Politics

L-R: Mrs. Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila On November 19, 2020, Shehu Shagari Way, a stone’s throw from the National Assembly, was the stage for a tragedy that would forever alter the lives of Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu, her daughter and seven-day-old baby. Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a hardworking newspaper vendor from …

The Peoples Democratic Party or PDP, has mocked Comrade Philip Shaibu, who’s the deputy governor in Edo State, for returning to the All Progressives Congress or APC describing him as a saboteur who was sent to derail its party’s governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo. Shaibu had knelt before ex-governor of …

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, (CNPP) has rejected the planned sale of nomination forms by the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC) ahead of the October 19th Local Government election. The Kogi State CNPP Chairman, Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi in a statement on Thursday, condemned in totality the alleged purported …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rose from their meeting in Enugu yesterday, warning against any presidential interference in the forthcoming off-season governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. Speed Painting, like medicine, leaves no room for error — Dr. Ojeabuo, A Speed Painter0:00 / …

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 …