The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by Julius Abure challenging the leadership of the interim national chairman of Labour Party. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel of Justices, the appellate court affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court Hon. Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, reaffirmed the Supreme Court’s earlier judgment that removed Barr. Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour...

A political activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has demanded the resignation of the Chief of Staff to the President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, over alleged remarks capable of undermining Nigeria’s democracy. He also called on the United States government to investigate and sanction the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. Frank’s demand followed a viral video in which Gbajabiamila was quoted as telling Hon Leke Abejide, during his wife’s 50th birthday that: “Don’t come to...

Gombe State Government has created 13 Local Council Development Areas due to population growth and the need to bring government closer to the people at the grassroots. Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, stated this during the flag-off ceremony for the Secretariat of the Amada Local Council Development Area (LCDA), highlighting the benefits of supporting the administration. The Governor explained that the Local Council Development Areas were created over 20 years ago but were short-lived, and...

Dozens of retired police officers on Monday marched to the Presidential Villa in Abuja, demanding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sign the Police Exit Bill into law, which the National Assembly passed in December 2025. The retirees, under the banner of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), said the proposed law would remove the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which they described as unfair to former officers. The protesters,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, alongside a ₦15 billion take-off grant to support its immediate development. The approval, announced in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, is part of a broader plan to expand the country’s premier police training institution beyond its current base in Wudil,...