The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) says it has reviewed and endorsed the proposed timetable and institutional framework as approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress for the forthcoming Ward, Local Government, State, Zonal Congresses, and the National Convention. In a communiqué at the end of […]
Year: 2026
“We’re Taking Further Legal Steps Over FHC Judgement’:No Cause for Alarm , PDP Assures Supporters
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has said that it is aware of the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court in Ibdan Friday nullifying the Congress that elected the Turaki – led National Working Committee NWC highlighting the next legal step over the matter. In a statement shortly after the […]
2025AFCON Final :CAF Slams Sanctions On Senegal, Morocco
The Confederation of African Football CAF ,has handed a five-match suspension to Senegal head coach Pape Bouna Thiaw for what it calls unsportsmanlike conduct during the final of the TotalEnergies sponsored 2025 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON in Morocco.. . The CAF Disciplinary Board also fined him $100,000. CAF in […]
Primary Election: President Tinubu Asked Us To Work As Team, Support Wike’s Candidates – Gov Fubara
Governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu told them to support the candidates of the former governor of Rivers state and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike in the just concluded primary elections in Rivers state. The governor made this known […]
Rivers Govt Boosts Civil Service,Approves Recruitment of Additional 5000 Workers
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the immediate recruitment of 5,000 indigenes into the state civil service to enhance administrative efficiency and public service delivery. The decision was reached during the second council meeting of 2026, presided by Governor Siminalayi Fubara with his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, in attendance, […]
Court Orders FCT Workers To Suspend Strike as Workers Prefer To Stay Home
Justice E.D. Subilim of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria NICN has granted an interlocutory injunction filed by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) ordering workers under the Joint Union Action Committee JUAC and its leadership to suspend their strike action. In […]
A cautionary note on America’s plans to break up Nigeria
Iliyasu GaduIlgad2009@gmail.com08035355706 (Texts only) There is a busybody American Congressman, Riley Moore, who is so fixated about Nigeria that he is making plans to present a proposal to the Congress to break up the country. The bill he is planning to present to the American congress is ostensibly aimed at […]
As Drumbeats and War Songs Herald 2027: Can INEC Deliver the Unexpected?
On The Frontline With Boma Long before the whistle is blown, seasoned ears already hear the drumbeats. In Nigeria, elections rarely arrive quietly. They are announced by war songs, whispered threats, sudden defections, midnight meetings, and the restless movement of political actors across the length and breadth of the country. […]
Rivers: Ogoni Monarch Reportedly shot after Gunmen Attack , Police On Assailants Trail
The Paramount Ruler of Bangha Kingdom in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Suanu Baridam, narrowly escaped death on Sunday evening after gunmen opened fire on his convoy. King Baridam was returning from an engagement in the Okwale community, within Khana when the gunmen in what appears to […]
Soludo Orders Shutdown Of Onitsha Markets For Observing Sit – At – Home
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Onitsha Main Market and other adjoining markets for one week, in compliance with the government directive against the Sit – at- home order The traders had defied the government order abolishing the sit -:at – home order forced […]