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...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court, in the judgment on Wednesday delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also restrained the Mark-led group from interfering with the tenure and functions of elected state executives of the party. The court held that the responsibility...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has advised the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 19 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Abuja to examine the concept of tragedy of the commons as the real bane of resource optimization in Nigeria. Addressing the officers on a study tour to Enugu State, Governor Mbah praised the nation as highly endowed with resources but, unfortunately, not utilized appropriately or optimally for the good of...

Senator David Mark-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, seeking the Supreme Court to urgently deliver judgment in a pending appeal involving the party’s leadership crisis. ADC, in a letter dated April 28 to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and signed by its legal counsel, Shuaibu E. Aruwa (SAN), warned that any further delay could threaten its participation in the 2027 general elections. Mark’s legal...

The Kano State House of Assembly has confirmed Murtala Sule Garo as the new Deputy Governor of the state following the adoption of an ad hoc committee’s screening report. The confirmation was made during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Jibril Isma’il Falgore, after lawmakers considered and adopted the committee’s recommendations. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee and Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello, said the nomination followed the resignation of the former Deputy Governor,...

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan, has admonished political gladiators to desist from the temptation to ignite violence and intimidate voters before, during, and after the upcoming 2027 general elections. Sen. Natasha made the appeal at the stakeholders meeting of the Kogi People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja over the weekend, stressing the need for political gladiators to play the game by the rules. “Politicians should endeavor to embrace political...