Politics

President Bola Tinubu is expected to receive a report on the performance status of the Federal Government’s ministries, departments and agencies for the first quarter of 2024. Presidency sources with knowledge of the developments said the report will form the basis of the President’s assessment of his ministers. “What I know is that an interim […]

The NLC political commission, through its National Secretary, Chris Uyot, took charge and endorsed the erstwhile Gombe LP Chairman, Sani Abdulsalam, who was allegedly dismissed by the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee for anti-party activities. Uyot announced that Abdulsalam would oversee the affairs of the party, pending the conduct of local government elections in the […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is doing everything possible to destabilise the opposition. Momodu stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. The PDP chieftain accused the ruling party of plotting to crush the opposition. He said, “APC will do everything […]

Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu “to be wary of any alliance” with the governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri. The call was contained in a statement titled ‘Beware of Governor Duoye Diri, He’s a Serial Betrayer. Bayelsa APC Cannot Afford His Politics of […]

African Action Congress governorship candidate in the forthcoming Edo State governorship election, Udoh Oberaifo, has declared that his party is an alternative that can rescue Edo State from the political, social and economic quagmire it has found itself. Speaking shortly after he officially unveiled his deputy, Lord Osunde, who was a pioneer of the Obidient […]

The legal fireworks over the purported suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Umar Ganduje, commenced on Tuesday, with the Kano State High Court fixing May 27 to hear the preliminary objection, jurisdiction and joinder applications. The court, presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba, had, following the suspension of Ganduje by […]

The National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Bashiru, has said leaders of the party will not turn Nigeria into a one-party state but build the party to continue winning elections in the country. He stated this on Monday while addressing a crowd of supporters who stormed the party’s national secretariat […]

The Kano State Judicial Commission of Enquiry on the Recovery of Misappropriated Public Property and Assets has announced its intention to review the sales, disposal, or allocation of government property by the previous administration in the state. The chairman of the commission, Justice Farouk Adamu, stated this during the inaugural sitting of the commission yesterday […]

The Oduduwa Development Congress (ODC) has disputed claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, that he played a significant role in bringing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to power. The group said Wike’s claim is merely a product of his imagination. ODC emphasised that Nigerians, not Wike, made Asiwaju Bola Tinubu their […]

CORRUPTION is still endemic in institutions of government in Nigeria, the Unit- ed States of America has claimed. The claim, among several others, was part of its focus report on Nigeria in 2023. The report, packaged by the United States Department of State, was titled: ‘ 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria’. Other […]