Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Former Vice President and opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly interfering in the affairs of opposition parties, instead of tackling Nigeria’s worsening economic and security problems. The criticism was contained in a statement signed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, following Tinubu’s latest […]

Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, has stressed that credible census will strengthen Nigeria’s democracy by providing accurate data. He spoke in his Akure home while receiving the Ondo State’s National Population Commission’s federal commissioner, Mrs Kemi Iyantan, who had paid him a courtesy visit, and allayed the fear of bloated, inconsistent population figures. Fasoranti,represented […]

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s growing vulnerability to global insecurity, revealing that the country harbours 40 per cent of the over 500 million illegal small arms and light weapons circulating in West Africa. Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, during a lecture titled “Global Fragility […]

Hundreds of angry residents from various communities in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State staged a mass protest on Wednesday over rising insecurity, alleging that bandits kill as many as 100 people daily across affected villages. The protesters—on foot, motorcycles, and in vehicles—brought movement in Gusau, the state capital, to a standstill for over […]

Yilwatda All Progressives Congress (APC) new chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, on Thursday, downplayed the relevance and strength of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). “There is no opposition for now,” he said dismissively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme shortly after he emerged as the ruling party’s […]

Mohammed The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has berated leaders of the party for defecting to a “party that has no office” Speaking at the Consultative Conference of PDP Founding Fathers and Stakeholders in Abuja,  Mohammed also warned that it is not right for leaders […]

–New APC chair, Yilwatda, vows Tinubu’s return Makinde, Bala lead PDP govs in 2027 power takeover plot Less than two years to the next general election, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party are already locking horns in what promises to be a fierce battle for the nation’s top political […]

The choice of Prof Nentawe Yilwatda as the new chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has brightened the chances of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, who hails from Borno State in the North-East. His  emergence on Tuesday is already generating ripples across Nigeria’s political space — and with good reason, Punch reports Yilwatda’s […]