The Tiv Area Traditional Council has ordered all herders to vacate Tiv lands by the end of May 2025. The monarchs cited continued attacks on farmers and growing concerns over food insecurity in Benue State and across the country. The resolution followed an emergency meeting held at the palace of the Tor Tiv in Gboko,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consolidate its political control by clearing the opposition fold, asserting that there is nothing wrong with a one-party system. Speaking at the APC summit held Thursday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu responded to growing criticism over the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has created an Artificial Intelligence AI Division to enhance its capacity for data-driven decision-making, risk detection and mitigation as well as deepening voter services automation. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja….
The Federal Government has lined up Senate President Godswill Akpabio, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, and four others as witnesses in its criminal case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The case, filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, follows allegations made by the senator during a live television interview, where…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has transferred all cases on emergency rule declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State from the Port Harcourt Division of the court to the Abuja Division. A document listed the transferred cases as Dr. Farah Dagogo v President & 4 others in…
All 22 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have unanimously endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. The endorsement was announced on Thursday by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, at the APC National Summit…
Two candidates in the last presidential election, Peter Obi and Omoyele Sowore, have thrown jibes at each other, calling each other derogatory names. None of the two politicians mentioned each other’s names in their posts on X, on Thursday, but a review of their posts and the history behind them indicated who they were referring…
Odunayo Alade, the father of the 15-year-old student, Kehinde Alade, who was killed by a stray bullet allegedly fired during a police chase, has revealed he has been solely responsible for raising his children since his wife left seven years ago. “Their mother abandoned us seven years ago, and I made a promise to myself…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday wrote the National Assembly for the consideration and passage of the 2025 budget of the Rivers State Government. The President said the N1.481 trillion is being presented to the National Assembly in view of the nullification of the 2025 budget of the State by the Supreme Court and the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has confirmed the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the official political platform for the new opposition coalition, as fresh details surrounding the 2027 presidential deal emerge. The development followed a meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday night, where key opposition figures resolved to rally behind the ADC…