Politics

By Abdullateef Aliyu For Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, this is certainly not the best of time in his political career. He is presently waging a war that is critical to his survival as a politician to reckon with in his state, Kwara. As a former chief of staff to a…

Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against poaching its members, ahead of 2023. Secondus said APC should focus on fixing Nigeria’s broken economy and security, rather than poaching opposition members. The PDP National Chairman stated this during a meeting between former Aviation Minister,…

A  former Osun State House of Assembly, Minority Leader, Akinwale Akinwole, on Monday, urged the Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to accept Senator Iyiola Omisore as a member of the All Progressives Congress. Akinwale, who left Peoples Democratic Party while serving as a member of the State House of Assembly, in 2015, to join…

— You needs mental evaluation- Ikpeazu The representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi, has described the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, as a drunkard, while the Abia State Government in a swift response said the senator needed mental evaluation. The senator and the Abia State Government both spoke on Tuesday. While Adeyemi spoke…

By Ismail Mudashir, Isa Sa’idu & Saawua Terzungwe Twenty-seven months to the end of Buhari’s second and final term, caucusing, machinations, scheming and realignments have commenced among politicians, especially those in the two leading political parties in the country. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are yet…

The Peoples Democratic Party says President Muhammadu Buhari no longer deserves the designation of the Commander-In-Chief given his manifest failure to effectively lead from the fronts against bandits and terrorists ravaging Nigeria. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday. It said the recent declaration by his…

Members of the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, are currently meeting with former Governors elected on the platform of the party. The meeting is being held behind closed-doors at the Legacy House Maitama Abuja. Saraki, the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee, made this known via a tweet on his official…

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Yekini Nabena, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as a total failure in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nabena also said time has left the Minister behind in the scheme of things in APC, adding that he (Mohammed) can no…

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari led administration to implementation…

As part of efforts to reconcile members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and reshape the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, the party’s Reconciliation and Strategy Committee, led by former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday met with former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja. The meeting came amid speculations that the ruling All…