Politics

Veteran journalist and politician, Dele Momodu, has reacted to the mass defection of top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State to the All Progressives Congress, describing it as a survival tactic rather than a genuine shift in political ideology. Speaking during a live television interview on Channels...

A parallel House of Assembly has emerged in Zamfara State after nine suspended lawmakers illegally suspended on the orders of Governor Dauda Lawal elected Bashir Aliyu Gummi as their Speaker. The lawmakers, who were suspended in February 2024 allegedly on reasons of misconduct, conspiracy, mischief, and illegal sitting, met in Gusau, the...

A civil society group, Save Democracy Vanguard, has written to the United Nations over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. In the letter addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General and signed by Dr. Ali Mohammed Ali, Executive Director of the group, Save Democracy Vanguard described the situation in...

The Arewa Youth Council has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his unrelenting attacks on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing his posture as bitter, hypocritical, and steeped in desperation following decades of failed presidential bids. In a statement issued Thursday in Kaduna, Comrade Adams Reuben, President of the Council,...

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is laying a solid foundation for the country’s prosperity. He said In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, that Nigerians should support the President in his quest to address the challenges facing the...

The APC Youth Network Worldwide has condemned in strong terms the recent outburst by Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, describing his remarks about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointments and alleged mismanagement of borrowed funds as reckless, misleading, and unbecoming of a ranking lawmaker. A statement issued after a high-level...

A civil society organisation, Citizens for Justice and Accountability in Governance (CJAG), has called for a full-scale investigation into claims by four suspects that they are being pressured to falsely implicate Edison Ehie, chief of staff to suspended Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in the fire that gutted the state assembly...

His Excellency,Alhaji Usman OdodoThe Governor of Kogi StateGovernment HouseLokoja, Kogi State Formal Retraction of Media Statement Regarding Alleged Diversion of N13.4 Billion. Your Excellency, I would like you to accept this letter as a formal retraction of the statement that I, Usman Okai Austin, Comrade Okpanachi Jacob and Peter Onuma...

The Forum of Economic Rights Activists (FERA) has launched a scathing attack on the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, accusing him of blatant deception and desperation. In a statement signed by Dr. Moses Okino, its President, FERA denounced Obi’s recent appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, where...

The Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Professionals (IK-PRO) has condemned former Vice president Atiku Abubakar for accusing the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio of corruption and abuse of women. In a statement on Tuesday by the national President, Mr.Edidiong John and National Secretary, Mr.Kemfon Neke, the group said that Atiku’s accusations have political...