Politics

The group continues to make cross-border raids to pressure Kenya to withdraw its forces from the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a police vehicle in eastern Kenya, killing two officers and one civilian, police and the...

"The army is in pursuit of three other alleged accomplices and investigations are ongoing," the statement added. An apparent attempted coup by a group of Gambian soldiers plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow’s administration has been foiled, diplomatic sources have...

With the 2023 general elections about two months away, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has said that the government has a role to play in ensuring smooth electioneering campaign and...

• Mocks Tinubu, says he won’t assign questions to aides, associates Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, told Igbo to vote for him during the forthcoming polls if they were serious about becoming Nigeria’s president in...

•Says some politicians on watchlist The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating petitions against top Nigerian politicians. Chairman of the agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this when he appeared on the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at...

Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, says his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, took an N18 billion loan after the July governorship election in the state. The governor on Thursday said the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion. Adeleke said Oyetola must...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday, met the Governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo in the state capital. He led a delegation of the party as they paid a visit to the Soludo...

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the former Deputy Senate President has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of being responsible for his continued detention in the United Kingdom, UK, over organ harvest saga. Currently, Senator Ekweremadu is facing trial in...

Damian Okeke-Ogene, the National Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said all the state governors in the South-East may vote for Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP), presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election. However, he stressed that nobody can...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described the death of Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Chief Demola Seriki, as painful, shocking and a big loss to Lagos State and Nigeria. He described the late Seriki as a businessman, politician, and...