Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that turning Nigeria into a one-party state would harm the nation’s democracy. Jonathan made his displeasure known while speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a memorial lecture for the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark. “Any nation that must practice it must do so carefully and with a well-planned process […] More
The Labour Party (LP) has indefinitely suspended six top members, including Abia State Governor Alex Otti, Senators Darlington Nwokocha and Ireti Kingibe, over alleged anti-party activities. Also suspended are Victor Afam Ogene, Amobi Ogah, and Seyi Sowunmi. In a statement signed by National Secretary Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the party said the suspension follows the recommendations […] More
President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday, May 8, 2025, visit Anambra State. This was disclosed by Fedrick Nwabufo, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement. In a post on X, Nwabufo said the president, during his visit, would be inaugurating some projects completed by the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra […] More
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed speculations that he was planning to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that he was not leaving the party. Atiku, while speaking with women members of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, who visited him to help save […] More
During ongoing deliberations on Nigeria’s tax reform bills, Senator Adams has argued that taxation under the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) system should be based on an individual’s place of residence, not workplace. Speaking during the Senate plenary, Senator Adams stated: “We can’t make two sets of laws for pay-as-you-earn; there are people working in the FCT but […] More
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, said he neither seeks nor requires validation from political opportunists who shed principles as easily as they change parties. Atiku made the statement through his media adviser, Paul Ibe, on Tuesday in response to comments made by Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola […] More
Kenny Okonlugbo, Consultant for Communications and Strategy at the Office of the President of the Senate, has dismissed recent calls from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for Senate President Godswill Akpabio to step aside. Okonlugbo, speaking on the issue, referred to the ongoing criticisms as part of a coordinated campaign against Akpabio. “There is a campaign […] More
Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State and their two counterparts from Enugu have announced their defection from their former parties to new political platforms. While the six members from Delta state announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, the two members from Enugu state swapped […] More
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has said ex-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, must not be seen travelling on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway when the construction is completed. According to him, this is because Obi criticised the construction of the road embarked on by President Bola Tinubu. In a post on Facebook, Omokri revealed that when the […] More
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Former presidential aide and political commentator, Reno Omokri, has lashed out at Labour Party’s Peter Obi, accusing the former Anambra State governor of lacking the moral authority to critique Nigeria’s education system following the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. Reacting to Obi’s call for “aggressive” investment in education in response […] More
The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has denounced what it calls a politically motivated conspiracy aimed at tarnishing the image of the Minister of State for Defence and former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle. The Forum alleged that the smear campaign was orchestrated by loyalists of the current Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal. Speaking in a statement […] More
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the people of Danbatta Local Government Area following a tragic motor accident that claimed the lives of five individuals on Sunday. The condolence message was contained in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa. The fatal accident occurred around Shantake, […] More