Politics

ECOWAS Appoints Osinbajo To Lead Team To Monitor Côte d’Ivoire Election The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has appointed former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to head its Election Observation Mission for the forthcoming presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire. In a statement by ECOWAS, the election is scheduled to be held on October 25, 2025, while the observation mission will be deployed from October 19 to 29, 2025, in accordance with the provisions of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. “As Head of Mission, Osinbajo will lead a delegation of eminent West Africans who will engage…

Nigeria To Have 30 APC-Controlled States By 2026 (Details Emerged) The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has expressed confidence that Nigeria will have 30 All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled states by 2026, as more opposition governors have indicated interest in joining the ruling party. Idris made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking as Special Guest of Honour at the 2025 Quarterly Strategy Meeting of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) for Commissioners for Information of APC-governed states, held at the Government House Multipurpose Hall, Maiduguri, Borno State. The two-day event, themed “FGN–PGF Synergy 2025: One Message, One Future,” focused…

Governors Who Criticised Me Are Now In APC – Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the mass defection of party leaders and state governors of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress has justified his support for President Bola Tinubu, as those who once criticised him are now members of the APC. The Minister made the statement on Wednesday at the flag-off of the construction of the main carriageways on the outer southern expressway in Abuja. Wike said some of the governors had previously criticised him for destabilising…