Politics

LeadNaija Reports — A fresh wave of political tension is brewing following controversial remarks concerning Kwara State’s ethnic and geopolitical identity, as debates intensify over whether Kwarans should be classified as Northerners or as part of the Yoruba-speaking Southwest. Prominent political voices have weighed in, criticizing former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, over what they […] More

Shehu Sani Reacts to Tinubu’s Political Appointees List Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has weighed in on the growing debate surrounding the list of political appointees released by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. LeadNaija learnt that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, had earlier shared a breakdown […] More

Former spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has come under fire over his decision to resign from his position as the political adviser to President Bola Tinubu. The Kaduna Solidarity Vanguard, slammed the former NEF spokesperson, claiming he resigned on the heels of a realization that the Vice President himself has […] More

A former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu has said that he has the capacity needed to defeat, Governor Chukwuma Soludo in the November 8, governorship election in Anambra State. Speaking after his emergence as the Anambra governorship candidate for the Labour Party, Moghalu polled 573 votes to defeat John […] More

Alex Otti of Abia State has announced that he will retire from politics once he finishes his second tenure as the governor of the state. Otti stated that he has no plans to contest for the Nigerian Senate after serving the people of the state as governor. Speaking at a reception held in his honour […] More

In a decisive victory at the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2025 gubernatorial primaries in Anambra State, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu has emerged as the party’s flagbearer ahead of the upcoming governorship election. The results, announced by the Chairman of the APC Electoral Committee and Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, […] More

Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju on Saturday advised former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to return to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and lobby for a Minister. Adeyanju said it was better for President Bola Tinubu to continue than any coalition of El-Rufai to stand. Posting on X, the activist claimed that Nigerians cannot forget ElRufai’s […] More

The Zonal Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi East, Suleman Omika, is dead. Omika, who replaced Nasir Agbodu a few months ago as the zonal chairman of the ruling party, was hale and hearty until Friday when he died. News of his sudden demise filtered in on Friday night, leaving his political associates, […] More

The five-year ban slammed on a former Attorney General of Imo State, COC Akallisa by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has been lifted. The ban was lifted by the Supreme Court of Nigeria following a barrage of suits against the committee. Recall that a six-member panel of the LPDC banned Akolisa from legal practice […] More

The political crisis rocking Rivers State shows no sign of ending as efforts to reconcile Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, have stalled, two weeks after a peace committee was proposed by the National Assembly. Recall that following heightened tension in the state, President Bola Tinubu in March declared a state […] More

Rare throwback photos of embattled Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, have gone viral on social media, drawing admiration and emotional reactions from netizens. The trending photos, shared via Facebook, include rare throwback moments of the senator with her parents, Dr. Jimoh Abdul and Ludmila Kravchenko. The first photo features a young Natasha, then a toddler, […] More