Politics

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 […]

Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abubakar Suleiman has declared that the cordial relationship existing between the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir and himself, will not in any way affect his discharging official and constitutional functions in line with the principles of separation of power in a democracy. Speaker of […]

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, said contrary to the claims in circulation, President Bola Tinubu immensely benefited from his goodwill. Atiku said but for him, Tinubu’s political career might have been terminated while he was governor of Lagos State in the early part of the Fourth Republic. […]

The Edo State All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are at loggerheads over the alleged hijack of the Continuous Voter Registration being undertaken by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The exercise began on May 27 in Edo and Ondo states and was scheduled to end on June 5 but INEC, on Tuesday, announced […]

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says the worst is over in the political crisis rocking the state. He said having weathered the political storm, he could now concentrate and work for the development and progress of the state. Fubara has been embroiled in a political crisis with his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom […]

The Federal Government borrowed N20.1 trillion from domestic investors in the first year of President Tinubu’s administration, representing year-on-year YoY increase of 117 per cent from the previous year, prompting concerns over impact on the economy including likely additional pressure on inflation, increased debt service cost and higher borrowing cost from businesses. Analysts noted that the sharp […]