•INEC national headquarters, Abuja The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has raised concerns over voter apathy and thuggery ahead of the 2027 general elections. Professor Amupitan disclosed this in Lokoja yesterday while addressing members of the Kogi State Council of Chiefs as...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve the implementation of an external borrowing plan of 7.7 billion dollars. At an exchange rate of ₦1,400 to the dollar, the borrowing amounts to about N10.79 trillion naira The President said the funds are to part-finance the N20.2 trillion budget deficit, reports Channels TV. The...
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan With the 2027 general elections approaching, political violence, threats and hate speech are raising fresh concerns about the safety of politicians, party members and voters, as rival camps increasingly accuse one another of using intimidation to gain electoral advantage. From Lagos to Enugu, Edo, Rivers, Ko...
•Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is legally required to publish the voters’ register online ahead of the 2027 general elections. Itodo’s position follows calls by opposition politicians and civil society groups for t...
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said only Nigerians and not AI will decide the direction of next year’s general election and the next crop of leaders across the country. Amupitan, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the Artificial Intelligence and D...
•Tinubu, Atiku and Peter Obi Three months to the 2027 general elections, political parties and their candidates are yet to fully hit the streets for campaigns, despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, opening the campaign window nearly two months ago. According to the Commission’s timetable, the Presidential and National As...
•Tinubu and loans illustration The Tinubu-led federal government has opened discussions with the World Bank for three new loans totalling $1.5 billion, even as Nigeria’s public debt climbed to a record N166.79 trillion at the end of June 2026. This is coming less than four months before the presidential election holding on Saturday, 16 January...
Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere Federal Constituency II, Lagos State, have been urged to close ranks and strengthen grassroots engagement ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Member of the House of Representatives representing the constituency, Lanre Okunola, made the call at the party’s month...
•Donald Duke Presidential candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Donald Duke, has raised the alarm that some unnamed desperate politicians were engaging in human sacrifice to win the forthcoming 2027 elections. The former Cross River State governor made the allegation in Abuja yesterday when the Council of the Wise of the Savannah C...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has decried what he described as the erosion of democratic principles in Nigeria, saying the country is facing a crisis. The former Anambra State governor spoke today at the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue in Bau...
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