Politics

The proposed amendments target Sections 7, 135, 137, 180, and 182 (1) of the 1999 Constitution. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the first reading of a bill proposing amendments to the 1999 Constitution to introduce a single six-year term for the offices of the President, state governors, and …

Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai corruption. We learnt that Falana will lead a battery of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption on Thursday in Kaduna. Earlier in July, the Kaduna State …

Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume The leadership of the Labour Party has condemned the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate on Wednesday. Following his sack, Ndume was immediately replaced by the Senator representing Borno North, Tahir Monguno. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate …

Bwala was a spokesman for the campaign organisation of Atiku Abubakar – the PDP candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Daniel Bwala, a former aide to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed that he has left the party and is “close” to joining …

Tinubu had on Tuesday approved the establishment of the Ministry of Livestock Development as part of measures to curb the perennial farmers-herders clashes. Former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s close ally and former spokesman, Laolu Akande, has said the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government did not need a Ministry of Livestock …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday revealed that he inherited his resilience, determination, and discipline from his mother, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji who passed away on June 15, 2013, at the age of 96. She was “tough and determined,” the President said of his mother after watching the staging of a play …

An entrepreneur, Mike Emerah, has slammed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, for opposing the purchase of a new presidential jet for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Reacting to the development, Emerah described Obi’s utterances as extremely negative. …

The Federal Government on Monday rolled out measures to crash high food prices in the country, one of which is to grant a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities. Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari unveiled the measures at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. …

The Ebonyi State chapter of the Labour Party has adopted its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, as the party’s national leader. The party stakeholders also adopted Fidelis Nwankwo as the leader of the party in the state. The endorsement was part of the six-point communique …

A former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, has described the political crisis in Rivers as a “total misfortune”, saying that it requires a political solution. Okupe, a former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in …