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*Nigerians Have Suffered Greatly, Need Leadership Defined By Competence, Compassion, Capacity, Character, Commitment — Not Ethnicity Or Political Entitlement, Media Office Stresses *We Urge You To Listen To Him, It Says By Idris Zekeri Jnr Nigerians, Section 98(1) of the 2026 Electoral Act states that the presidential campaign for the January 16, 2027, presidential election will commence today, August 19, 2026, and conclude 150 days later, on January 15, 2027. Therefore, in the upcoming 150 days from today, presidential candidates vying for the January 16, 2027, election will engage in an intensive political campaign. Among them is the presidential flagbearer…

*'We Cannot Make Same Mistake Biden Administration Made. Biden Removed Nigeria's CPC Designation After Trump’s First Term And All Hell Broke Loose On Christians. We Must Stop The Genocide' On the heels of last week's high-level diplomatic and security Joint Working Group talks between the Federal Government (FG) and the United States (US), US Congressman, Rep. Riley Moore has condemned the latest massacre in Plateau State in which over 23 were killed, declaring that the ongoing violence against Christians in the Middle Belt proves Nigeria must not be removed from the US State Department’s list of Countries of Particular Concern…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Fresh faces may be coming into the Benue State Executive Council (Exco) as Governor Hyacinth Alia submitted names of six nominees to the State House of Assembly for consideration and possible confirmation as members of the state's highest decision-making organ. One woman made the list. The names of the nominees were contained in a letter dated 18 August, 2026, transmitted by the governor to Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Alfred Aondoaver Emberga. The nominees comprised those being proposed to replace outgoing members of the Council as well as new ones to fill existing vacancies.…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The continuous survey revalidation and digitization aspect of the Enugu State government's ongoing survey records digitization programme, which was suspended, has resumed, the government declared today. The exercise, which will run until the end of August 2026, is a key component of the state’s ongoing digital transformation of its land and survey records system. The development came to light through a public announcement made by Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO), Enugu State Geographic Information System Services (ENGIS), Chiwetalu Nwatu. According to the state government, the objective is to establish a fully digital, transparent and reliable land…

*Heavens Will Not Fall, Minister Says *'I Took Loan To Build Mine, With Approval During Era Of A Past FCT Minister; How Can Wike Do This? But I'm Worried' By Felix Durumbah, Abuja The telephone lines of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, should by now be busier than usual aspalpable fear has gripped several politicians in the country who own choice properties in Abuja, the nation's capital, following the Minister's threat today to immediately demolish any properties belonging to them, but wrongly erected on water channels. The measure seeks to stem flooding which has devastated parts…

*Say Land Already Inadequate For Galloping Population *State CAN Chair Honoured By Journalists By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Reeling from years of violence and killings suffered at the hands of terrorist herdsmen, Christians in Benue State, North-Central Nigeria, have rejected the pilot ranching scheme proposed by the Federal Government (FG). Abuja circled the proposal as a vital fresh plan to tame the persistent herder-farmer clashes over grazing lands which had claimed thousands of lives nationwide over the decades even as indigenous peoples have accused most of the herders as not merely seeking pasture, but outright territorial and religious annihilation of their…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Olooye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke, has promised to strengthen Local Government (LG) administration by granting local councils greater autonomy and ensuring that grassroots institutions are empowered to deliver meaningful development. This is as he also raised concerns over the number of out-of-school children in the state, promising targeted interventions to ensure that children of school age have access to quality and affordable education. Olooye Adegoke made this pledge at the inauguration of the party’s 25-member “Solutions Campaign Council” ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The inauguration, held on…

*Kwankwaso, Makinde React, Praise Osun People For Ensuring Vote Integrity, Say It's A Template For 2027 Despite poll violence, malfunctioning election equipment in some parts and security threats, results of yesterday's Osun State governorship have been rolled out with the electoral umpire declaring second term-seeking Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party victor in the hotly contested poll. The declaration of the result was made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, who is also the Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, this morning. Adeleke won the election after polling 511,067 votes against his…

*Unofficial Reports Claim Adeleke Leading By About 66,000 Votes Close public scrutiny, living up to its promise of electoral transparency and other factors have been at play in Osun State as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 95.51 per cent of expected results from yesterday's governorship poll to its Result Viewing portal, with collation in its final stages, as of press time. On the INEC Results Viewing (iRev) Portal, as of 1:07:02 am on Sunday, 16 August, a total 3,594 polling unit (PU) results had been uploaded out of an expected 3,763. Data from the portal showed the last…

*N88.51bn, September 2023 *N91.52bn, December 2023 *N94.01bn, March 2024 *By March 2026, N389.88bn *Since 2023, Documents On FCT's Financial Picture Strangely Not Publicly Available Federal Capital Territory (FCT)’s domestic debt has risen more than fourfold since Barrister Nyesom Wike assumed office as Minister of FCT in August 2023, moving the Territory from among Nigeria’s least indebted sub-national governments to the second-highest debtor, analysis of data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) by online newspaper, Premium Times, showed. The paper reported that when the former Rivers State governor assumed office on 21 August 2023, the FCT’s domestic debt stood at a…