Politics

A former spokesman for the Presidential Party’s Presidential Campaign Board, Kenneth Okonkwo, has condemned the new -newest comment that was credited to the Governor of the State Edo on Monday Okpebholo, regarding party candidates in the 2023 election, Peter Obi’s right to visit the state. Okonkwo, who spoke in a direct interview in the News area on Monday, condemned the …

The United States government has launched a coordinated interagency initiative to block the fraud of visas and illegal immigration. In a shared post through its official management X on Monday, the US mission in Nigeria warned that people have captured in fraud on visas or host clandestine immigrants risk a permanent prohibition of visa and possible criminal actions. “The interaction …

Apart from the broad speculation surrounding their buyers, the 2023 Labor Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, have not been officially inaugurated into the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the party has revealed. Clarifying the status of the two politicians in a media briefing in Abuja during the weekend, the Secretary of …

The New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) which only refuted the rumors about its members’ buyers in 34 regional government territories in the Katsina state to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the coalition opposition adopted the platform. The Chairman of NNPP in the state, Alhaji Armaya’u Abdulkadir, made clarification in a statement issued in Katsina. He stated that the head of …

Kun Khalifat B stressed their superiority with a convincing 3-1 victory over the Blacksalt FC in the final game of the Super League of the Imo State at the Osia City stadium, Ngor Okpala. It was a dominant performance of the Khalifat Boys, who raced in an advantage of three goals courtesy of the Tunji Perri and a brilliant Ekene …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) currently faces a crisis of internal leadership after rejection by the Independent National Election Commission (Inec) from a letter that introduced Dr. Sadiq Abubakar as Acting Chairperson of the National Party. Inec, in a memo dated July 5, 2025, and was signed by his secretary, Rose Organization-Anthony, questioned the legality of the letter allegedly issued …

A 41-year-old woman, Benita Lurk Ikuenobe, was found dead in a suspected case of suicide inside the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) Prayer City auditorium, located along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in the state of Ogun. The Times platform reports that the security analyst, Zagazola Makama, revealed it, saying that the accident occurred on Friday morning, 18 July 2025 …

President Bola Tinubu described the deceased Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an incarnation of integrity, humility, culture, dedication and service to humanity. The Awujale died on Sunday 13 July and was buried the following day. On the eighth day of prayer held on Sunday for the late monarch at the Otunba Dipo Dina stadium in Ode ijebu, …

Pan-Igbo’s socio-political organization, Ohanaze Ndigbo Worldwide, said the agency had not yet taken a stand on the ambition of the 2027 President of the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, also did not make a decision about candidates to support the 2027 presidential election. Deputy Secretary of the National Publicity of the Agency, Ikechukwu Oji, who made a statement …

The Ijaw Youth Network (Iyn) condemned what described as “sponsored plots” aimed at discrediting the presidential amnesty program (Pap) and its administrator, dr. Dennis Otuaro, swearing that these attempts will fail. In a strongly formulated declaration signed by the president of the group, Frank Ebikabo, and the secretary, Federal Ebieridor, Iyn has rejected the recent accusations of bad management against …