Politics

by Alao Abiodun Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Saturday sparked a fresh row with the Presidency on the security challenge in the country after accusing the federal authorities of pampering gunmen terrorising Nigerians. Ortom, speaking on BBC Pidgin, also accused the Presidency of blackmailing him each time he tries to draw attention to its shortcomings….

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the crisis management process in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “more efficient” than the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abubakar spoke on Saturday before the national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP in Abuja. The former presidential candidate of the PDP, who was commenting on the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari should do more on tackling insecurity instead of responding to criticism. The presidency had, on Wednesday, tackled Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, who had in a recent interview accused Buhari of ethnic bias. Ortom was accused by the presidency of “using language reminiscent of the Rwandan genocide”. But…

Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons for his long absence from the country. There have been rumours that Atiku relocated to Dubai after losing the 2019 election to President Muhammadu Buhari. However, speaking after the PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting on Thursday, he claimed he left the country to study at…

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Adegbola Dominic, is dead. The party’s spokesperson, Taofeeq Gani, confirmed Dominic’s demise in a statement. Gani stated that Dominic died of a COVID-19 related ailment. He said: “The late senior medical practitioner has been an exceptional politician who had deployed much of his…

 The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Tuesday as the national leadership has split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. THEWILL reports that a Rivers’ State High Court…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has, again, distanced himself from promotional videos, banners and political poster announcing his candidature in the 2023 presidential race. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said Professor Osinbajo had nothing to do with those campaigns. The statement reads in part; “There…

The director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has faulted the claim by the former chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, that the two biggest parties in Nigeria – Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress – have failed the people. Professor Jega had said during an interview on the BBC Hausa Service on…

By Ayo Esan With barely over 500 days until the next presidential election, the search for Nigeria’s next president is already dominating public discourse across the landscape as citizens desperately seek a new president, someone that can bring healing to the divided country and restore hope, confidence and prosperity in the multi-ethnic oil producer. Public…

Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, has dismissed the call by the state’s chapter of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) for his resignation over his stance on self-defence against bandits, describing it as absurd. The Governor’s reaction is contained in a statement by his Director-General on Media, Alhaji Abdul Labaran, on Sunday in Katsina. Governor Masari…