Politics

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi as the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). She succeeded Dr. Nkiruka Madueke, who led the Council since its inception in June 2024, according to a statement from Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. …

Edo state governor Monday Okpebholo has appointed a new special advise for Oil and Gas. This appointment comes shortly after the suspension of the former special adviser Felix Isere. The appointment was announced on Friday, by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor in a signed statement. “It is …

Garba Shehu, a former aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that Buhari’s frequent medical trips abroad were a matter of personal choice, not an indictment of Nigeria’s healthcare system. Shehu made the statement during an appearance on Channels Television’s Inside Sources programme on Saturday. His remarks were …

The Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over what it described as an “unauthorized” association with the party. At a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, the SDP’s North-West Zonal Secretary, Alhaji Idris Inuwa, said El-Rufai was neither …

The Presidency has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is wrong to have claimed that the north has been neglected by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Kwankwaso had alleged while speaking at Coronation Hall, Kano Government House, on Thursday, during a stakeholders’ engagement …

In what appears to be a fresh blow to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), four senators and three members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday formally announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senators Sampson Ekong, representing Akwa Ibom South, and Aniekan Bassey, representing Akwa Ibom North-East, …

A former chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, has said that former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, remains the strongest opposition figure capable of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. Ameh, who spoke during an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, argued that …

A member representing Ife Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Taofeek Ajilesoro, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The resignation letter, dated July 22, 2025, and obtained on Wednesday in Osogbo, was addressed to the PDP chairman of Ilare Ward II in Ife Central Local Government Area …

Four senators, two each from Akwa Ibom and Osun states, have announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection letters were read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Wednesday. The four senators are Ekong Samson …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has condemned opposition parties over their claims of electoral malpractice in the recently concluded local government elections, describing the allegations as an insult to the intelligence and will of Lagosians. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the party’s spokesperson, …