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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated a minor reshuffle of the Federal Executive Council, signaling a strategic adjustment aimed at strengthening economic coordination and service delivery under his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.In the shake-up, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, have been relieved of their duties.A directive issued o...

Police authorities in Edo State have launched an “intensive search-and-rescue operation” following a deadly attack on a commercial bus along the Lagos–Benin Expressway.The spokesman of th...

The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja against former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, a retired Major General, a retired Naval Captain, a serving police inspector and three others over their alleged involvement as coup plotters in a plot to wage war against Nigeria and comm...

The protest staged by a group of retired police officers at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa has introduced a new layer of complexity to ongoing engagements with the Federal Government, with emerging indications that the action reflects internal divisions rather than a unified position among the retirees.The development comes barely days after leaders of the group met with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), where assurances were given that their concerns—particularly aroun...

A frontline aspirant for the Ogun State House of Assembly, Ijebu-Ode Constituency, Omooba Adeleke Kuye, has reaffirmed his commitment to delivering purposeful and quality representation if given the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.Kuye, a grassroots politician and longstanding party member, made this known while addressing journalists in Ijebu-Ode shortly after party stakeholders endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun as t...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a bus driver and abducted an unspecified number of passengers in Edo State.The commercial bus was travelling from Lagos towards the eastern part of the country when it came under heavy gunfire, forcing it to a halt....

Senator Solomon Adeola, the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus governorship candidate in Ogun State, has intensified efforts to solidify party unity in Ogun West, urging stakeholders to close ranks as preparations gather momentum for the 2027 general elections.Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ilaro, Adeola positioned unity as the party’s critical success factor, emphasizing that internal cohesion would determine APC’s ability to retain pow...

Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun East Senatorial District have closed ranks in a decisive political move, unanimously endorsing Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, as their consensus candidate for the 2027 Senate election.The endorsement, which signals early political alignment ahead of the next electoral cycle, was announced on Monday at a high-powered stakeholders’ meeting held at Adeola Odutola Hall in Ijebu-Ode. The gath...

Supporters of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and NNPP’s Rabiu Kwankwaso have consolidated their political structures into a new platform, the OK Movement, signalling an early strategic alignment ahead of the 2027 presidential election.The development reflects growing coordination within opposition ranks as political actors begin to position for the next electoral cycle, with the movement presenting itself as a unifying force across party and regional lines....

Political tension is building in Rivers State as early permutations for the 2027 governorship election gather momentum, with loyalists of former governor Nyesom Wike positioning to challenge Governor Siminalayi Fubara.At the centre of the emerging dynamics is a quiet but strategic coalition reportedly backed by Wike, aimed at producing a consensus candidate capable of confronting the incumbent if he seeks re-election.Governor Fubara has yet to publicly decl...