Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has described the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to exclude the PDP, African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) from the Rivers State Assembly bye-election as desperation to rig the 2027 general elections. Recall that INEC confirmed that the three parties won’t participate in the February 21 Rivers State House of Assembly bye-elections. The decision was announced in Port Harcourt...

No fewer than 1.2 million Nigerians have successfully registered in the second phase of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, undertaken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The figure shows a significant rise in voter enrolment under the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Phase II of the CVR commenced on January 5, 2026, and is scheduled to run until April 2026. It follows Phase I, which took place between August and December 2025,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani as Renewed Hope Ambassador and deputy director-general for party outreach, engagement and mobilisation. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was announced in a statement issued by the State House and signed by the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, the president made the appointment in his capacity as leader of the All Progressives Congress, citing Governor Sani’s...