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Former Sokoto State Governor and current Senator, Aminu Tambuwal (Mutawallen Sokoto), has promised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will reclaim its mandate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. He made this statement on Monday during the flag-off of the Ramadan package distribution to the...

In the fourth quarter of 2024 (Q4 2024) Nigeria exported N75.66 billion to African countries. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its document titled: “Foreign Trade Statistics Report (Q4 2024).” The countries Nigeria exports electricity to are Togo, Benin Republic and Republic of Niger. But the report...

BENIN CITY—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, yesterday, said it has assessed the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo in the past three months and passed a no-performance vote in it, saying that the people of the state have been suffering across all sectors. But in a swift reaction,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renaming of the Federal University of Education in Kano to Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, in honour of the late statesman and diplomat. Announcing the decision on Monday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated that the move...

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the party’s deviation from its founding principles and lack of internal democracy. In a statement released on Monday, March 10, 2025, El-Rufai explained that after extensive consultations, he had decided to join the...

A former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has claimed that the beauty of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan poses a problem for her in politics, stating that men find it difficult to ignore her presence. Speaking on Arise News on Monday, Ogunlewe remarked that female senators do not consider themselves inferior...

The Police Command in Plateau says cases of ritual killings in the state has become minimal. Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo said this in an interview with reporters on Friday in Jos, stressing that there was no information or evidence about the existence of cannibals or human...

Mixed reactions have trailed the death of former presidential spokesperson and ex-Director-General of Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. Naija News learnt that Okupe passed away at the age of 72, and his death was linked to cancer, marking the end of a long struggle with the illness. former presidential aide had...

El-Rufai visited Buhari at his residence in Kaduna State on Friday. The meeting comes just days after President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, and the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, also paid a visit to Buhari. Buhari, who handed over power to President Tinubu on May 29, 2023, initially...

Abdul Rasheeth, a Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his principal has not joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Rasheeth said this while dismissing a social media post stating that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dumped...