Nigeria’s opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is facing renewed internal turbulence, as fresh reports suggest Governors Douye Diri (Bayelsa) and Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers) may soon decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This would follow similar moves by Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and Akwa Ibom’s Umo Eno, who both switched allegiance…
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says it will soon made known its position on the Tax Reform Bills forwarded to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024. Secretary-General of ACF, Mr Muritala Aliyu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN reports that the…
The Kaduna State Government has concluded plans to distribute free fertilisers to 100,000 smallholder farmers across the 23 local government areas of the state, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Murtala Dabo, has disclosed. Dabo made the announcement while briefing journalists at the end of the distribution committee’s meeting ahead of the rollout of the state’s fertiliser…
As West Africa confronts mounting security threats and democratic backsliding, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has been appointed as the new Chairman of ECOWAS, ushering in a leadership transition at a pivotal time for the regional bloc. Bio’s election was confirmed on Sunday during ECOWAS’s 67th Ordinary Session in Abuja, which also served…
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), says it saved Nigerian economy N6 billion through resolution of industry-related conflicts in 2024. The Executive-Secretary of the NSC, Dr Pius Akutah said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Akutah said that the council protected investments in the sector through strict compliance to…
The Nigerian electoral authority, INEC, has confirmed that 110 associations have submitted formal applications to be registered as political parties in anticipation of the country’s 2027 general elections. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, revealed the development at a media briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Yakubu, the commission…
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State have launched a fierce rebuttal against what they described as “a cowardly attempt to distort history” by the state government under Governor Dauda Lawal Dare. In a statement signed by the group’s secretary, Kabiru Ibrahim Gusau, the supporters said the governor’s recent publication, “Zamfara Will…
China said on Monday that Iran’s selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader was made in accordance with its constitution. Speaking at a regular news conference in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, said China had taken note of media reports on the development and described the decision as an internal…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the promotion of 2,339 staff members under its 2025 Senior Staff Promotion exercise. INEC disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Victoria Eta-Messi, noting that the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting held on…
The second phase of the exchange of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners would take place this weekend. This is after which Palestinians has the opportunity to begin to return from the south to the north of the Gaza Strip, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Tuesday. “The second…
