Politics

Stakeholders from across Northern Nigeria converge in Kaduna, declaring that unity and collective action are critical to ending the region's prolonged security crisis. Organisers identify insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and communal violence as major threats, urging governments, security agencies...

Isaac Fayose challenges FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to a Rolls-Royce-for-Rolls-Royce and ₦1 billion wager, insisting Peter Obi will win Rivers State with 72 per cent of the votes The businessman alleges that the 2023 presidential election in Rivers...

President Bola Tinubu is set to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where Nigeria says he will be seated in proximity to US President Donald Trump during the General Debate. Nigeria's Permanent Representative to...

Donald Duke calls for the immediate localisation of Nigeria's security architecture, insisting that state police, stronger intelligence gathering and judicial reforms are essential to reversing the country's worsening insecurity. The PRP presidential candidate links the nation's security challenges...

INEC publishes nomination documents officially confirming Ogannah Onyeama Austyn as the PDP candidate for the Delta North Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 elections. THEWILL Publisher and media entrepreneur makes a significant transition from journalism and public affairs...

ICA disowns 2027 endorsement narrative: FCT-based Igbo association says no individual or group has the mandate to commit the South-East to President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid. Officials accused of speaking for themselves: The association insists comments by Hope...

Federal High Court validates key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, dismissing the National Democratic Congress' constitutional challenge in its entirety. Justice Muhammed Umar rules that disputes over candidates' eligibility belong strictly to the pre-election stage, closing the...

Wike says Governor Siminalayi Fubara's political rebellion and abandonment of the structure that brought him to power ultimately cost him the opportunity to seek a second term in office. The FCT minister reveals that several reconciliation efforts were...

Atiku accuses the Tinubu administration of using macroeconomic statistics and official narratives to mask worsening poverty, hunger, and declining living standards across Nigeria. The former vice president questions the gains from fuel subsidy removal, rising public debt, and...

Tinubu's 2027 nomination papers list only his Chicago State University degree and NYSC certificate, leaving the sections for primary and secondary school qualifications blank. INEC says it does not authenticate candidates' credentials before publication, insisting documents are displayed...