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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is facing a major crisis after a son of a former minister resigned, citing a “toxic atmosphere” that stifles creativity and productivity. The resignation comes amid a promotion controversy that has pitted staff members against the management. According to sources, the young man, whose father...

Senate President  Godswill Akpabio has congratulated Gov. Monday Okpebholo  on his confirmation as the duly elected candidate in the September 2024 gubernatorial election in Edo. Akpabio, in a congratulatory message personally signed by him on Friday in Abuja, described the Supreme Court verdict as the triumph of democracy and the...

The Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be unseated in the 2027 general elections if opposition forces unite under a common platform. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting with party members...

ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it as received seven additional applications for party registration, saying it would soon open a political portal registration portal. INEC national commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement Thursday in Abuja....

The Lagos State Police Command has revised the restriction period for vehicular and waterways movement ahead of the July 12, 2025, Local Government elections. Elections will be held across the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State. In a statement on Thursday, the state’s...

Bello Matawalle, former Zamfara governor and current minister of state for defence, has emerged as the clear frontrunner in an early opinion poll assessing potential candidates for the 2027 gubernatorial election in Zamfara State. The online survey, conducted by northern research group Arewa Trend, showed that 87 percent of respondents...

Nosa Orhue, president of the association, made the appeal in a communiqué, following the association’s National Executive Council meeting. The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the shortage of academic manpower in medical institutions across the country. Nosa Orhue, president...

A group of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom has rejected the pronouncement by Governor Umo Eno to give automatic tickets to National Assembly members from the state. In a petition to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, the stakeholders under the aegis of the Concerned Members of the...

The Senate yesterday passed three concurrence Bills from the House of Representatives during plenary. This followed the presentation of the Bills by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti). They include: the Chartered Institute of Auctioneers of Nigeria Bill 2025, the Broadcasting Practitioners Bill 2025, and the Federal College of Health Technology, Benisheikh,...

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said that granting special seats for women in the legislature should not be seen as a form of charity but as a way of strengthening the nation’s democracy. Mrs. Tinubu spoke at an interactive dialogue session on the special seat Bill for women at...