Politics

There is heightened tension at the Lagos State House of Assembly as security operatives reportedly locked lawmakers inside their offices on Monday, February 17, 2025.…

Former National Secretary of the defunct Action Congress (AC) and chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Dr Usman Bugaje has said that Nigeria needs a leader who has the character, competence and courage to do…

The All Progressives Congress has remained silent on the abduction of its Director of Administration at the National Secretariat in Abuja, Dr Adekunle Adeniji, nearly three weeks after he was kidnapped. Adeniji…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) mega rally in Kafanchan, Kaduna South Senatorial District, on Saturday was marked by notable absentees,…

Embattled former Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as the Speaker of the Assembly. Obasa, it was gathered, has filed a motion at…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has said except President Bola Tinubu retraces his steps and appeases the North, he may not be re-elected in 2027. The plot to stop Tinubu ahead of…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has received some prominent chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the ruling All Progressives…

Northern leaders have been divided over the possible re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Findings by Sunday PUNCH revealed that the once monolithic North is now split, with core northerners determined to…

A two-term senator who represented the Kaduna South Senatorial Zone, Danjuma La’ah, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was even as three opposition members of the Kaduna State House…

A chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Dr Usman Bugaje, has said there is a need to jettison rotational presidency in Nigeria, arguing that it has plunged the country into socio-economic crisis.…

Some Islamic leaders in the South-West have vowed to reject and vote out politicians opposing the establishment of Sharia courts in the region. They also threatened legal action against any governor resisting the…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi, has urged former governor Nasir El-Rufai to accept his successor, Senator Uba Sani, as the state’s current leader and…

Controversy surrounding the sudden removal of former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa…

Akinwunmi Ambode, who served as the governor of Lagos State from 2015 to 2019, was denied a second…

Akinwunmi Adesina, the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has debunked media reports linking him to the 2027 presidential race. Following his interview on Arise TV, Akinwunmi was widely reported to…

Members of the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), on Wednesday, clashed over affirma­tion of Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party’s national secretary. Recall that PDP has been em­broiled…

As the politics of 2027 take shape, former governor Nasir El-Rufai has emerged as one of the All Progressives Congress party’s fiercest critics. Yet he was once…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged northern politicians nursing a presidential ambition for 2027 to abandon the idea, affirming that President Bola Tinubu will complete two terms in…

The abductors of Dr. Adekunle Raif Adeniji, the Director of Administration at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, have demanded a ransom of N350 million for his release. His family was…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed confidence that nothing will stand in the way of his victory in 2027 should he decide to seek a second term. Governor Fubara made this assertion on Tuesday…

A former member of the Labour Party (LP) Kenneth Okonkwo has asked President Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step aside from vying for the presidential seat in the next election.…

The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has described the purported suspension of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, as unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect. The NWC said…

A former spokesperson for the Labour Party’s presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has announced his resignation from the party. In a statement made available on Tuesday, Okonkwo said his resignation takes…

The Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara has been suspended by his ward in Abia State for alleged anti-party activities. The suspension is coming…