Politics

Atiku Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. Abubakar confirmed this in a statement he personally signed on Friday. He also gave reasons for quitting the party. However, he did not state which party he intends to join, but said he is pondering on …

  FILE PHOTO: President Muhammadu Buhari at the budget presentation in November The leadership of the House of Representatives has urged the citizenry not to expect the final budget in less than three months. Chairman, House Committee on Media, Abdulrazak Namdas hinted while speaking with journalists in Abuja that the …

House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into over $20billion spent on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The decision to probe the expenditure followed a motion raised by Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, …

  The National Coordinator APGA Media Worriors Forum, Evang Chinedu Obigwe, Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has again proved that ‘he is for nobody and he is for everybody’, a rhetoric he first opined in 2015, during his swearing in speech as the president of Nigeria. He made the …

House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into alleged misappropriation, duplication and mismanagement of multi-million naira contracts in the Ministry of Defence.  The House resolved that its Committees on Defence, Army, Finance, Public Procurement and Financial Crimes should carry out a comprehensive investigation …

Senate President’s Buola Saraki’s Special Assistant on Youth and Student Matters, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has resigned his appointment. His resignation became public knowledge on Thursday. Ugochinyere’s resignation was sequel to recent the issuance of Certificate of Registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission to his newly formed political party and …

The House in contention The ongoing dispute between Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode and Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on one side, and on the other side, Hon. Funmi Tejuosho, the lawmaker representing Mushin 1, has revealed secret of how government officials are selling state properties …

Cross River Stat Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade There are indications that all is not well in Cross River State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over claims by the state’s National Assembly Caucus of highhandedness and non-inclusive congresses by Governor Ben Ayade. The lawmakers from the state in a …

Olusegun-Obasanjo A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that state governors are more powerful than the President of the country, noting that the states’ chief executives have a lot of power. Speaking in an interview with African Arguments, Obasanjo said he does not believe in true federalism, butressing his …

Chidi Ekwueme Onyemelukwe  APC picks Ikedife as Nwoye’s deputy INEC insists on Nov 18 for election David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka and Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu Daughter of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Mrs. Chidi Ekwueme-Onyemelukwe, has emerged as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship …