…Tinubu Bows Out with Call for Unity and Democracy West African leaders have chosen President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, bringing Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s two-term tenure to a close. The announcement was made during the 67th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the symbolic handover of the community’s emblem marked the transition of...
Olufemi Soneye has announced his resignation as the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Soneye, who held the post for nearly two years, broke the news in a heartfelt Facebook post on Saturday, where he explained that it was time to step back and give more attention to his personal life. “I wish to inform you that I have stepped aside from my role as Chief Corporate Communications Officer...
A new political alliance led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be registered as a political party ahead of the 2027 general election. The proposed party is called the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), and it has the slogan “Justice for All.” In a letter addressed to INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu and dated 19 June, the group requested the commission...
Fierce and popular Anglican Priest, Rev Canon Lumen Kristy Eboh, of God in Action Adoration Ministry, has declared that the YPP candidate, Sir Paul Chukwuma, shall be the next governor of Anambra State. Rev Canon Eboh made this declaration on Friday night during a vigil that the Deputy Governorship candidate of the YPP, Uzu Okagbue, attended. The God in Action Adoration Ministry is well-known and attended by thousands of worshippers from different parts of Anambra...
…Describes Benue, Plateau killings As Barbaric The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Tinubu over plans to establish state police in the country. Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, in a press statement on Friday, noted that the organisation’s position is that Nigeria is long overdue to have state police. The organisation also condemned the killings in Benue and Plateau States, describing them as barbaric. The statement reads, “We’re aware that President...
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has stated that the approach adopted by his administration to governance has endeared Kogi people to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He noted that he remains fully loyal to the APC and committed to promoting its manifesto through purposeful and people-centered governance in Kogi State. The Governor stated this on Friday during his official visit to the national secretariat of the party. The Governor appreciated the national chairman of...
Residents of Yelwata in Benue State have been accused of harbouring perpetrators of the recent massacre in the community and gave them food and women. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, made the accusation at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja during an expanded interaction with journalists. He told journalists that before the incident, troops had received intelligence about potential attacks in various communities across Benue State and were mobilized accordingly. The CDS said...
All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups led by Ismaila Abu Ishaq, a former member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, have collapsed their structures to declare support for the aspirations of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The group, now to be known as the “Coalition for Project Rescue Nigeria 2027, visited the former Vice President at his Abuja residence on Thursday, and stressed that it has become necessary to...
The United Nations earmarked June 19th, 2025 as World Sickle Cell Day. In Anambra State, the Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship Election, called for collective action through awareness, to combat sickle cell anemia. Paul Chukwuma, who was represented by the YPP Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, at the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home, Agulu, to commemorate World Sickle Cell Day, observed that a...
Chief Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has encouraged candidates of the party in the forthcoming local council poll in Lagos State, saying that the party is intact despite defections. George, who spoke on Wednesday at the flag off campaign ceremony of the PDP chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the July 12, 2025 council election. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland used the opportunity to commend the chairman of the Lagos State...
