Nigerian environmentalist and human rights activist, Annkio Briggs has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to sheath his swords in the political scuffle between him and the Governor of Rivers State. Briggs in a recent interview said it is important for Wike to understand the political crisis between him and […] More
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as corrupt. Atiku accused Akpabio of being a corrupt leader with a history of abusing women. The former Vice President made this remark in response to the sexual harassment allegations against Akpabio and the National Assembly’s approval of President Bola […] More
A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of a coalition being formed by some political leaders to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Osuntokun, a former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), commented on the coalition formed […] More
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed his decision not to select the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as his running mate in the 2023 election, stating that he has no regrets about the decision. In a forthcoming interview for the television show Untold Stories with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie, which is […] More
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has fiercely criticized the National Assembly for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, accusing the lawmakers of undermining the 1999 Constitution. Naija News reports that Afenifere condemned the actions of the National Assembly, asserting that the lawmakers have shown a lack of courage […] More
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has apologised to a former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili over her recent brawl with Onyekachi Nwaebonyi. Akpoti-Uduaghan said Ezekwesili took the insults hurled at her by Nwaebonyi, the lawmaker representing Ebonyi North during the senate ethics committee hearing on the sexual harassment allegation against Godswill […] More
The Federal Government has responded to criticism from former President Goodluck Jonathan and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka over the emergency rule imposed in Rivers State, defending the decision as necessary to restore order. Jonathan had warned that suspending elected officials in the state could damage Nigeria’s democratic reputation, while Soyinka argued that the move undermined […] More
Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Kano State Governor, has written off the chances of any opposition coalition unseating President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Shekarau’s prediction comes in the wake of a recent emerging alliance among opposition figures in the country, but he said such an arrangement […] More
Amid the fallout of the political imbroglio between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his alienated political benefactor, Nyesom Wike, a 2018 interview has resurfaced, in which the latter was seen condemning the scourge of godfatherism in Nigerian politics. Speaking on The Osasu Show in September 2018, then-Rivers State Governor, Wike, advised his […] More
Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has praised Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory, for supporting him while he faced a legal battle to be recognised as the party’s scribe. On Friday, the supreme court nullified the judgement which sacked Anyanwu as national secretary of the PDP. Anyanwu and […] More
The former Governor noted that the coalition is only a gathering of former presidential aspirants and does not have the backing of any established opposition party. While Shekarau welcomed the idea of a united coalition ahead of the 2027 elections, he submitted that the current coalition lacks a real structure capable of challenging the ruling […] More
Lere Olayinka, a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has alleged that some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are responsible for the revocation of the party’s headquarters by the FCT Administration. In a statement released on Saturday, March 22, Olayinka said PDP leaders like Bode George failed […] More