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Borno Governor Zulum Appoints Mallumbe As Acting Chief Of Staff, Assigns Portfolios To New Commissioners

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Borno Governor Babagana Zulum has named Babagana Mallumbe Acting Chief of Staff, assigning portfolios to 10 commissioners to drive reforms. Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of Babagana Mustapha Mallumbe as the Acting Chief of Staff to the Governor as part of efforts to strengthen governance and...

Akpabio Emerges Sole APC Candidate For Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial Seat

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Senate President Godswill Akpabio emerges sole candidate for APC senatorial ticket for Akwa Ibom North-West ahead of the 2027 elections. Senate President Godswill Akpabio has emerged as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. Akpabio secured the party’s ticket during the...

Okowa Defeats Ned Nwoko To Secure APC Delta North Senatorial Ticket For 2027

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa defeats Ned Nwoko with 113,309 to 2,612, securing APC’s Delta North senatorial ticket for 2027 elections. Former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Delta North Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections after...

Governor Abiodun Wins Ogun East APC Senatorial Primary With Landslide Victory

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun secured 75,550 votes out of 99,503 to emerge victorious and clinch the APC Ogun East senatorial ticket. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election held on Monday. Abiodun secured 75,550 votes...

NUJ FCT Chair urges journalists to prioritise mental health amid rising work pressure

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, Comrade Grace Ike, has called on journalists in the FCT to take their mental health seriously amid increasing pressure associated with the profession. Speaking during the 2026 NUJ FCT Press Week Health Walk held in Abuja on Monday, Ike...

APC Aspirant Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi Calls for Protection of Primary Results in Ondo Constituency

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Hon. Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), relevant security agencies, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to safeguard the integrity of the APC primary election process in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo and Odigbo Federal Constituency. In a press statement, the House of Representatives aspirant expressed appreciation...

Rivers 2027: How proven loyality is speaking for Kingsley Chida

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

By Thomas Taribo There are two types of loyalty; true loyalty and strategic loyalty.True loyalty is rare, and unambitious. True loyalty is unsaleable, it stays when all else leaves, because it has no exit clause, and convenience, but strategic loyalty is common because it’s rational, and transactional. In politics, you...

Timi Frank raises fresh alarm over alleged plot to abduct El-Rufai from Court

NewsDeskNgMay 18, 2026May 18, 20260

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has alleged that there are plans by security operatives to take former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, into custody fromthe Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Frank, in a statement in the early hours...

FOREIGN ENGAGEMENTS, ECONOMIC STABILIZATION, AND THE DANGERS OF POPULIST SIMPLIFICATION

NewsDeskNgMay 17, 2026May 17, 20260

By Tanimu Yakubu IntroductionPeter Obi’s intervention once again reflects a persistent tendency to reduce extremely complex questions of economic recovery, sovereign diplomacy, and international capital engagement into simplistic populist soundbites.The Real Economic InheritanceNo serious analyst disputes that foreign engagements should ultimately produce measurable economic outcomes. The real issue, however, is...

Abia Youth Group Defends Benjamin Kalu, Dismisses Claims of Abandoned Constituency Project

NewsDeskNgMay 17, 2026May 17, 20260

A youth-based advocacy organisation in Abia State has rejected allegations that a constituency project linked to Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was abandoned, describing the claims as misleading and politically motivated. The group, Abia Progressive Youth Frontier (APYF), said recent reports questioning the implementation of a...