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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday – yesterday, February 18 – resolved to summon the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, over the delay by the commission to conduct bye-elections into vacant national and state

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Peter Obi, has said that a free and fair election is possible in Nigeria when the right people oversee the process. Obi, who spoke at the book launch of former Inspector General of Police(IGP), Solomon Arase, in

APC directs chairmen to stay off council areas Ogundokun urges peace The police in Osun State have confirmed that six persons, including an ex-council chairman, died in the political crisis that engulfed the State over control of local government areas. Police Public Relations Officer

An associate contacted by the TNG news site has claimed that the reported resignation Monday night – yesterday, February 17 – of the newly elected Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly is fake news. But there was widespread confusion in

Senator Aminu waziri Tambuwal’s media team has said the statement made by their principal during the Northwest PDP zonal meeting held in Kaduna on Saturday was not a mere political statement but a patriotic warning about the state of Nigeria’s

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun against wittingly or unwittingly stoking anarchy in the State, insisting that the Osun State local government officials whose elections were nullified in 2022 cannot return to

The Osun State caucus in the National Assembly has accused the All Progressives Congress ( APC) of allegedly unleashing violence on Osun State, in an apparent bid to forcefully take over local government councils in the State. The caucus, at a

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have condemned the invasion of the hallowed chambers of the Assembly by heavily armed personnel of the Department of State Service (DSS) on Monday – today, February 17. The DSS officers who invaded

The Nigerian government has kicked against the proposed reconfiguration of the Department of Political Affairs Peace and Security (PAPS), by the African Union, saying doing so would only lead the organisation to “needlessly” incur more expenses. Making the Nigerian position known through

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has dismissed reports that its primary election guidelines have been compromised through forgery. The party, in a statement on Sunday – yesterday, February 16 – by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said insinuations that its primary