Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has faulted former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River State over criticism of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. It will be recalled that Duke had said in an interview on Arise TV that the 750km highway project being constructed by the Federal Government traverses nine coastal states, including Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River, was an impossibility due to swampy terrain. According to...

The Obidient Movement, has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against interfering in the 2027 general election, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to ensure a free, fair and credible process. The group insisted that it is for voters to decide the outcome of any election, and condemned any attempt to manipulate the forthcoming election. According to the Movement, Wike’s recent declaration that he was leading President...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) adopted President Bola Tinubu as its preferred candidate for the 2027 presidential election to sustain its political alliance with the Federal Government. Soludo said the arrangement followed APGA’s tradition of supporting the party at the centre, citing its adoption of former President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party as its presidential candidate in 2011. The governor spoke at an event...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Federal Government against restoring a blanket petrol subsidy, urging it to channel financial support directly to vulnerable Nigerians struggling with rising fuel and transport costs. The fund said universal fuel subsidies were expensive, disproportionately benefited wealthier consumers and could worsen Nigeria’s fiscal challenges at a time of rising government borrowing costs. Rodrigo Valdés, director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, gave the advice on Wednesday during a...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has attributed the exclusion of some candidates from the final list for the 2027 governorship elections to their political parties’ failure to submit membership registers within the period prescribed by law. Among those affected are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidates in Ogun and Gombe states, Oladipupo Adebutu and Isa Pantami, respectively. Adebutu’s name and that of his running mate were missing from INEC’s final list for Ogun...

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),...