Politics

Labour Party has reiterated its support for Peter Obi as its presidential candidate in the 2027 election, dismissing rumours of a potential replacement. In a statement jointly signed yesterday by the Director-General of the Directorate on Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei; the Deputy Director of Media and Communications, Ambassador Aju Elumelu; and the Deputy Director […]

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has said that the problems facing the nation are well-known to all Nigerians. Obi said it was disheartening to hear those in charge, who were hired to address problems,A say that Nigerian are not the only ones struggling with poverty and hunger. Instead, he […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has nominated caretaker chairmen for the 23 local government areas in the state. The governor transmitted the list to the three-member Rivers State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Victor Jumbo. This is coming amid the renewed political crisis in the state owing to the refusal of the former […]

President Bola Tinubu has said though there is poverty and suffering in the country, Nigeria is not the only nation facing such situation, and cautioned criminals against vandalism of rail tracks, and stealing of electric cables, describing such acts as pure sabotage He also said that good economics at a harsh time was the challenge […]

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of engaging in desperate measures to secure a second term in office. The opposition party alleged that the governor was forcing commercial motorcycle and tricycle riders in the state to swear to an oath of continuous support for the Peoples […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee, NWC, has inaugurated a 15-man Caretaker Committee to oversee the party’s affairs in Ebonyi State. This came after the crisis in the party worsened, with many stakeholders defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Ebonyi PDP has not been the same owing to its unsuccessful outing […]

A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido said President Bola Tinubu did not build the modern Lagos State. Lamido stated this in an interview Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. He President Tinubu government does not have the inability to get things right in Nigeria. Recall that Tinubu served as the governor of Nigeria’s economic […]

Almost one year after they were inaugurated, no fewer than 24 of the 109 senators drawn from all parts of the country are yet to sponsor any bill in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. However, each of the other 85 senators has at least one bill to his or her name. The 10th […]

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has described the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria from 1999 to 2024 as the longest ever in the chequered history of the country, saying that “the stake is higher now to continue to invest emotionally and tangibly to sustain the core values of democracy that make […]

A bill seeking a single term of six years for the President and state governors was brought up on Monday by 35 members of the House of Representatives. The bill also canvasses the rotation of the presidency among the six geopolitical zones of the country. The 35 legislators, under the auspices of Reformed-minded Legislators, said […]