Politics

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations of sexual harassment brought against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. He reacted to the allegations on Wednesday at the resumption of plenary in the Senate, after a…

Abdulazeez Adediran, ex-governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, says the party pulled the rug from underneath his feet on the eve of the state’s gubernatorial poll. On Monday, Adediran, popularly known…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the senate will support a bill that seeks to create special seats for women in the national assembly. The bill, designed to address women’s underrepresentation in politics, scaled second reading…

The Labour Party on Monday warned the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress to steer clear of its administration and stop trying to make decisions on behalf of the party. The opposition party also dismissed the possibility of…

Amid the leadership tussle that has assailed the Lagos State House of Assembly in the last seven weeks, a lawmaker, who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa, has been re-elected as the Speaker of the 40-member Assembly.…

Mojisola Meranda has resigned as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly seven weeks after holding the leadership mantle. The lawmaker, who represents Apapa Constituency I, announced her resignation on Monday as lawmakers…

President Bola Tinubu has signed the ₦54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law. The 2025 budget is 99.96% higher than the 2024 appropriation bill of ₦27.5 trillion. Tinubu signed it in his office at the State House in Abuja…

The local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the court…

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has alleged that her trouble in the senate began after she rejected sexual advances from Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the accusation during an…

Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has apologised to the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police Force for the attack on their officers at the Assembly on February 17. Obasa issued the…

The ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has stated that he has resumed his position as the parliament’s leader. Obasa stated this on Thursday after returning to the assembly complex with police and…

Former president Goodluck Jonathan says the issue with voter turnout in Nigeria is that there are too many ghost voters on the electoral register. Jonathan spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the YIAGA Africa reflection conference on…

The All Progressives Congress on Monday slammed a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, for attacking President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The National Vice Chairman of the APC (South…

Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, says he was not rejected by the National Assembly as a ministerial nominee. In August 2023, the Senate withheld the confirmation of El-Rufai as a ministerial nominee, citing security…

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Amendment has rejected all 31 proposals for the creation of states, citing failure to meet constitutional requirements. The House received proposals for the creation of 31 new…