President Bola Tinubu has begun a three-week annual leave and departed Abuja for Europe. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga announced the trip in a statement on Sunday. He said Tinubu would spend the period on what the government described as a “working vacation”. According to Onanuga, the President’s first stop will be London, United Kingdom. Tinubu…
Senator Abdulaziz Yari has warned Nigerians against politicians promising to restore the petrol subsidy. Yari is the Director-General of the APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council. He also represents Zamfara West in the Senate. The former Zamfara governor spoke on Saturday when members of the APC National Working Committee visited him. His comments followed a recent…
Supporters of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso under the OK Movement have rejected any plan to merge the group with another political organisation ahead of the 2027 general elections. The decision was taken on Friday during the movement’s national leadership summit in Abuja. National leaders, state coordinators, local government officials and ward-level mobilisers from the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled 12 governorship candidates and their running mates for the 2027 Kwara State governorship election. The candidates were unveiled at the commission’s office in Ilorin, the state capital, on Saturday. They are representing different political parties that are preparing to contest the election. The All Progressives Congress is fielding…
The Federal Government is planning to end electricity subsidy payments from 2027. The move is part of efforts to tackle the growing debt burden in Nigeria’s power sector. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Friday during a media interactive session. He said the government would phase out the subsidy while developing a…
The African Democratic Congress has said it does not need a coalition with other opposition parties to defeat the All Progressives Congress and President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Abdullahi said the ADC initially…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive forensic audit of the Federal Government’s personnel, payroll and institutional systems. The review will focus on ghost workers, payroll fraud and other weaknesses that may allow people or entities to gain access to public resources without proper authorisation. Tinubu directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of…
The Presidency has responded to African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s promise to reopen Nigeria’s borders if elected in 2027. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said the country’s land borders are already open. Dare made this known in a statement on Friday titled, “Atiku and the Borders:…
An internal dispute between the promoter of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, George Nwabueze, and some directors in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation may have triggered the controversy surrounding the project office. Multiple officials in the OSGF told Saturday PUNCH that the Independent Corrupt Practices…
Social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has defended his invitation to speak at the Nigerian Bar Association conference. Otse reacted on Friday after human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, questioned his invitation to discuss national security at the NBA conference. The activist spoke in a video shared on…
