By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Wednesday said Nigeria’s revenue had risen significantly following the tax reforms introduced by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Sani, who spoke at the 160th meeting of the Joint Revenue Boar...
INEC warns AI-driven disinformation could undermine Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Learn about INEC’s plans to audit technology and conduct mock polls. Read More: https://punchng.com/ai-disinformation-could-undermine-2027-polls-inec-warns/...
Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has declared that no politician is the Messiah. In a statement by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN warned one Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama Pee, and other political actors against draggin...
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will secure at least 25 per cent of votes in every state across Northern Nigeria in the 2027 presidential election, while insisting that former Vice President At...
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how he and his political allies worked to undermine the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi in the 2023 election, pavi...
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The vice presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the 2027 general elections, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has arrived Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Kwankwaso stormed the South-South state on Wednesday for a series of strategic engagements ahead of the 2027 ...
Tanimola, who represents Lagos in squash and competes in the Under-15 category, had reportedly been prevented from participating in a crucial sporting engagement by personnel of Surulere Local Government The post Lagos Sports Commission DG meets mother of young athlete over viral...
A vacation judge, Justice A. A. Omoniyi of Court 3, Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ijebu-Ode, on Wednesday gave an interim ruling returning a suit filed by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House against Governor Dapo Abiodun, the nine kingmakers and others over the stoppage of the select...
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has reassured members of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors that the group remains intact despite the constitution of the Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has said. Uzodimma sai...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new regulatory framework for online forex trading and Contracts for Difference (CFDs), setting minimum capital requirements of up to N5 billion for operators seeking to participate in Nigeria’s retail forex market. The p...
NDC had accused the electoral commission of “systematically removing” its candidates for the 2027 general elections and replacing them with “strange names” unknown to the party. The post 2027: INEC speaks on alleged replacement of NDC candidates appeared first on Premium Times Ni...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that he plans to relocate to Rivers State, saying he only intends to remain in touch with his people ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike said he could not afford to remain in Abuja and rel...
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Federal Capital Territory, Minister Nyesom Wike has vowed to ensure that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, wins in both Rivers State and FCT. Wike spoke on Wednesday during a media chat with some selected journal...
Infantino disclosed this on Tuesday after meeting a Nigerian delegation led by National Sports Commission (NSC) Chairman Shehu Dikko at FIFA House in Zurich, Switzerland The post Infantino: FIFA ready to support Nigeria’s football reform drive appeared first on Premium Times Nige...
The Yobe State Independent Election Commission (SIEC) has commenced the screening of candidates for the September 26, 2026 Local Government Elections across the 17 local government areas of the state. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Yabani, who disclosed this at...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have introduced a new arrangement for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions to now pay a one-off N4,000 to verify their O’Level...
By Peter Egwuatu The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved to tighten oversight of online foreign exchange (forex) trading in Nigeria, extending its proposed regulatory framework to both domestic operators and offshore entities that target Nigerian residents. Under t...
A former Mayor of Blanco, Texas, United States, Mike Arnold, has accused the administration of President Bola Tinubu and Washington-based lobbying firm, DCI Group of allegedly violating laws in the United States and Nigeria. Arnold, in a Facebook post on Monday, alleged that the ...
***Amnesty Int’l faults security agencies’ silence on threat against opposition ***Threat unacceptable —CISLAC ***Democracy is persuasion not intimidation— ActionAid, IPC By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA—Outrage, yesterday, trailed threats by Borno State Youth and Sports Development Commis...
By Patrick Omorodion The visit of a combined team of the National Sports Commission, NSC, and the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland Tuesday has yielded positive dividends as the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino has pledge the world b...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected allegations by the Nigeria Democratic Congress that it removed the party’s nominated candidates from some State House of Assembly constituencies in Anambra and Benue states and replaced them with unauthorised names. INEC ...
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AHEAD of January 16 presidential election, the Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC ahead of the election, Peter Obi has disclosed that he held talks with Canada’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Pasquale Salvaggio, as part of moves to deepen b...
Nigeria’s opposition has spent months calling for unity. Today, six opposition parties took the most concrete step yet towards making that unity possible: they began a structured, four-week process to negotiate a common platform for the 2027 election, including a roadmap to...
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Abdulkarim, has highlighted what he described as a key difference between the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his opponents. Speaking on Channels Television...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has warned lawyers involved in the suit seeking the disqualification of President Bola Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election against discussing the matter in the media or on social media. Justice Ekwo gave the warning on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has warned lawyers involved in a case challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility for the 2027 presidential election not to discuss the matter in the media or on social media. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning on Tuesday while adjourning proce...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied allegations by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) that it replaced the names of the party’s validly nominated candidates with unauthorised names ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC, in a statement issued on ...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, has promised to implement the Supreme Court ruling granting financial autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 local government areas if he becomes president. Atiku said his...
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday said the former vice president is not President Bola Tinubu’s problem ahead of the 2027 elections. Shaibu said Tinubu’s ...
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has said opposition parties can still forge a united front ahead of the 2027 general elections despite the absence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from M...
“These children may not have been direct targets of the violence, but exposure to violence can leave deep emotional scars,” the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Lawal Pedro said. The post 10,613 Lagos children suffered emotional abuse after witnessing dome...
Former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, on Tuesday, accused the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of engaging in “endless church tours” whenever elections are close. Ahmad described Obi’s action as a political ...
— Says anyone promising restoration is playing politics By Dayo Johnson Akure The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Babatunde Akinteye, has declared that politicians promising to restore fuel subsidy ahead of the 2027 elections are merely ...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has commenced hearing in a suit seeking to stop the 2026/2027 Oyo LG elections over OYSIEC’s timetable. Read More: https://punchng.com/court-begins-oyo-lg-elections-suit-hearing/...
The Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, in Lagos State has reaffirmed its unity and declared its readiness to mount a strong challenge against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 elections. The party’s governorship candidate in the state, Laja Adeoye, made this know...
Rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, on Tuesday declared that the politics of religion is capable of destroying Nigeria, stressing that the church is not a place for political campaigns and gimmicks. Adeyanju insisted that elections should be about ideas, policies, and visions on how ...
The Nigerian government has retained its $300 helicopter levy per landing for oil and gas upstream operators and other sectors in Nigeria. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC disclosed this in a circular released on Monday. The decision came after a minis...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has shifted the hearing of a suit seeking to halt the conduct of Local Government Elections in Oyo State until September 10. The Judge on Tuesday adjourned hearing of the suit to enable the plaintiff, Akinloye Olusegun Oye...
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday slated September 10 to commence hearing a suit seeking to halt local government elections in Oyo State. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ordered the service of the Originating Summons on both the Independent Na...
The suit filed by the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify President Bola Tinubu from contesting the 2027 presidential election over allegations concerning his National Youth Service ...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has confirmed that the $300 helicopter levy per landing for air navigational services remains applicable to upstream petroleum operations, while the Terminal Navigational Charge (TNC) does not apply to landings at priv...
Gas Group Plc, has announced plans to pursue a listing on the Main Board of Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) aimed at strengthening its corporate governance, enhance its visibility within Nigeria’s capital market and establish a platform for financing its next phase of growth. Thi...
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