Suspended Nigerian lawmaker Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has issued a formal demand to resume her seat in the Senate, citing a Federal High Court decision that declared her suspension illegal and ordered her reinstatement. The demand was made in a 16 July letter from her legal counsel, Michael Jonathan, addressed to Charles Yoila, Director of Litigation…
Gov Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has called on security agencies to change tactics, following renewed violent attacks on some communities of the state. Mutfwang said this on Wednesday when he visited Bindi Community of Sopp, in Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, over the recent attack on the community. The News Agency of…
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says that the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will not have any setback for Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Atiku on Wednesday resigned his membership of PDP in Adamawa. Makinde, who was the keynote Speaker at a Colloquium of the…
Stakeholders have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review its framework on the access and participation of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Nigeria’s electoral process. The recommendation emerged on Wednesday from a meeting reflecting on the findings of the Political Inclusion Index, a rapid assessment of how well election stakeholders are complying…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has organised a two-day refresher training for political parties on the use of its Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP). In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Victoria Eta-Messi, said the aim was to enhance the capacity of political parties and minimise procedural…
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has emphasised that effective governance is determined not by the perfection of a nation’s constitution but by the integrity of those who implement it. At the opening of a three-day National Summit on Nigeria’s constitutional future, organised by The Patriots in partnership with the Nigeria Political Summit Group in Abuja,…
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says Nigeria needs a new inclusive and democratic constitution that accommodate the country’s plurality. Anyaoku stated this at a national summit organised by The Patriots and Nigerian Political Summit Group on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the 1999 Constitution was not democratically formulated and was not…
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), bringing an end to his decades-long association with the party he once represented twice as a presidential candidate. In a letter dated 14 July 2025, addressed to the PDP ward chairman in his native Jada, Adamawa State, Atiku described…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections against pursuing personal ambitions that could undermine the party’s chances of victory in Feb. 2026. Chairman of the PDP FCT chapter, Ismail Dogara, issued the warning on Monday in Abuja while handing over INEC nomination forms to…
A disability rights organisation, Network of Women with Disabilities (NWD), has called for inclusion of women with disabilities in the proposed Reserved Seats for Women Bill currently under review by the National Assembly. President of the network, Ms Lois Auta, made the call in a memorandum submitted to the National Assembly for the ongoing Zonal…
