A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has lamented over the Independent National Electoral Commission‘s (INEC) inability to call political players to order over the early campaign. Naija News reports that Galadima, while featuring on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television, stated that even though INEC is constitutionally empowered to political players to order, it cannot because those who pay the piper dictate the tune. Galadima emphasised that the ruling All Progressives Congress started the early campaign. He said, “In the last six months, I complained severally about INEC’s inability to call political players to…
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Nigeria’s Charles Edward Godfred endured a tough introduction to the World Athletics Championships on Monday after failing to make it out of the men’s long jump qualifiers in Tokyo. Godfred, 21, competing on the global stage for the first time, could only manage a best leap of 7.79m, finishing 13th in his group and failing to qualify for the final. The automatic qualifying mark was 8.15m, a distance Godfred had targeted after coming in with a season’s best of 8.10m. It was a frustrating evening for the reigning Nigerian champion. He fouled his first attempt, recovered slightly with 7.68m on…
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has clarified his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Naija News Rhodes-Vivour, while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme on Monday, stated that he did not dump the Labour Party. Rhodes-Viviour said he is part of the LP faction that adopted the coalition party, ADC, and they are focused on building a robust coalition. He said, “The fact that I have constantly remained in the opposition throughout my political career shows more consistency than the average seen in our political…
The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has assured Nigerians that they will not be denied access to their bank accounts or financial services from January 1, 2026, for lack of a Tax Identification Number (Tax ID). Naija News reports that the clarification comes amid concerns following the signing of four new Tax Acts by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which take effect from January 1, 2026. Reports had suggested that Section 8(2) of the new Tax Administration Act makes Tax ID mandatory for operating bank accounts or engaging in insurance, stocks, and other financial services once the law is implemented. But in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed that its national convention will be held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16, 2025. The party said the event would signal its re-launch as Nigeria’s credible alternative ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking at a press briefing at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed that the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) had set up 11 subcommittees. The committees, he said, cover logistics, security, media, transport and other critical areas to ensure what he described as a “seamless and all-inclusive…
World record holder Tobi Amusan says her silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships felt like carrying Nigeria on her shoulders, admitting the race was shaped as much by emotion as by performance. Naija News reports that Tobi Amusan clocked 12.29 seconds on Monday to finish behind Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who stormed to gold with a national record of 12.24s. America’s Grace Stark claimed bronze in 12.34s. “I put the whole country on my back, but this is bigger than me. It’s a mission first for Nigeria and for the world, but I also…
The Dangote Group has dismissed allegations by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) that its refinery sells petrol at cheaper rates to international traders than to Nigerian marketers. DAPPMAN’s Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole, had alleged in an interview with Punch that members of the association were able to buy Dangote petrol through international traders in Lomé, Togo, at prices ₦65 lower than what the refinery sells locally. “Dangote sells to international traders at ₦65 cheaper than what he is selling to us. In some instances, we were able to buy from those people and still bring…
Two Nigerians who allegedly escaped from a Nepalese prison during recent anti-government protests have been arrested by operatives of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), India’s paramilitary force. According to a report by Press Trust of India on Monday, the suspects were apprehended on Saturday at Jainagar in Bihar State while attempting to cross into India. The duo were said to be among several foreign nationals and locals who fled detention facilities in Nepal following violent demonstrations that rocked the Himalayan nation in recent weeks. Quoting a security source, the agency reported, “These people have been caught from the border over…
The Nigerian Civil Situation Room has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on pending electoral reforms and ensure their passage into law ahead of the 2027 general elections. Head of Programmes, ActionAid Nigeria, Celestine Odo, made the call in Abuja on Monday while addressing journalists on behalf of the coalition. “Situation Room calls on the National Assembly to finalise and pass into law pending reforms that will restore confidence in our elections and ultimately, our democracy,” Odo said. The coalition also tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee free, fair and credible elections, particularly with off-cycle governorship…
The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, granted former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, permission to engage forensic experts to examine WhatsApp conversations and a mobile device marked “iPhone 2” tendered as evidence in his ongoing fraud trial. Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the ruling after Emefiele’s lead counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), applied for leave to allow an independent forensic expert to verify the authenticity of the handset and the extracted WhatsApp chats already admitted as exhibits. “The defence seeks the court’s leave to call a forensic expert to examine both the mobile device and…
