Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “disclose details of any Chinese loans, liabilities, and other external borrowing obtained, and guaranteed by the Federal Government as well the terms and conditions for any such borrowing including the […]

Ex-Vice President  Atiku Abubakar has expressed his dissatisfaction with Bode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for asserting that he (Atiku) would have collapsed had he been elected president in 2023. In a statement released via social media on Saturday, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, characterized George’s remarks as […]

A group of elder statesmen under the aegis of The Patriots and led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku visited President Bola Tinubu to demand for a new, People’s Constitution. Specifically, the statesmen made two demands: “We urged him to send a president’s Executive Bill to the National Assembly, a Bill that will call for two essential […]

The Action Peoples Party has called on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to seek re-election under its platform in 2027, even as it said the governor neither owns the party nor is a member of the fold. The state APP Chairman, Sunny Wokekoro, stated this when the immediate past leadership of the party in […]

President Bola Tinubu may have started moves to win back the support of northern leaders and those aggrieved with his administration. Close aides to the President said several initiatives were being implemented and new ones created. While insisting that the President was not afraid of any political or pressure group, the sources said the plan […]

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently address the current hardship faced by Nigerians due to persistent fuel scarcity, which continues to ravage the country’s economy. In a statement personally signed and made available to journalists on Sunday, he […]