The Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, on Monday, insisted that the February 25 presidential election, which produced President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, was manipulated. In a statement tagged, ...
Read More »My cabinet members feared being jailed by Buhari – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said members of his cabinet feared being jailed when the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, won election in 2015. Jonathan, while speaking in an interview aired by Arise TV on Monday, said some of his ...
Read More »PDP gives Tinubu first assignment
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, has called on the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to, upon assumption of office, discontinue the silence of the Federal Government over Senator Hope Uzodinma’s alleged use of state apparatus to oppress ...
Read More »I will probe N241bn debt, Abba Gida-Gida fires first shot at Ganduje
I will probe N241bn debt, Abba Gida-Gida fires first shot at Ganduje We TOLD you, it will be a ball in Kano, didn’t we? The incoming governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yusuf (popularly known as Abba Gida Gida), has vowed ...
Read More »‘There Shall Be a New Nigeria’ — Pastor Adeboye Expresses Optimism in New Song
The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has predicted a new Nigeria in a new song he composed. He led members of the RCCG to sing the new song on Sunday during the worship ...
Read More »Erdogan wins Turkey’s presidential election
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade. With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme ...
Read More »My family doesn’t need Nigeria’s wealth to survive – Remi Tinubu
The wife of the President-elect, Remi Tinubu, has said the wealth of the country belongs to citizens, saying that her family does not need Nigeria’s money to survive. She promised that with the help of God and the support ...
Read More »I will never call Tinubu ‘my president’ – Bakare
The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president. The cleric and politician, during a webinar on Saturday, alleged a series of malpractices during ...
Read More »Ogun governor, Abiodun dissolves cabinet
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has dissolved his cabinet. Abiodun dissolved his cabinet in line with the provisions of the law, ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, 2023. The governor announced the dissolution of the ...
Read More »After failed politics try in Nigeria, Osibogun becomes Deputy Mayor of Buckingham in UK
A Nigerian, Dr Adekunle Osibogun has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of Buckingham in England, United Kingdom for one year. He will deputise for the new Town Mayor who was also elected for a period of one year. ...
Read More »Sanwo-Olu dissolves cabinet ahead of swearing-in
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dissolved his cabinet ahead of his swearing-in ceremony on May 29, 2023. Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, will be sworn in for a second term of four years on May 29. The Head ...
Read More »Kwara Governor, AbdulRazaq emerges new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum
Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state has emerged as the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum. This is contained in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye Wednesday morning to journalists in Ilorin. According to ...
Read More »Ortom vows to support Tinubu as a PDP member
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has dismissed the possibility of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after leaving office. Ortom, however, vowed to support and work for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ...
Read More »Abiodun blames Amosun for relocation of Dangote refinery to Lagos
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has absolved himself of blame in the situation that led to the relocation of the $19bn Dangote refinery from Ogun State to Lagos. Abiodun, who confirmed that he was Chairman, Olokola Free Trade Zone, in Ogun ...
Read More »Tribunal merges APM, Obi, Atiku petitions
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday gave the pre-hearing report on three different petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The court also presented the trial schedule. The chairman of the five-man panel of ...
Read More »Why People In Their 70s Shouldn’t Be President – Eldee
Former singer, ElDee the Don has said septuagenarians shouldn’t be contesting for presidency in Nigeria. He said it is a sign of failure for someone in his 70s to still be pursuing an ambition, stressing that such a person ...
Read More »Don’t judge me based on performance as minister – Akpabio
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has called on Nigerians and members of the incoming 10th National Assembly not to assess him using his brief tenure as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Akpabio said he preferred to ...
Read More »President-elect, Tinubu returns to Nigeria
The private jet of the two-term governor of Lagos State landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 2.15pm where he was welcomed by his supporters, party members and some governors. Among the delegation were his Vice-President-elect, ...
Read More »Buhari appoints Toyin Madein as Accountant-General
The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari(retd), has approved the appointment of Toyin Madein as the substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. This was contained in a statement, dated May 19, 2023, which was signed by the Director, Communications, Office of the ...
Read More »Tinubu’s Inauguration: FG orders secretariat complexes to be closed from May 26
As preparations for the May 29 inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are underway, the Federal Government has directed security agencies to cordon off Federal Secretariat Complexes Phases l, Il, Ill and Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
Read More »Enugu governor-elect’s certificate not from NYSC – DG
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body. Brig Gen Ahmed, while appearing on Arise ...
Read More »Tribunal reserves ruling on Atiku, PDP’s request for live telecast of proceedings
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved ruling in the application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a live broadcast of the proceedings. The court took the decision after the application was moved ...
Read More »Labour Party crisis: Apapa said, but for God, he would have died in court today
The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Lamidi Apapa, who was mobbed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the venue of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Wednesday, has thanked God for saving his ...
Read More »Court adjourns Obi’s petition against Tinubu
Court adjourns Obi’s petition against Tinubu The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023, the pre-hearing of the petition against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. ...
Read More »North should forget politics, focus on agriculture, business – Audu Ogbe
The immediate past chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has called on Northerners to desist from politics and embrace agriculture as a business. Ogbe said politics has never ...
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