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By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — The 2023 governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State, Dr Tonte Ibraye, has resigned from the party, citing its internal leadership crisis and concerns over the legitimacy of its 2027 electoral processes. Ibraye also criticised what he described as the opposition’s focus on unseating President Bola […]

The 2026 Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Conference is underway in Enugu, with editors, media partners, Christian and political leaders converging to discuss key issues affecting Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections. The conference, with the theme, “The Ballot, the Media and the Task of Keeping Democracy Alive,” focuses on the role of the […]

ABUJA — The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has dismissed reports alleging that Nigeria’s National Identification Number, NIN, database was breached. The commission described the claims as “false and unfounded,” saying the National Identity Database, NIDB, had not been breached or compromised. A video circulating on social media had claimed that NIN and Bank Verification […]

He said the account given by one of the survivors about the conditions in which the detainees were held was disturbing.

By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE — The Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has resigned his position and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Ebiseni, who served as the South-West Coordinator of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 […]

By John Alechenu ABUJA — Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has pledged to translate ideas generated through engagements with Nigerians at home and in the diaspora into development projects. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the pledge after meeting members of the Ebira community in Maryland, United States, at a gathering organised by the Ebira First […]

…Convenes stakeholders over traffic resurgence By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has moved to tackle renewed traffic congestion along the Apapa port access roads, Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki Free Trade Zone corridor, convening maritime, transportation and enforcement stakeholders for an emergency meeting. The meeting, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, […]

…Courts increasingly determining election outcomes By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Afam Osigwe, SAN, has said Nigeria is among the countries with the highest number of election petitions, attributing the development to the increasing involvement of the courts in determining electoral outcomes. Osigwe stated this while speaking […]

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja ABUJA — Nigeria’s petrol imports rose to 20.6 million litres per day (ml/d) in August 2026, even as supply from domestic refineries increased to 29.7ml/d, latest data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has shown. The August figures indicated a 4.6 per cent increase in petrol imports […]

…You won’t decide my Senate return bid ABUJA — Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has told FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, that she cannot be intimidated by insults, threats or political pressure, insisting that no minister is above the law. Kingibe also declared that Wike could not determine whether she would return […]