Politics

Former member of the Abia State House of Assembly, representing Ukwa East state Constituency, Chief Paul Taribo, Mrs. Theresa Oxford Nwabara and their supporters numbering over 100, have defected to the Labour Party in the state. Speaking at the event held at the Ikwueke East Ward, Taribo, who was until...

The Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Engr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has empowered farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs with solar equipment and irrigation facilities in Kano state. At an elaborate empowerment programme held Sunday evening in Kano, Ganduje distributed solar-powered irrigation pumps to 120 young farmers and...

Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State, Ben Obi, also known as “Igwe APGA”, has advised the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, not to retain non-performing commissioners and advisers in his second term of office. Obi said non-performing commissioners and advisers constitute over 80 per...

The X (formerly known as Twitter) handles of the Special Adviser on Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga and that of the Senior Special Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu became a theater for hot exchanges over grammatical error and corrections. The drama ensued after...

… Says decision ‘ll catapult Kano’s development The Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) France Chapter, Hajia Amina Suzuki, has warmly commended Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on his decision to defect from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the ruling party. She described the move as...

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has officially resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and persistent leadership disputes within the party. In a statement, Governor Yusuf expressed gratitude to the party for the platform and support extended to him since 2022, but noted...

A group, the Omoluabi Coalition has strongly condemned the continued interventions of Hakeem Baba-Ahmed in Nigeria’s opposition politics, describing his posture as duplicitous, partisan, and calculated to weaken the opposition ahead of 2027. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its Convener, Olumide Obayemi, the Coalition faulted Baba-Ahmed’s...

The Northern Inter-Tribal and Inter-Religious Alliance for Peace, Unity and Development has unequivocally thrown its full political weight behind the presidential declaration of Honourable Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwajuba on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement made available to newsmen by Prince Ekpo Edache, on Tuesday in...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the federal government to immediately clarify the contents of the recently signed health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria and the United States, citing sharply conflicting public descriptions of the agreement by both governments. While Nigeria has presented the MoU as...

*Says Abba not founder, initiator of Atiku Haske Organisation The initiator and convener of the Atiku Haske Organisation, Hon. Mai Nagge Musa Bakari has declined a directive by one of the son’s of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Abba, to change the course of its support for the All Progressives...