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Isaac Fayose, younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to join forces with Peter Obi to remove the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from power in 2027. Fayose made the appeal in a video posted on his verified Facebook page on Thursday. His call followed a court ruling on the leadership crisis in the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, had on Thursday nullified the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC and voided the process that produced Atiku as the party’s…

President Bola Tinubu has charged Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national football team, the Flamingos, to defeat Japan and make history by winning the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. Tinubu gave the charge on Thursday while congratulating the team on their historic qualification for the final after defeating Brazil in Wednesday’s semi-final.The President described the Flamingos’ victory as a remarkable achievement that had brought immense pride and joy to millions of Nigerians at home and abroad. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu expressed confidence in the team’s ability to overcome…

The battle for control of the soul of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has intensified following the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the emergence of former Senate President David Mark and other national officers of the party, as well as the processes that produced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, with rival factions trading accusations and threatening further legal action over the future of the opposition party.While Atiku, the Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC) and the party’s Presidential Campaign Council rejected the judgment as legally defective and an alleged attempt to cripple the…

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have commenced investigations into the activities of one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations of a new generation bank for allegedly authorising the criminal diversion of the sum of N515, 000, 000. 00 (Five Hundred and Fifteen Million Naira) from the Debt Service Reserve Account, DSRA belonging to a customer, DAHUA Paper Company, without authorization. The Commission had received a petition dated June 22, 2026 from the bank against Nwaobi, alleging that the said sum left their customer’s account in three tranches of N200, 000,…

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has questioned what Peter Obi would do differently from President Bola Tinubu if elected in 2027, arguing that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has yet to present a clear alternative to the current administration’s policies. Oshiomhole made the comments on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he also criticised Obi’s approach to leadership and economic management. The senator representing Edo North described the former Anambra State governor as a trader, saying his approach focused more on immediate returns than long-term national development. “Peter Obi has not offered any alternative.…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said it will appeal the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the process through which former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election. The party’s National Legal Adviser and former Edo State Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor, disclosed this on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He said the party was not discouraged by the ruling and would continue its campaign activities while seeking to have the judgment overturned. “Our presidential candidate (Atiku Abubakar) and the presidential campaign is going on, unperturbed because we believe that this…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of exploiting the latest Federal High Court judgment on the leadership dispute within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to undermine his presidential campaign ahead of the 2027 elections. Atiku alleged that the ruling was part of an attempt to weaken his political influence in Northern Nigeria and restrict the ADC’s growing support across the country. The former vice president made the allegation in a statement issued on Thursday by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council.He linked the timing of the judgment…

Not less than two hundred scholars, artists, technologists and cultural leaders will gather at the University of Lagos on 10 and 11 November 2026 to ask what becomes of the creative arts in the age of Artificial lntelligence (Al), as the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, holds its Maiden International Conference from Tuesday 10 to Wednesday 11 November 2026 at the Faculty of Creative Arts Theatre Hall, under the theme “Creative Arts in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The two day gathering will bring together about two hundred scholars, practitioners, technologists, students and cultural leaders. It is the…

Says 32nd position below expectation The Osun State chapter of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) has knocked Governor Ademola Adeleke over the poor fiscal performance of the state in BudgIT’s 2026 State of States assessment, in which Osun was ranked 32nd in the country.The report by BudgIT, a Nigerian civic technology organisation, has Lagos, Enugu and Bayelsa as Nigeria’s top-performing states, while Cross River ranked last among the 35 states evaluated. Reacting in a statement by the state chairman of the party, Dr Tosin Odeyemi, the DLA said: “Osun’s position is shameful and an indictment of the current administration’s inability…

2027: Ekiti Vows to Deliver 90% of Registered Voters for Tinubu – Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the people of Ekiti State have pledged to deliver 90 per cent of the state’s registered voters for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election. Shettima disclosed this in a statement following his attendance at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally held in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, earlier today.The Vice President said he acknowledged the sacrifices of Nigerians during his remarks at the rally. He also reaffirmed that President Tinubu had remained committed to his promises…