Politics

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the attack on immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany, as dastardly exportation of irrationality and an aggressive international affront on the Igbo and Nigeria’s image. In a statement issued ...

The crisis in Action Alliance (AA) seems to be degenerating, as Kenneth Udeze has insisted on the national chairmanship of the party, with Vernimbe James as secretary. Briefing the media in Abuja, Udeze said it was unsavoury that some “uninformed” ...

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson and former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, are currently at loggerheads over a leaked audiotape. The governor has called on well-meaning Nigerians to disregard what he called the sinister ...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of plotting against the 2023 presidential bid of the South East and vowed to resist the move. In a statement yesterday by its ...

The Bauchi Assembly of Youths Political Actors (BAYOPA) has threatened to initiate recall process against 17 members of the House of Assembly for rescinding their peace pact following the crisis in the house. Central coordinator of the group, Hashim Pali, ...

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki; Esama of Benin kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion; national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus; Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu; and former Edo governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, joined other personalities to rejoice with the ...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has been named honorary president of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) after steering the network in the last two years as president. The network’s new president, Dr. Maria ...

The Kebbi Development Forum (KDF) has appealed to Governor Atiku Bagudu to ensure full participation of women in the state’s local council polls holding on October 26,2019. Chairman of the forum, Professor Danladi Sahabi, who made the call at a ...

The Progressive Governors Forum has criticised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for the party’s ‘diminishing fortunes’. Its Director-General, Salihu Lukman, in a letter entitled, “APC: Appeal for Reconciliation”, dated August 6, 2019, and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured members of All Progressives Congress (APC’s) National Working Committee (NWC) that he will henceforth be more conscious of the party’s interests in taking major decisions. The President, who stated this when he received members of ...