Politics

By Omonu YG Nelson In February 2018, I travelled to Zamfara State on an assignment in company of some senior journalists, prominent amongst which is, the former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Waheed Odusile of The Nations Newspaper, Victorson Agbenson, a political editor with the Federal Radio...

… Calls on NLC to suspend planned strike An international anti-corruption crusade, Global Peace Movement International, UK has called on the Government of President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency put measures in place to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on Nigerians. President General, Dr. Mike Uyi...

The former governor of Zamfara State, AbdulAziz Yari, on Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to former president Muhammadu Buhari in his Daura hometown in Katsina State. This was made known by Buhari’s former Personal Assistant on Broadcast Media, Buhari Salllau, on his Facebook page. Sharing photos from the visit, he...

…Says he is not afraid of expulsion, suspension A member of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Lukman, has raised the alarm over what he described as lack of financial discipline in the party, saying for over a year, the party has operated...

A member-elect for Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, has said that in the coming days, he will be pushing for the People’s Democratic Party PDP and other opposition parties’ endorsement of Tajudeen Abass and Benjamin Kalu as consensus candidates for the positions of the Speaker...

A coalition of 500 civil rights groups, under the auspices of the New Nigeria Agenda Coalition (NNAC), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to compensate the North Central with key positions in his cabinet.  In a statement signed by Mary Odoma, the coalition demanded that the role of the...

Daniel Bwala, spokesman to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, congratulated President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, for taking their oath of office. Bwala wrote on his Twitter page, “May I congratulate Bola Ahmed Tinubu #officialABAT and Kashim Shetima #KashimSM for taking...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the handover of power to President-elect Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu, who appreciated Buhari for his national honours, also wish the president well in his future endeavors. The governor made this known in a tweet on...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, held a valedictory cabinet meeting to end his first tenure ahead of the May 29 inauguration for the second term. This was made known in a post shared on his Instagram page on Saturday. Sharing photos from the gathering, he wrote, “Last night,...