Politics

A youth coalition within Nigeria’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the defection of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, accusing him of attempting to hijack the party for personal political gains. El-Rufai, who resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday after months of meetings with opposition...

Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to popularise it among Nigerians. Buhari said this in a statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu on Thursday. “I am an APC member and I like to be addressed as such. I will try to...

The African Patriots Forum [APF] has commended the Rivers State Assembly lawmakers, led by Speaker Martin Amaehwule, for their exemplary leadership and commitment to democracy. The group said the lawmakers’ decision to seek legal redress, rather than resorting to violence, attests to their maturity and dedication to upholding the principles...

The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd) following his refusal to appear before the lawmakers. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday by the lawmakers during a plenary after the 72-hour ultimatum...

Senators are divided over the decision of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions to suspend the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), for six months. Lawmakers’ concerns are hinged on the committee’s decision to rush into...

The Good Governance Advocates of Africa (GGAA) has commended the joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriations, co-chaired by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola and Rt. Hon. Abubakar Bichi, for their meticulous scrutiny of the 2025 Appropriation Bill. In a statement signed by its Director, Dr Francis Martins, the group said the...

Northern Patriots Forum (NPF), on Wednesday, came hard on the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for criticizing President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his administration. El-Rufai had, during his interview on Arise Television on Monday, accused President Tinubu and National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of orchestrating...

*holds prayers for party, National Secretary Anyanwu More groups have emerged over the weekend in solidarity and support of the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Samuel Anyanwu and also in applauding the laudable selfless sacrifice of the FCT Minister, Chief Nyesome Wike, to the growth of...

The PDP Stakeholders Forum has affirmed that no amount of conspiracy by impostors can unseat Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and that his fate can only be decided by democratically acceptable means and not by the wishful thinking of outsiders posing as...