Mrs Foluke Osafile, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Confirming the move on Saturday, the lawmaker said, “Yes, it is…

The much anticipated 2027 general election is shaping up to be one of the most challenging contests for the opposition, as President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, continues to gain dominance across key states. While the Tinubu-led APC is…

Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in a junta-run vote critics say will prolong the army’s grip on power. The Southeast Asian nation has a…

Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Jibril Ismail Falgore, his Deputy, Muhammad Butu-Butu, the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain, and 19 other lawmakers have resigned their membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. The lawmakers also declared their…

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has countered former governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai who claimed that the ruling party may fall in 2027. El-Rufai, while speaking at the 23rd Daily Trust Dialogue on Thursday,…

Former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Power, Becks Dagogo-Jack, says the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, would not have succeeded as Rivers State Governor if he had 27 ‘snakes’ as lawmakers. Dagogo-Jack made this statement on Saturday in an interview…

Deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Anambra gubernatorial election, Senator Uche Ekwunife, says the party’s national leadership failed to give its candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, the support needed to unsit Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Ekwunife spoke…

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has sacked his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Sunusi Kwankwaso. This was disclosed in a statement released by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, on Saturday in Kano. According to Bature, the governor appointed Mustapha Bakwana…

The Rivers State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has slammed elder statesmen taking sides in the lingering political crisis in the oil-rich state, saying the development is shameful and divisive. The association expressed dismay that events unfolding in…

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in 2023, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared January 23 as a “Day of Betrayal”. Kwankwaso made the declaration following Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf’s decision to dump the NNPP.…

The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress in the Osun West Senatorial District has inaugurated campaign committees in six local government areas as part of grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2026 governorship election in the state. The mobilisation exercise,…

The Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Anambra State, Mr Patrick Obianyo, has confirmed that since the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, joined the party on December 31, there has been a huge…

The Kano State House of Assembly has released the names of lawmakers who resigned their membership from the New Nigeria Peoples Party alongside the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf. The Assembly’s Chief Press Secretary, Kamaluddeen Sani Shawai, released…

The Chairman of Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, Chinedu Enwereuzo, has cautioned residents against releasing their Permanent Voter’s Cards, National Identification Numbers, Bank Verification Numbers, and bank account details to individuals or groups. He said no government…

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Foluke Osafile, has defected from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Osafile, representing Amuwo-Odofin Constituency-01, in the Assembly, is also the…