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    Category: Politics

    Breaking: Court Sacks Abure, Orders INEC to Recognize Nenadi-led Exco of Labour Party

    January 21, 2026 (updated January 21, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, sacked Mr. Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a judgement that was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, the high court relied on the April 4, 2025, verdict of the Supreme Court to declare a former Minister of Finance, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, as the valid... Read more

    Category: News, Politics

    Court Upholds Exclusion of LP Candidates From FCT Election

    January 21, 2026 (updated January 21, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    ABUJA-- The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, upheld the exclusion of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) from the forthcoming Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, declined to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the list of... Read more

    Category: Law & Human Rights, Politics

    Lawmaking Now Shaped by Digital Governance, Cybersecurity Challenges- Reps

    January 21, 2026 (updated January 21, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Naomi Joseph The House of Representatives has said Nigeria’s legislative process is increasingly shaped by complex issues of digital governance, data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, online safety and digital rights. Spokesman of the House, Hon. Akin Rotimi, stated this at a one-day capacity-building retreat for parliamentary reporters and media teams, organised by the House Committee on Media and Public... Read more

    Category: News, Politics

    Rivers crisis: PDP tells APC to Own Wike Problem

    January 6, 2026 (updated January 6, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Ikenna  Nwobi  ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed complaints by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the conduct of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, saying the ruling party has no moral right to cry foul after willingly embracing him for political gain in Rivers State. The opposition party maintained that Wike is... Read more

    Category: News, Politics

    Nigeria Burns While Presidency Defends Lunch Photos in Paris — Atiku

    January 6, 2026 (updated January 6, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Emmanuel Ejehi  ABUJA — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Presidency over what he described as misplaced priorities, accusing it of focusing on defending photographs of President Bola Tinubu’s meals in Paris while Nigeria grapples with hunger, insecurity and deepening economic hardship. The criticism was contained in a statement signed by Phrank Shaibu, Senior Special Assistant on... Read more

    Category: News, Politics

    PDP Crisis Deepens as Wike’s Faction Installs 13-Member Caretaker NWC

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    … Declares Governors Makinde, Mohammed ‘On Their Way Out’ The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated sharply on Sunday night as the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) dissolved the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National Working Committee (NWC), whose tenure was due to expire on Tuesday, December 9. Despite dissolving the former leadership, the NEC immediately reappointed Mohammed as chairman... Read more

    Category: Politics

    Nigeria risks global embarrassment as Reps, CSOs demand 182 special seats to rescue Women’s representation

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Nigeria faces mounting pressure to fix its abysmal record on women’s political representation as the House of Representatives, alongside civil society groups has pushed for the creation of 182 constitutionally reserved seats for women across federal and state legislatures. At a strategic media parley in Abuja, the House of Representatives, the TOS Foundation, and the National Secretariat for the Reserved... Read more

    Category: Politics

    Those Who Mocked Me Are Now Joining APC, Says Wike

    October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    …Hails Tinubu for Ending Governors’ Dependence on Bank Loans Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has mocked his political critics, saying many of those who once condemned him for aligning with President Bola Tinubu are now defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike stated this during the flag-off of the construction of the main carriageways of... Read more

    Category: Politics

    No One Can Capture the South-East Through Defections — Peter Obi

    October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has dismissed claims that the ongoing wave of defections by state governors in the South-East could lead to the political “capture” of the region, saying the people—not politicians—will ultimately decide their leaders. Obi made the remark while responding to reporters’ questions in Abuja, following the recent defections of some... Read more

    Category: Politics

    Defection: Senator Seriake Dickson Disowns Diri’s Move to APC, Reaffirms Loyalty to PDP

    October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    …Says PDP remains the only party that gave Niger Delta true political inclusion Former Governor of Bayelsa State and serving Senator, Henry Seriake Dickson, has distanced himself from the defection of Governor Douye Diri from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that he remains firmly committed to the PDP and Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. Speaking... Read more

    Category: Politics

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