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Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has been elected as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The emergence of the Minister was formally announced on Thursday during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the APC at the State House, Abuja, Nigeria. Yilwatda was adopted as a “consensus […]
Continue ReadingOn December 31, 1983, I was but a tiny secondary school kid when Brig Sani Abacha announced the overthrow of President Shehu Shagari. The economy was in a complete mess, measured by the skyrocketing cost of living. Oil prices had dropped below $10 per barrel and foreign reserves had fallen to $1 billion — compared to a fairly healthy $10 billion in 1980. Prices of basic commodities doubled in […]
Continue ReadingThe camp of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has distanced itself from Monday’s reconciliation meeting between his former running mate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the Julius Abure-led leadership. Labour Party has been engulfed in a leadership crisis, which intensified in April after three members insisted they were the rightful […]
Continue ReadingIn the midst of the ongoing leadership crisis within the Labour Party (LP), the Julius Abure-led faction on Monday, July 21, held a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, with several key leaders and stakeholders in attendance. Present were the factional National Chairman, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Alhaji Umar […]
Continue ReadingFactional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure has held a closed-door meeting with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at the latter’s residence in Abuja, Nigeria. Details of the meeting remain unclear, but its timing has raised eyebrows as it follows closely on the heels of a public demand […]
Continue ReadingAs it is usually the case with big opposition parties at the moment, three aggrieved members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), have filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the removal of the Senator David Mark-led interim leadership of the party. The suit initiators —Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Victor Tolu, and […]
Continue ReadingThe New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, do not have its platform to contest against President Bola Tinubu and or any other presidential candidate at the moment in 2027. The NNPP National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major, made this known in a statement on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE July 3, 2025 Minister Wike is Jittery – ADC The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken note of the virulent attacks launched on the various leaders of the coalition movement by the Hon. Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike in his media chat today. Without justifying this behaviour that we find […]
Continue ReadingThe 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unanimously reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary on the condition that he withdrew all legal cases and does not obstruct the forthcoming National Elective Convention slated for August. Dependable sources within the PDP National Headquarters, who spoke on […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued in Sokoto on Sunday, the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Sokoto State chapter, has distanced itself from a recent call made by one of its members advocating for Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko’s nomination as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections. The State […]
Continue ReadingAn alleged plot to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Bola Tinubu’s running mate in the 2027 presidential election has divided the All Progressives Congress (APC). A meeting held by the APC North-East stakeholders at the International Conference Centre, Gombe, in Gombe State on Sunday to rally support for Tinubu’s second-term bid ended in […]
Continue ReadingState Commissioner for Special Duties and Ibom Deep Sea Port in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Ini Ememobong, has resigned from Governor Umo Eno’s cabinet following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eno formally announced his defection to the APC on Friday, at a ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo, […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to overhaul its South-South zonal and state structures in a sweeping move aimed at flushing out disloyal members and forestalling further defections. Punch reports that a member of the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC), who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the planned restructuring was part of renewed efforts to […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pastor Umo Eno, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eno made the announcement at the Government House, Uyo on Friday, flanked by the governors of Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Ebonyi and Cross River. “Earlier this morning I submitted my letter […]
Continue ReadingFormer Rivers governor and ex-Nigerian Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that he will not stoop to the level of a child by exchanging insults with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Even without mentioning Wike’s name, this response came after Wike mocked the former Rivers State governor, alleging that Amaechi […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is presently celebrating its 26th year of this Fourth Republic and 65 years as an independent, sovereign nation. However, if there were a survey asking Nigerians if they are faring better or worse as citizens, the majority are likely to confirm the latter. Why is it that successive administration tends to sink Nigerians into […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has assured his supporters that he will contest the 2027 presidential election on the party’s platform. The former Anambra State governor made this known while addressing some of his supporters in a viral video circulating on social media on Saturday. Asked which […]
Continue ReadingFormer Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his counterpart in Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, have been saddled with the responsibility of deciding whether, in forming a coalition, proponents should float a new party or fuse into an existing platform. This was disclosed in a communique read by Convener of the League of Northern Democrats […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party’s (LP) caretaker committee chairperson, Nenadi Usman, has dared Julius Abure to follow through on his threat to expose Peter Obi, Alex Otti and other key members aligned with her faction of the party. While appearing on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Friday, Usman dismissed Abure’s threats as bluster, challenging him to […]
Continue ReadingThe three senators representing Kebbi State on Tuesday, May 13, formally announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, marking a significant shift in the upper chamber’s political alignment. Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki […]
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