Politics

Peter Obi has challenged politicians seeking the presidency in 2027 to demonstrate the character expected of the office they seek, declaring that those demanding to be addressed as “His Excellency” must first “behave excellently.” The former Anambra State...

The Edo State House of Assembly has opened a formal investigation into allegations of corruption and financial impropriety against its former Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, The Assembly simultaneously dissolved all its standing committees as part of a sweeping reorganisation...

SDP presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo says President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the National Peace Accord signing sends a troubling signal about his commitment to peaceful elections. Adebayo questions why the SGF, George Akume, represented Tinubu, arguing that the...

Former Buhari spokesman, Garba Shehu, praises INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan over Osun election, asks why he has not publicly celebrated the commission’s performance Nigerians reject Shehu’s glowing assessment, accusing him of sycophancy and challenging his claim that previous...

Nigeria’s major political parties and candidates have signed a National Peace Accord ahead of the 2027 general elections. President Bola Tinubu urged candidates to focus on policies while rejecting violence, hate speech and divisive rhetoric. INEC warned of...

ADC says Tinubu’s government has run out of ideas on the cost-of-living crisis, accusing it of hiding behind falling headline inflation while food prices continue to climb. Party says NBS figures expose the contradiction, with headline inflation easing...

President Bola Tinubu held a closed-door meeting with Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday evening. The Senate President arrived at the President’s office in his official S-Class Mercedes sedan, according to THEWILL’s observation. The...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says President Bola Tinubu allowed Governor Ademola Adeleke to win the August 15 Osun governorship election, insisting the result was not a defeat for the Federal Government. Wike says if Tinubu had wanted the...

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has rejected claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that it collaborated with the Accord Party to secure his victory in Saturday’s governorship election. The governor said the ADC played no role in...

The FCT Minister says President Bola Tinubu will face a far easier re-election battle than in 2023, insisting the opposition has been “crippled” and “depleted” by divisions, defections and lack of a coherent national strategy. Reacting to Governor...