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Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit filed by former governor of Kaduna, Nasir El- Rufai, seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other agencies from freezing his bank accounts o...
Labour Party candidate for Bende Federal Constituency, Chima Anyaso, has warned Nigerian youths against electoral violence ahead of the 2027 elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/no-politicians-ambition-worth-your-life-lp-rep-candidate-tells-youths/...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Thursday, revealed that he had threatened President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Abiodun disclosed that he had threatened to deliver a minimum of two million votes to Tinubu from Ogun State in 2027. He made this know...
The African Democratic Congress will on Friday inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja, formally launching its campaign for the 2027 election Read More: https://punchng.com/adc-presidential-campaign-council-for-inauguration-friday-official/...
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Professor Idowu Akanbi Sobowale, an eminent Mass Communications scholar and former Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, who died at 85. President Tinubu described the death of the ren...
Nigerian businessman and social commentator, Prince Isaac Fayose, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has quietly reintroduced fuel subsidy due to panic over the forthcoming presidential election. Fayose made the allegation while reacting to the Federal Govern...
“Nationwide PVC collection will officially commence tomorrow, Friday, 9 October 2026,” Mr Salami, a professor, said. The post Nationwide PVC collection begins Friday as voter register hits 103 million – INEC appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Democratic Congress and the Obidient Movement have condemned the Federal Government’s 30-day petrol discount as tokenism and an election-year t Read More: https://punchng.com/ndc-obidients-condemn-fgs-30-day-petrol-discount/...
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to reduce petrol prices at NNPC filling stations for 30 days, describing the move as a temporary measure ahead of the 2027 general election. The council was re...
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Former members of the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council of Peter Obi have launched a political platform, Batified Obidients, declaring their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Renewed Hope Agenda ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group ...
European Business Chamber Nigeria, Eurocham, has committed to protecting existing European investments and attracting new high-impact capital into Nigeria through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC. The agree...
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has vowed to document, collate and share polling-unit results with the public during the 2027 general elections, despite a warning by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against privately collate...
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has described the Federal Government’s 30-day reduction in petrol prices at NNPC filling stations as a desperate attempt to bribe Nigerians ahead of the 2027 elections. The counc...
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta All nine transport unions in Ogun State, under the aegis of the Transport Unions Alliance for Yayi, have endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, ahead of t...
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe LAGOS — The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has warned online publishers against sensational and unverified election reports, saying fake news and misinformation could erode public confidence in the ele...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai seeking an order restraining the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and others from freezing his bank accounts. Other resp...
By John Alechenu, Abuja ABUJA — The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has listed federal roads and bridges completed under the administration of President Bola Tinubu and awaiting commissioning across the six geopolitical zones. Umahi disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a ...
By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja ABUJA — The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the North Central has announced plans to hold a mega rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Saturday, October 10, in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 ge...
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta ABEOKUTA — The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, in Ogun State, Rotimi Babajide, has urged registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and vote massively for the party in the 2027 general elections. Babaji...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says assets offered in its 2025 oil licensing round could add about 500 million barrels to Nigeria’s crude oil reserves and at least 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and condensate production within five year...
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has warned that worsening insecurity could become a political liability for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Adeyanju said the security crisis could weigh heavily on how Ni...
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The worsening insecurity and economic hardship in Nigeria could provide the opposition with a potent weapon against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, Head of the Directorate of Media and Communications, Adewole Adebayo-Bugaje Presi...
Nigerian content in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has increased from five per cent in 2010 to 61 per cent, according to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The post Nigerian content in oil sector rises from 5% to 61% in 16 years— NCDMB appeared first o...
PREMIUM TIMES reports that at least five people have been killed, several houses razed and livelihoods destroyed in the renewed violence that engulfed the communities. The post Soludo sets up commission to end deadly intercommunal clash appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
A youth group, GenZ in Politics, has started a voter education campaign in Ogun State markets, urging traders to participate in the 2027 elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ogun-youth-group-takes-voter-education-to-markets/...
By Emmanuel Iheaka OWERRI — The Igbo Heroes and Icons Foundation (IHIF) has said the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, does not need the backing of state governors to secure support in the South-South geopolitical zone in the 2027 electio...
The Industrial Training Fund DG, Dr Afiz Ogun, says President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are working and Nigerians will be happier if he is re-elected. Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubus-policies-working-nigeriansll-be-happier-after-re-election-itf-dg/...
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peter Obi Media Office has urged Nigerians not to sell or surrender their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, or accept money and other inducements in exchange for their votes. The media office of the presidential candidate...
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Temitope Ajayi, on Thursday, said the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is suffering from “unfathomable delusion”. Ajayi explained that only delusion would make Obi, w...
The 2027 Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Benue South Senatorial candidate, Daniel Onjeh, has appealed to his supporters, particularly young people, not to insult or attack his political opponents on his behalf ahead of the general elections. Onjeh, a former Chairman of the Gove...
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AHEAD of next year’s elections, the media office of the Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to remain remain vigilant against anyone offering money or inducements in exchange for their votes, advising...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said the Obidient movement remains with him despite contesting the 2027 governorship election on a different political platform from Peter Obi. Rhodes-Vivour stated this during...
Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has warned judges who will sit on the 2027 election petition tribunals to steer clear of politics. Kekere-Ekun gave the warning on Wednesday at the flag-off of the 2026/2027 legal year of the National Industrial Court in...
The senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity made the remarks in Jos while responding to questions on political developments. The post 2027: Plateau voters, not outsiders, will choose next governor, says Plang appeared first on Premium Time...
The ADC national chairman said the opposition party would comply with electoral rules but would resist attempts to manipulate the 2027 elections. The post 2027: ADC will not accept rigged elections, David Mark says appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By Innocent Anaba Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, will deliver the 2026 Gavel International Annual Lecture slated for November 17, focusing on the increasingly debated role of the judiciary in Nigeria’s electoral process. The lecture, enti...
Politics is rarely only about elections; it is also about succession, control, alliances, interests and the management of political expectations. In Kwara State, these forces have combined to produce one of the more intriguing intra-party crises ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general el...
With less than 100 days to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, the country is yet to experience the usual election fever, Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has observed. Galadima made the observation in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, where he exp...
Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has come heavily on the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his latest comment on the 2023 general elections. Obi had said there was no evidence to prove his claim that he won the 2023 presidential election und...
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, yesterday warned that judges appointed to election tribunals would be closely monitored. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony of the 2026/2027 legal y...
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—No fewer than 1,000 northern Islamic clerics have told President Bola Tinubu to drop his 2027 re-election ambition, citing killings, kidnappings and acts of terrorism across the country, particularly in the North-West. The demand was contained in a communiqu...
The office attributed the irregularities largely to weaknesses in the NPC’s internal control system and recommended that the commission’s Director-General account to the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committees and recover billions of naira for remittance to the Treasury. T...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured Nigerians still smarting from its 2023 shenanigans of its readiness, this time, to deliver credible elections in 2027. The reassurance came from the INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan, a professor, whose great skill an...
The British High Commission in Nigeria has commended Lloyd’s Register for its continued commitment to developing the next generation of Nigerian leaders through its partnership with the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarship Programme. Through this partners...
The survey also revealed declining confidence in electoral institutions, with only 34 per cent of respondents expressing confidence in INEC ahead of the 2027 elections. The post 2027 Polls: ‘84% intend to vote, but only 41% committed’ – Yiaga survey appeared first on Premium Time...
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ogun State chapter has raised alarm over what it described as attempts to use the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta to destabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Olumide Onabajo...
A new survey by Yiaga Africa has found that 84 per cent of Nigerians are likely or very likely to vote in the 2027 general elections, although fears of violence, distrust in electoral institutions and vote buying could undermine turnout. The third round of Yiaga Africa’s Na...
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, on Wednesday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against tilting the 2027 general election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The cou...
A new survey by Yiaga Africa finds that 84% of Nigerians are willing to vote in the 2027 elections but are concerned about insecurity and trust in INEC. Read More: https://punchng.com/84-of-nigerians-willing-to-vote-in-2027-survey/...
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — AHEAD of the 2027 general elections, an election observer, Yiaga Africa, in a new survey titled ‘Willing but Wary: How Nigerians Intend to Vote in 2027’ released on Wednesday, revealed that no fewer than 84 per cent of Nigerians intend to vote during the ...
NBBF Electoral Committee Chairman Lanre Glover said the deadline for submitting nomination forms for election to the NBBF Board is 2 p.m. on Thursday, 8 October. The post NBBF releases guidelines, timelines for Elective Congress appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigerian Copyright Commission says increased enforcement of the new Copyright Act has significantly strengthened anti-piracy efforts in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/enforcement-of-copyright-act-reducing-piracy-says-ncc/...
By Henry Ojelu LAGOS — A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr Monday Ubani, has questioned the legal basis of a reported directive by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Amendment to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify candidates whose nam...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the 2026 Licensing Round, offering 40 oil and gas blocks to investors. The NUPRC Chief Executive, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, announced this at the Commission’s fifth anniversary ceremony in Abuja on T...
Mr Nwankwo said that while adequate funding is important for the conduct of elections, Nigerians should also be able to scrutinise how INEC spends the funds allocated to it. The post 2027: INEC’s major challenge is procurement transparency, not funding – PLAC appeared first on Pr...
Mr Ifogah said the commission’s chairman, Joash Amupitan, had emphasised that election officials and materials should not arrive late at polling units. The post 2027: INEC targets 7:30 a.m. readiness at polling units appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
With 99 days to the 2027 general elections, the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has described the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, as the power Nigerians have. Makinde, who is the Governor of Oyo State, urged Nigerians to use their PVCs wisely dur...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has announced the 2026 Licensing Round, offering 40 oil and gas blocks to investors. The development is coming months after the conclusion of the 2025 licensing round, which was marred by controversy. NUPRC Chief Execu...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the PDP’s suit seeking to nullify the last local government elections held in Kwara State. Read More: https://punchng.com/pdp-loses-bid-to-nullify-kwara-lg-elections/...
Seyi Makinde has urged Nigerians to collect their PVCs as INEC says the voter register has surpassed 103 million ahead of 2027. The post 2027: Makinde urges Nigerians to collect PVCs as voter register hits 103m appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
