Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, will retain his position if the coalition defeats President Bola Tinubu in 2027. El-Rufai spoke on Wednesday during the second edition of Arewa Tech Fest held in Katsina. The three-day event was convened by the former governor to bring…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the Nigeria Police Force of showing bias in its handling of multiple petitions she filed against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, while swiftly pursuing a counter-petition filed against her by Akpabio. The allegation was detailed in a formal letter dated May 19, 2025, addressed…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition. DAILY POST authoritatively reports that the trio agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night. Disclosing this to DAILY…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has called on the three senators from Osun State who endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term to do more by leaving their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the APC. Basiru, while expressing his excitement at the endorsement by the opposition party in…
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has alleged that some Nigerian politicians and members of the armed forces are acting as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum made the revelation on Wednesday during an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, where he vowed that the state would strengthen its intelligence network and deal…
A bill seeking to strip the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission(ICPC) and other anti-graft agencies of the power to manage proceeds of crime has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill, titled the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act Amendment Bill, seeks to create a…
Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has urged former governor Peter Obi and other regional opposition figures to join the pro-Tinubu coalition, calling for full South-East support for President Bola Tinubu. “Leadership is not about self, it’s about the people. I call on my brother, Peter Obi, to join us and work with the President…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the National…
Olisa Agbakoba, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has condemned a bill in Nigeria’s National Assembly seeking to jail non-voters for six months. While criticising the mandatory voting bill, the senior lawyer disclosed that he would rather go to jail than obey it if it eventually became law. Agbakoba said this…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in conjunction with prominent stakeholders across the South-East, has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation disclosed this in a statement signed by its Deputy President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesperson, Chief Thompson…