Politics
A member of the House of Representatives, Kolawole Akinlayo, has urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to strictly enforce the provisions of Section 88(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026, in determining the outcome…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has dissociated itself from a planned protest against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2026, in Abuja and across other states of the federation. In a statement issued on…
Arise News Editor for Politics, Sumner Sambo, has said that the Rivers State House of Assembly must provide evidence that it formally served Governor Siminalayi Fubara with an impeachment notice in line with constitutional provisions. Sambo made the assertion on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has described the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, as a collective national obligation rather than a political competition. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke made this disclosure during an expanded stakeholders’ meeting held…
The founder of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, has explained why he declared his interest to run for governor in Oyo State. Hamzat disclosed that his decision to run for the governorship position of the state was based on divine…
A controversy has emerged in Enugu State following allegations that the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Jude Asogwa, ordered council workers to compulsorily register with the All Progressives Congress, APC. The allegation was made on Monday by a social…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s planned defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has become one of Kano’s most talked about political puzzles following the uncertainty surrounding the move. DAILY POST reports that the defection,…
With less than a year to the 2027 governorship election, political calculations are quietly intensifying in Yobe State as Governor Mai Mala Buni moves closer to the end of his final term. Although the race has not yet gone public,…
Governor Uba Sani has pledged that Kaduna State will support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election because of the dividends of democracy that he has brought to the state and country at large. The Governor, who listed projects that were executed…
Former South-East Spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Denge Josef Onoh, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately suspend all its lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly allegedly involved in moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court that nullified its governorship primary election which produced Dr Wole Oluyede as its candidate for the June 20, 2026 election. The party said it…
A pro-Atiku Abubakar group has officially expelled the son of the former vice president, Abba, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress. Mai Bakari, convener of the Atiku Haske Organisation, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. This comes…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti, says his successor in 2031 will be better than himself, as he is laying a solid foundation for the development of the state. Otti stated this on Sunday during the ground reception service organised in…
The Bauchi State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed reports of the removal of its state chairman, accusing expelled members of attempting to factionalise the party. The state chairman, Hassan Haruna, told journalists at the weekend that…
Gbenga Hashim, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asserted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be voted out in the 2027 general elections. He stated that no legal or administrative manoeuvres can derail Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. Hashim…
The Atiku Haske Organisation has rejected a directive by Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, asking members of the group to defect to the All Progressives Congress, saying he lacks the authority to determine its political…
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