government’s handling of the fuel subsidy question. He challenged...

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has assured the families of the deceased officers in the crash involving the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in Igbokoda, Ondo State, that the government won’t abandon them. He stated this on Thursday while he was on inspection of the crash site. He was optimistic about the progress in the recovery process, stressing that the FOC has assured him that all the critical resources, equipment that are needed...

The Federal Government has announced a 30-day discount on petrol dispensed at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) filling stations, with public transport operators to receive priority under the arrangement. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, announced the measure on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja on the rising cost of petrol and the government’s position on subsidy. Oyedele said the intervention was not a return to petrol...