Politics

Members of the Abia State House of Assembly have voted to impeach its Speaker, Hon. Chinedum Orji. The impeachment was carried out by 18 out of 27 members of the Assembly who sat at an undisclosed location. Channels Television gathered that the motion for the impeachment was moved by Chukwudi...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has confirmed that he had a phone conversation with the founder of Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, but he never described the 2023 election as a “religious war.” Obi stated this while speaking on issue on Arise Television on Monday, saying...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria cannot get anything right unless workers’ welfare is well taken care of. Obi, who spoke on Monday at the commemoration of this year’s May Day celebrations at the Eagle Square, Abuja, noted that this...

…Threatens legal action against Adamu, Omisore, others A prominent group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the aiges of Progressives Right Group (PRG) has thrown its weight behind the party’s National Vice Chairman, North-west Salihu Moh Lukman in the ongoing leadership crisis facing the party. The group said...

Nurses in England walked out again Monday, with some critical services due to be hit for the first time. The industrial action is the latest stoppage in an increasingly bitter dispute with the government over pay and conditions. The 28-hour strike, which started at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday,...

The White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria has urged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kogi state, Dino Melaye to consult them ahead of the state governorship poll. The spokesman of the group, Okhue Oboi, asked Melaye to consult the group if he is desirous...

Akwa Ibom State Senator-elect, Godswill Akpabio, visited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the State House in Abuja on Sunday night. Akpabio presented his certificate of return to the President during his visit. The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs is among those aspiring to be the Senate...

The Arewa Political Forum, has urged Sen. Barau Jibrin to vie for the position of President of the Senate, rejecting the call for him to run for deputy. The group made the declaration after an emergency meeting on Sunday, in Kaduna. The group said the north had already ceded the...

The Conference of Civil Societies for Transparency and Accountability, has described the purported expulsion of a frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Taraba, Chief David Sabo-Kente, as illegal and unfortunate. National Convener of the groups Haruna Abdulsalam, who stated this in a news...

President-elect Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, received Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, and the state’s governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Ododo, at his residence in Abuja. Tinubu congratulated the candidate and raised his hand to endorse him ahead of the November election in the state. Credit: twitter |...