Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL

According to the delegation, co-led by IRI President Daniel Twining and Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy, NED, and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Nigeria retains important foundations for democratic competition, including an established electoral institution and a multi-party system but political consolidation by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, opposition fragmentation, election-related violence, monetised political competition and declining public trust are weakening the foundations built for democratic competition, established electoral institutions, an active civil society and a multi-party system.

The initial list unveiled on Saturday, contains 223 names. It is considerably smaller than the 422-member campaign council constituted by the APC for the 2023 presidential election and represents a substantial reorganisation of the party’s campaign machinery.

The United States is paying an increasingly heavy price in blood and money for its war with Iran, with Pentagon figures showing that 757 American service members have been wounded and 18 killed since the conflict began. The latest figures, published in the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System, represent an addition of 60 wounded personnel to the previous tally and bring the total number of US service members killed or wounded to 775.

President Bola Tinubu has formally appointed former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election, confirming an exclusive report published by THEWILL more than three months ago.

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze, identified by the ICPC as the alleged promoter of the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, which the commission says was...

The Edo State Government has disowned a declaration by Governor Monday Okpebholo’s media aide that Davido had been banned from entering the state or performing there for the remainder of the governor’s administration. Okpebholo’s Senior Special Assistant on...

Wike targets Atiku, Obi: The FCT Minister says his political mission ahead of 2027 is to keep opposition figures uncomfortable, declaring that he intends to “add more crises” and give them “high blood pressure.” ‘There is no opposition’:...

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked a federal court in Washington to allow it to secretly justify withholding portions of its records on President Bola Tinubu, saying disclosure could expose sensitive investigative methods and...

The NDC presidential candidate has challenged President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other contenders in the 2027 presidential race to come before Nigerians personally, defend their records and explain their plans for tackling the country's...

Governor Monday Okpebholo’s aide has declared Davido unwelcome in Edo State, saying the singer should not expect to perform in the state for the remainder of the governor’s tenure. The aide said Davido had crossed the line with...