A Deputy National Chairman (North) of Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Suleiman Nazif has taken over as the acting National Chairman of the party. Mr Nazif made the announcement
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said a major reason the negotiations the state once had with bandits broke down was because those who entered into the amnesty programme
Nigeria’s Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said he has not declared interest in the 2023 presidential election. Rather, he said he was more focused on carrying out functions
A Rivers State High Court on Monday issued an interim injunction restraining Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman and member of Nigeria’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last day in office projecting an image that he is still in control, and still fully engaged as the state dealt with heavy
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for its national convention later in the year, following the nod received from the governors of the ruling party, many aspirants have intensified
The apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, on Saturday raised the alarm that Nigeria is fast becoming a dictatorial and tyrannical state. The organisation also said it was forced into what
President Muhammadu Buhari has for the first time since the 2019 general elections met with a former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in northern Kano state. [bc_video video_id=”6268838593001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default”
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A former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria’s unity is negotiable and finds it amusing when people declare Nigeria’s unity as fixed, yet they do everything to “destroy
The conversations around Nigeria’s southeastern region producing the President in 2023 will always be a recurring one. However, there are some who are making a case for the marginalised Igbos
The imprisoned former South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma says the ruling African National Congress (ANC) benefited from the controversial arms deal. Zuma’s through his legal representatives wrote to the ruling
The House of Representatives has expressed displeasure over the way some government agencies conceal their revenues, thereby denying the federal government the fund for budgeting. The House criticised the way
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum Kayode Fayemi says governors in the country felt slighted when decisions were taken on recovered looted funds without their input as critical actors in
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, has said governors in the country are ready to go to court should they exhaust all available options open to resolving the
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is arrogating to itself the power of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Sonny Iroche, the Convener and National Coordinator, Abia League of Professional Initiative has
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has described the three per cent allocation for host communities in the Niger Delta region as contained in the Act as meagre. The governor of
Southern Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday hailed Zambia for overseeing a peaceful transition of power after veteran opposition politician Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide victory at the ballot box. Mr
A former national chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),Professor Attahiru Jega, has said the idea of rotational presidency was not foolproof and would therefore not take Nigeria
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