A former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State, Mallam Salihu Isa Nataro, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently persuade former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to return to the APC fold ...
Amid growing questions over the legitimacy of recent defections, the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun investigating whether key members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have formally joined the party. Reliable sources within the ...
The Federal Government has restricted graduation ceremonies in schools across the country to only pupils and students completing Primary 6, Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) and Senior Secondary School 3 (SSS3). The government said this was aimed at curbing excessive ...
A public affairs analyst, Frank Tietie, says President Bola Tinubu must be advised to wash his hands off the Rivers State crisis. Tietie made this call on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television monitored by ...
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate to Peter Obi in the 2023 Labour Party presidential election, has said he does not believe the former Anambra State governor has formally defected to the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on Channels ...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has explained his decision to withdraw a defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and other pending legal actions, describing the move as a deliberate choice rooted in moral authority, faith, and the demands of legislative leadership. ...
Speaking on the state of Nigerian politics and leadership, Datti said Atiku has remained a constant contender in presidential races for decades without delivering the change Nigerians yearn for. Former vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, ...
Austin Tam-George has suggested that the defection of Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reshaped the political landscape in Rivers State, diminishing the influence of the camp loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ...
The former vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has dismissed reports suggesting that he recently declared his intention to contest the presidency. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Baba-Ahmed clarified that his comments had been misinterpreted, stressing that ...
A former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that Atiku Abubakar had already started contesting to become Nigeria’s President while he served as a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. He called on ...
As discussions continue over which political party he may join ahead of the 2027 elections, the national leader of a faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he would only join a political ...
The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, has vowed to work against the re-election of Abia State Governor, Alex Otti. Speaking on Thursday at his country home in Igbere, Kalu lamented that he once considered Otti his ...
As preparations for the 2027 general elections gradually take shape, political activities across Nigeria are heating up. Party defections, internal crises within major parties such as the PDP, LP, NNPP, ADC and others, as well as emerging fault lines even ...
Legislative lawyers under the aegis of Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, have commenced moves to recall 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker Martin Amaewhule, over the impeachment proceedings initiated by the ...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the only place that can hurt a sitting governor is the House of Assembly. Akpabio made this statement on Thursday at a Public Lecture in honour of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, 57th Birthday Celebration. ...