Politics

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the appointment of a credible leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission at all levels for electoral integrity. He made the call at the weekend via a recorded video address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He stated that Nigerians […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State chapter has warned the state governor, Monday Okpebholo, against taking credit for the construction of Temboga Road and other projects initiated and completed during the tenure of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. The party issued the warning in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the State Caretaker Committee, […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima; National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje; Governors Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq (Kwara), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and other stalwarts, chieftains of the APC, on Wednesday, stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital, to drum up support for the party’s candidate in Saturday’s election, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has accused the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed of being treacherous by conspiring with others to keep the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum chairmanship in the North. Wike said Mohammed called for the removal of the PDP’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum because he refused […]

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, Vice President Kashim Shettima, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, national chairman of the party, Abdullai Ganduje and party stalwarts would on Wednesday (today) lead a ‘mega’ rally in support of the candidature of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. According to a statement by the National […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has constituted a special three-member panel to handle political cases from Rivers State, with sittings scheduled to begin on Thursday, November 14. This move follows the escalating legal tussles stemming from a rift between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, the current Minister of the Federal Capital […]

Charles Udeogaranya, former All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, has described President Bola Tinubu’s representation at the Arab-Islamic Summit as a gross violation of the Nigerian Constitution. Vanguard reports that Udeogaranya argued that Nigeria is a secular state, asserting that Tinubu has committed an impeachable offense. According to him, the President swore to uphold the […]

Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has explained why he can’t form a coalition with the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He said Obi isn’t different from other corrupt politicians, stressing that he’s only better at “packaging.” Sowore claimed that he had been contesting for the presidency long […]

President-elect, Donald Trump has reappointed Tom Homan, his former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to serve as “border czar” in his new administration. Trump made this known via his Truth Social platform on Sunday. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will […]

No fewer than 30 top officials will be retiring alongside the Clerk to the National Assembly, Magaji Tambawal. Based on parliamentary practices, Tambawal began his pre-retirement leave on November 1, 2024, having handed over to his deputy, Kamouroudeen Ogundele. Tambawal, who was first appointed acting Clerk to the National Assembly in November 2022 and later […]