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\ The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet to pursue his governorship ambition in Bauchi State ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Ministry confirmed the resignation on Monday through its spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, who stated, “The resignation of the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs is confirmed”…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has cleared President Bola Tinubu of any involvement in the legal and political persecution he endured during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, while also firmly rejecting claims that he is currently working for the president or the ruling All Progressives Congress. Saraki made the clarifications during an…
The Peoples Democratic Party has stepped back from the edge of a damaging internal rupture, with camps loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike opening peace talks aimed at steadying the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. For months, the crisis had played out in courtrooms, public exchanges…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the influence of Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has categorically rejected suggestions that it intends to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting instead that the party will field its own presidential candidate when the time arrives for primary…
Aminu Tambuwal, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and two-term Governor of Sokoto State, has formally severed his 23-year association with the Peoples Democratic Party, announcing his defection to the African Democratic Congress in the early hours of Thursday. The move, disclosed via a statement posted on his X account at approximately 12:30 a.m.,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Africa’s failure to thrive is a direct result of poor leadership rather than a lack of wealth. Speaking in Abeokuta during his 89th birthday celebrations on Thursday, the elder statesman argued that the continent possesses ample land, intellect, and resources. He insisted that the “bane of development” is…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has defended his political positions and reaffirmed his loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party, insisting the party would recover from its current challenges. At a media parley in Abuja on Monday, Wike left no one in doubt about where he stands. “I am not going to pretend….
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has delivered a comprehensive judgment affirming the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2025 elective national convention, which produced Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the party’s substantive National Chairman, resolving a significant legal dispute over the legitimacy of the exercise. Justice Ladiran Akintola, delivering the ruling on…
A major political shift unfolded in Adamawa State this week as fifteen members of the state House of Assembly formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, pointing to deep-seated divisions within the party’s national structure that have persisted for years and eroded its unity. Speaker Bathiya Wesley made the disclosure during Wednesday’s plenary session, revealing…
Abuja will host a gathering of Nigeria’s political and religious elite next Sunday as the Christian Legislators Fellowship of the National Assembly commissions a new 750-capacity chapel, a project born out of longstanding calls for equal religious spaces within the legislative grounds. The dedication ceremony, set for March 1, 2026, underscores the push for…
