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PDP Candidate, Oluyede Meets Female Aspirant For Inclusiveness, Reconciliation

11.11.2025

The flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, on Monday met with the only female aspirant, Mrs Funmi Ogun, who contested with him and others during the last Saturday governorship primary. Oluyede met with the aspirant for Inclusivity and reconciliation to move the party forward for electoral victory in...

Nigeria’s Democracy Under Threat From Electoral Fraud, Apathy, Says Dickson, Amaechi

10.11.2025

Two former governors of Bayelsa and Rivers States, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson and Rotimi Amaechi, have expressed concern over Nigeria’s electoral integrity, warning that persistent vote manipulation and growing voter apathy pose serious threats to the country’s democracy. The duo spoke on Monday at the fifth anniversary lecture of First Daily newspaper, held in Abuja,...

Abia PDP Chieftains Insist That Wabara Remains BoT Chairman

10.11.2025

A former secretary to the Abia State Government and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Eme Okoro, has insisted that former Senate President Senator Adolphus Wabara remains the authentic BoT chairman of the party. Similarly, a two-time commissioner in Abia State, Chief James Okpara, has dismissed the...

PDP Leaders Caution Against Alleged Illegal Moves To Upturn Guber Primary

10.11.2025

…Finger Makinde, Olafeso The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has vowed to vehemently reject any attempt to scuttle the outcome of the governorship primary that produced Dr Wole Oluyede as the flag bearer of the party for the gubernatorial election slated for June next year in the state. The party specifically suspected Oyo...

Scores Of APC Youths Defect To PDP In Ilorin

10.11.2025

A major political realignment has unfolded in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as hundreds of youths from Ajikobi, Alanamu and Ubandawaki Wards defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event drew a large crowd of supporters who declared their total rejection of the APC administration in Kwara...

Your Victory Need To Do More For Anambra People

10.11.2025

The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has congratulated the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for his reelection as governor of the state in last week’s governorship poll. The Anambra State governor, on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), last Saturday, defeated other political parties’ candidates in the governorship election....

Comeback Home, Shehu  Sani Tells Nigerians With Revoked

10.11.2025

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has called on Nigerians and other Africans affected by the recent mass visa revocation in the United States to return home before facing possible arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He made this statement on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday, Sani stated no matter how long one...

Lagos APC Lauds Tinubu Neutrality

10.11.2025

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lauded President Bola Tinubu for defending Nigeria’s democracy by encouraging transparency in Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election. The party’s Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, said President Tinubu’s stance demonstrates his commitment to credible elections and deepening democracy. Oladejo noted that Tinubu’s decision not to interfere...

I Don’t Think Politicians in ADC Have Answers To Challenges Facing Nigeria –Shettima

10.11.2025

Yerima Shettima is the chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) and convener of Northern Stakeholders Consultative Initiative. In this interview, he speaks on some national issues, including the 2027 general election and insecurity in the country. FELIX NWANERI reports Some people in Northern Nigeria believe that the present administration is marginalising...

SDP: Party’s Leadership Crisis Deepens

10.11.2025

Suspension, counter-suspension split SDP ANAYO EZUGWU x-rays the internal crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and how the party is gradually losing its support base across the country The crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party (SDP) seems to have intensified with the National Working Committee (NWC) expelling key officials, including its National Chairman, Alhaji...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

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

04.10.2024

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

04.10.2024

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...

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