Politics

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…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has accused former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani of displaying anti-party tendencies despite his claims of rejigging the party. This is as the former lawmaker was accused of being APC in the day and PDP in the night. The party spoke in reply to Nnamani’s recent statement…

Elders of Kogi West senatorial district have asked political parties and other senatorial districts in the state to consider zoning the governorship seat to Kogi west in 2023. The elders, under the aegis of Kogi West Elders’ Forum (KWEF), also said they will not accept the position of deputy governor. In a statement signed by…

…Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd) is free to contest for House of Reps, the Speaker is not his albatross  Our attention has been drawn to a mischievous and malicious news item orchestrated to demean the person and office of the Honourable Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole and also to cause…