Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has drawn a clear distinction between his support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and the electoral ambitions of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his backing is for the President and not for other APC candidates in the 2027 elections. Wike said the Rainbow Coalition he formed to mobilise support for Tinubu was a cross-party platform and had no affiliation with the APC. His position came...

…Demands Cultural Cleansing The Ezumezu Umunri Cultural Initiative has protested the conferment of a chieftaincy title on Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, by traditional rulers in Anambra State, describing aspects of the ceremony as a desecration of Igbo cultural institutions. In a press statement dated September 13, 2026, the group accused Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, his deputy and traditional rulers who participated in the ceremony of compromising established cultural protocols for political...