Ahead of Benin’s 12th April presidential election, the ECOWAS Long-Term Observation Mission has continued to observe pre-election activities in the country’s 12 administrative Districts and hold consultations with political stakeholders as a confidence-building mechanism and preventive diplomacy to ensure a peaceful and credible electoral process. In Cotonou, the Observers met with...
POLITICS
National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a statesman whose political journey has profoundly shaped the democratic evolution and development trajectory of Nigeria. He stated this in a congratulatory message to President Tinubu on the occasion of...
Africa’s latest showcase for world democracy is still unfolding. In yet another landmark of African democracy farce, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Brazaville has just been re-elected for yet another term. At age 82, the official result of the just concluded presidential election indicated that Nguesso defeated everybody else...
Ghana’s immediate-past President, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, is head of the 120-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the Republic of Benin’s Presidential election on 12 April 2026. Supported by a Technical Team led by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Ambassador Abdel-Fatau...
The grand reception of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State into the All Progressives Congress (APC) fold on Monday (today) turned out to be a major event the further built momentum around one of the governorship aspirants in the forthcoming 2027 Governorship Election in the State, Abdulrahman Bashir...
The historical and contemporary trajectories of Nigerian politics reveal a striking and cautionary continuity: the persistent orchestration of popular consent through elite-driven mobilization, often at the expense of genuine democratic plurality. The parallel between the “Nigerian Youths Earnestly Ask for Abacha” (YEAA) campaign of the 1990s under Sani Abacha...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has commenced a discreet but far-reaching investigation into some highly placed judges in the country, including heads of courts, insiders at the council have told PREMIUM TIMES. The NJC is the constitutional body responsible for appointing, promoting and disciplining judicial officers in Nigeria. The...
Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal high court Abuja, on Tuesday struck out an ex-parte motion filed by the convicted leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking his transfer from the Sokoto correctional facility. The legal representative of Kanu, Demdoo Asan, a senior legal officer at...
By VICTOR CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has warned state coordinators of the party’s ongoing electronic membership registration exercise that failure to register all party members could lead to their removal. Yilwatda issued the warning during a meeting with...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is determined to make the 2027 General Election a turning point for Nigeria’s democracy and a model for election management in Africa. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, stated this on Friday in Lagos while speaking at the commission’s 2026 Induction and...
…To quash contempt proceedings A staff of the Department of State Security Services (DSS), Mrs Monica Uchechi Robinson, has asked the Court of Appeal Makurdi Division, to set aside the decision of the High Court of Nasarawa State in a suit marked No NSG/MC273/2020 between her and her husband,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been ordered to tender a public apology to Dubai-based businessman, Alhaji Rabiu Tijjani, for unlawfully declaring him wanted. A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, which gave the order, also awarded ₦5 million in damages against the Commission. Delivering judgment, Justice H....
The Coalition for Democratic Sustainability and Good Governance (CDSGG) has expressed strong support for the possible defection of Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as a timely and strategic realignment capable of repositioning the state politically and developmentally. Speaking at...
By ALIYU SABIU – The Katsina State governor conducted a local government tour which he concluded on Saturday, 6th December. During the tour, he saw every indication that people are angry with the cancellation of contract for the construction of the road from Funtua to Marabar Kankara and Marabar...
A fresh political wave has hit Kano as 774 members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring confidence in the ruling party’s direction and development agenda. The defectors were formally received on Friday in Rimin Gado Local Government Area by...
Justice A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court has adjourned the trial of Polycarp Andrew, a dismissed staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until Dec 11 for hearing. Justice Bello on Wednesday adjourned the case. At the opening of the trial, EFCC’s counsel, H.M Mohammed,...
Over the past decade, Kano’s political landscape has been sharply polarized by the rivalry between the *Gandujiyya* and *Kwankwasiyya* movements. This division has often fueled incivility, prioritizing blind loyalty over constructive dialogue. The recent, unexpected encounter at the Kano airport between Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and former Governor Abdullahi...
A Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned for further hearing a case involving Ms. Uche David Obinali, a 49-year-old businesswoman and niece of former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha. Ms David Obinali is accused of defrauding American-Nigerian philanthropist and politician, Prince Daniel Kanu, of N127 million. According to...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says defections of Rep. Abdulmuni Jibrin to APC and Amb. Oluremi Oguntoyinbo to PDP are as a result of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso’s anti party activities and betrayal of trust. The party was reacting to the latest defections of its members to the ruling APC...