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Senate to Reconvene for Emergency Sitting Amid Outcry Over Electoral Amendment

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has formally announced plans to reconvene for an emergency plenary sitting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026,...

MEKSTA Calls for Ododo’s Resignation Over Alleged Complicity in Bello-Era Corruption

The Movement for the Emancipation of Kogi State (MEKSTA) has called on Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to resign, alleging his complicity in corruption cases...

Implications of Shari’ah Council Threat Against INEC Chairman And Nigeria’s Democracy

By Sabastine Abu A recent demand by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) for the removal of INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan, backed...

Reps Get Harmonisers As Senate Struggles To Explain Its passage of ‘flawed’ Electoral Act Amendment Bill

The House of Representatives has put together members who will join select Senators to harmonise Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the Upper Legislative...

N80.2bn Fraud Trial: Court Insists on Receipts as Defence Says Yahaya Bello’s Case Is Political

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, over an alleged ₦80.2 billion fraud continued on Wednesday before Justice...

Coup Plot: Defence Minister Reveals He Was Targeted for Arrest and Execution; Says He Plans to Join APC (+Videos)

The country's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has disclosed that he was among key government and military figures singled out by officers...

Federal High Court Nullifies PDP Ibadan National Convention, Orders Return to Caretaker Leadership

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has annulled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention held in the Oyo State capital on November...

Accused by NGOs, Civil Society Over Delay of Electoral Act Amendment, Senate again Delays Passage

Despite accusations that it is delaying the passage of the Electoral Act amendment, the Senate has done the unthinkable: it has further postponed deliberations...

Politics in Flux: Kwankwaso Says Yusuf Lost 2027 Election the Moment Ganduje Raised His Hand — Aregbesola Warns Governors Can’t Guarantee Votes

As Nigeria’s political landscape intensifies ahead of the 2027 general elections, a bitter dispute has erupted between key political actors over the defection of...

APC Rejects Rumours of Dropping Shettima as Tinubu’s 2027 Running Mate, Warns Ministers, Others

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly dismissed as “speculative, untrue and utterly baseless” media reports suggesting that Vice President Kashim Shettima could...

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