The Delta State Government on Wednesday got support from Nigeria’s House of Representatives as well as two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Professor Epiphany Azinge and Mr. Femi Falana, to

Governors of Nigeria’s South-South region on Tuesday have demanded an upward review from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent of oil revenue payments to host oil communities. Chairman of

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow the popular politician to run

A judge in Senegal has released opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on bail after days of deadly protests sparked by his arrest last week. “He is going home. He is free,”

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Sunday rekindled the controversy over the rotational presidency with a declaration that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no zoning arrangement. His

The National Consultative Front, NC Front says it has set up a high powered political merger committee to facilitate the fusion of various platforms and stakeholders to rescue Nigeria from

From early permutations, THISDAY can report that Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is most likely to zone its presidential ticket to the South to match the

Though, former president Goodluck Jonathan on Friday debunked media speculation about his rumoured interest in the 2023 presidential election, he failed to emphatically rule himself out of the race. The

Security has been ramped up at the US Capitol in response to “a possible plot to breach” the building on Thursday, Capitol police say. The move was prompted by intelligence

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has said that the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to

Ex-US President Donald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative conference in Florida that it would split the Republican vote. In his

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has warned state governors on the dangers of rewarding armed bandits stating that such policies can be disastrous. President Buhari in a tweet on Friday said

Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, a social media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, hours after he called for the resignation

Former President and opposition leader in the West African Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié, on Wednesday, called for a “massive” vote in the March 6 legislative elections. “President Gbagbo and

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Wednesday renewed the clamour for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing system to empower sub-nationals to secure their spaces. Akeredolu, at his inauguration in

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday attributed the worsening insecurity in the country to a calculated effort to destroy Nigeria, vowing not to spare any effort to frustrate the

Prominent Nigerians across different fields on Tuesday launched a Constitution Drafting Committee and Coordinating Committee of the People’s Constitutional Dialogue, which they say will rescue Nigeria from the precipice and

Governors of Nigeria’s southwestern states on Monday took on the senate president Dr. Ahmad Lawan, over his attack on them for allegedly inciting the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in

Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be