Politics

The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised concern over N4.6 billion allegedly disbursed to private accounts of some directors by the then Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who is Minister of Power, between September and December.  National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement…

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, says Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, is a “dictator” who “remote-controls” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Umahi stated this in reaction to Wike’s comment that he left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of his 2023 presidential ambition. Wike, on Tuesday, while reacting to the Umahi’s defection…

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has stated that the north has for too long allowed those it described as “old political cargoes” to decide who should go for which elective offices in the region. According to the youth forum, only few among them who know what is right get blocked by other governors from…

Ebonyi State governor David Umahi has said that he has no regrets moving to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the PDP. He stated this in Abakaliki in a Media Chat with Journalists on the issue of his defection which has generated ripples in the country. The governor said he moved to the APC because…

Governor Yahaya Bello of kogi state has commended the member representing Lokoja /Kogi Federal Constituency,Hon. Shaba Ibrahim Bello made the commendations in Lokoja on Saturday at a ceremony organised by Hon. Shaba Ibrahim to mark his one year in office as member Representing Lokoja/ Kogi Federal Constituency. The governor, who was represented by his deputy,Chief…

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest escalated on Friday, following the setting up of a parallel zonal reconciliation committee by the Fayose faction. The party now has two reconciliation panels that are not on the same page. Two days ago, a zonal faction, led by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,…

With a victory in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden secured his win over Donald Trump, the first U.S. president to lose reelection in 28 years. Joe Biden is projected to become the next president of the United States after an election that was historic, messy, chaotic and uncertain.  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will be with him as vice…

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo, was impeached for being ungrateful to Lamidi Adedibu and Yekinni Adeojo. Adedibu, now late, was referred to as the strongman of Ibadan politics, while Adeojo is a prominent politician in Oyo. Speaking during the launch of the autobiography of Adebayo Alao-Akala, also a…

The Kogi state High Court in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of the state through interim order has restraint the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Removing the Vice Chairman of the Party for Kogi West. The Court through an interim order on Thursday in kabba had barred the Party from removing prince…

America Decides: Nigerian Born Owolewa Wins U.S. House Of Reps Seat  Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye Owolewa, was elected as a shadow United States Representative out of the District of Columbia. This is according to a tweet by ABC 7 News in early hours of Wednesday monitored by TheAnalystNG. “Democrat Oye Owolewa will be elected as a…