Politics

Nigerian Senate Logo The Senate on Wednesday warned members of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, not to tow the line of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in duplicating projects it intends to undertake across the zone. This warning was handed down by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during confirmation …

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Dr. Kachi Nwoga, has knocked the Imo State Advertisement and Signage Agency for demanding N54 million from political parties planning to erect campaign billboards ahead of the November 11 election. While sarcastically calling on Imo Governor, Hope …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio With five days to the end of the 60-day constitutional window, the Senate is expected to receive the list of the President’s ministerial nominees this week. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, in an interview said, “Ministers’ List will be out …

Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have tackled President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima over their final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In …

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has attacked the lawyers of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the All Progressives Congress, over their warning of possible anarchy if the 25 February election was upturned on account of the non-uploading of the …

The legal team of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party, Atiku Abubakar, has replied President Bola Tinubu whose lawyers recently told the Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja that Atiku tendered an expired Guinean passport allegedly belonging to Tinubu to seek the latter’s disqualification as President. Atiku’s …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to Nigerians to be patient to ensure they reap the long-term gains of the current economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration. The group’s Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement on Friday in Lagos. …

Obi donates N5 million to ID camp Party’s presidential candidate during the last election has visited Plateau State where he donated N5 million to an IDP camp. Obi, in a statement on his social media handles on Wednesday, said he visited the state on the occasion of his 62nd birthday …

Shettima with former colleagues The Vice President, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday appealed to former senators to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu, describing him as a leader with a genuine interest to transform the country. Speaking to a delegation comprising his former colleagues from the 9th Senate who were …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the increase in the price of petrol to N617 per liter is excessive, unacceptable and unjustified. Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Speaking on the hike, he said “Our party insists that the N617 …