The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), winner of the Anambra State Governorship election, held on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The Returning Officer, Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, made the announcement at the INEC State Collation Centre…
Tensions escalated on Tuesday as Senator Natasha Akpoti‑Uduaghan accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of directing Officials to seize her International pyassport, preventing her from travelling abroad. Speaking in a video statement, the Senator said she discovered the passport withheld at the airport while preparing for a short trip. “I decided to take a week off….
— Washington Eyes Asset Freeze, Travel Ban as Global Pressure Mounts on Corrupt Officials A major diplomatic storm is brewing as no fewer than 12 Nigerian State Governors and several high-ranking Government Officials are reportedly under the radar of the United States Government, following revelations contained in a new Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) blacklist implicating…
Cameroon’s long-time ruler, Paul Biya, has won a record eighth term in office, extending his 43-year reign after officially clinching 53.66 percent of the vote in the October 12 presidential election. The 92-year-old leader, already one of the world’s oldest and longest-serving Heads of State, will remain in power until 2032 — by which time…
In a landmark decision aimed at promoting equity and fairness, Nigeria’s National Assembly has approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East region. The approval came during a two-day retreat in Lagos, where lawmakers reviewed over 50 proposals for new states across the country. The South-East, previously the only zone with five states,…
Tension gripped Abuja on Friday as activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore was reportedly re-arrested by Police Officers moments after a Kuje Magistrate Court granted him bail. Eyewitnesses said Sowore was dragged into a waiting Police van by operatives led by CSP Ilyasu Barau, Officer in Charge of Anti-Vice under the DC-CID, FCT Command, despite the…
In a historic moment for Global politics, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s newly elected and first female Prime Minister, describing her rise as a breakthrough for women’s leadership worldwide. In an official statement released by his media office, President Tinubu praised Takaichi’s decades of service within the Liberal…
The long-standing agitation for the creation of Ijebu State received a major boost on Thursday, October 23 2025, as the House of Representatives passed for second reading a bill seeking to carve the new state out of the present Ogun State. The bill, sponsored by Hon. Olufemi Ogunbanwo, who represents Ijebu Ode/Ijebu North East/Odogbolu Federal…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr Bernard Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, forwarding his name to the Senate for screening and confirmation. Doro’s nomination comes after the elevation of Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, who became the National Chairman of…
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the substantive Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following an exhaustive screening session that lasted for nearly two hours during Thursday’s plenary in Abuja. The confirmation came after a robust debate in the Red Chamber, during which Senators from different political divides grilled…
