The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, says the success of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is tied to the capacity of a professional, accountable and efficient civil service. Walson-Jack made this known on Wednesday in Kano while delivering the keynote address at the opening of the…
The Vice Chairman (West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Olaifa, says he is confident the party will overcome its internal divisions before Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Olaifa—who also leads the New Era Political Movement—said he believed the PDP would…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has processed 78,451 new applications in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Plateau State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Mohammed Sadiq, gave the update during a stakeholder meeting in Jos on Wednesday. The CVR began online on 18 August, with in-person registration commencing on…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, on Tuesday said the party has not officially received any communication from Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, regarding his purported resignation from the PDP. Speaking to journalists after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja, Turaki noted that while Adeleke has the…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Adeleke announced his decision in a letter dated November 4 and addressed to the chairman of Sagba Abogunde Ward 2, Ede North Local Government Area. The letter was made available to journalists early Tuesday in Osogbo. In…
More than 2,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors were formally received on Tuesday by the State APC Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kana-Zuru, in Birnin Kebbi. Speaking on behalf of the group, former PDP House of…
Adebayo Adedamola has been declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Adedamola secured 919 votes out of 957 cast during the party’s primary held on Tuesday in Osogbo. PDP electoral chairman Humphrey Abba said 957 of 990 accredited delegates participated in the exercise, with 20 votes declared void….
Umar Damagum, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has assured that the party will overcome its current difficulties and emerge stronger. The assurance came during a formal handover ceremony to the new National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja on Tuesday. Damagum acknowledged that the party had faced setbacks, including the loss of…
Chief Olabode George, a senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) figure, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene over what he described as a forceful police takeover of the PDP National Secretariat. Speaking at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday, George, a former Deputy National Chairman and current member of the PDP Board of…
A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations has raised alarm over President Bola Tinubu’s decision to nominate former electoral commission chair, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for an ambassadorial post. In a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja, the Civil Society Situation Room, through its Convener, Yunusa Ya’u, said the move poses “serious risks” to public confidence…
