Latest news

Latest News

INEC Takes Delivery Of Sensitive Materials

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday confirmed it has taken delivery of sensitive materials ahead of Saturday’s bye-elections in Ahoada East Constituency II and Khana Constituency II of Rivers State. New Telegraph reports that the materials were received at the Port Harcourt branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in line with established...
Read more

Court Adjourns Malami’s Case To Feb 27

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has postponed the trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdulaziz, to Friday, February 27. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the sitting following the public holiday declared by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ahead of the area council election....
Read more

FCT Poll: Withdrawal’s Wike’s Type Of Voodoo Democracy

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the forced withdrawal of some of its chairmanship candidates from this weekend’s Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by the Minister, Nyesom Wike, is in furtherance of the minister’s plan to hold the party for President Bola Tinubu. PDP, in a press statement issued by...
Read more

DSS To Arraign El-Rufai On Three-Count Charge, Sets Feb 25

The Department of State Services (DSS) will on Wednesday, February 25, arraign former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged cybercrime and threats to national security. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 will be heard at the Federal High Court in Abuja before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik. New Telegraph gathered that the date was fixed after the Chief...
Read more

2027: Election Rigging Is Planned Already

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ini Ememobong, on Thursday alleged that some people have planned to rig the 2027 general elections. Speaking in an interview on Arise Television, Ememobong said that a plan has been conspired with some people in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to print the serial...
Read more

Wike Declares Friday Work Free Day

Ahead of the February 21, 2026, Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared Friday, February 20, 2026, a work-free day. This is as the Minister imposed a movement restriction across the nation’s capital from 8:00 pm on Friday to 6:00 pm on Saturday. Announcing the development...
Read more

APC Hails Enugu’s Peaceful, Transparent Ward Congresses

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Enugu State chapter of the party for the successful congresses in the 260 political wards of the state, describing the exercise as peaceful, free, fair, and credible. The commendation was given by the Chairman of the APC Ward and Local Government Congresses Committee in Enugu State, Hon....
Read more

Zulum Present As INEC Monitors APC Ward Congress

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, travelled to Mafa to witness the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses. Zulum, who was accompanied by APC’s Deputy National Chairman, Ali Bukar Dalori, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, Hon Mohammed Jaha (Babawo), and the Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, expressed satisfaction with the seamless...
Read more

Okpebholo Appoints Mercy Johnson-Okojie As Special Adviser

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has appointed renowned Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy. The announcement was made in an official statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor, who stated that the appointment takes immediate effect. Johnson-Okojie, a prominent figure in Nigeria’s film...
Read more
1 149 150 151 152 153 712

Must Read

Popular Posts

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...