Category: Politics

Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Abdullahi Sabi (left); Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu and Deputy Senate President/Chairman, Committee on Review of 1999 Constitution, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege during a press briefing on issues around the Constitution Review Bill at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: NAN Omo-Agege: Some governors turn Assemblies into puppets […]

2023: Buhari directs SGF to begin action on handover Don’t abandon governance, President warns as APC launches PCC on Friday I’ll continue with Buhari’s legacy, says Tinubu Atiku off to Europe as PDP insists on an issues-based campaign Shareholders advocate peaceful polls, and coordination in judicial processes Disturbed by increasing incidents of violence at campaigns […]

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Photo/twitter/inecnigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the spate of violence at the ongoing electioneering campaign. It said it would summon the leaders of political parties participating in the 2023 general election over the threat of violence next week. INEC chairman, […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan (left), and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Photo/facebook/NgrSenate/ The bid by the current National Assembly to effect a fifth alteration to the 1999 constitution has failed. The leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday explained that the insistence of state governors on state police as a condition for supporting […]

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu has debunked collecting N1 billion gratification from an unnamed PDP presidential aspirant. He spoke at the party’s Abuja national secretariat shortly after he attended a meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), according to The Nation. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has […]

The Social Democratic Party on Thursday said that it would not be involved in renting crowds for campaign rallies during the electioneering period, and also declared that only a holistic restructuring of the country could solve the numerous challenges in Nigeria. It said some of the political parties which have kicked off campaign for the […]

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday, admitted there were some “erroneous entries” in his presidential campaign council list. This is as the former Anambra State governor also promised to review and update the list. In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Friday, the presidential candidate reiterated his commitment to […]

In a move aimed at consolidating his foothold in states controlled by the five aggrieved governors, chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have started wooing loyalists of Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State) and Samuel Ortom (Benue State). The move, it was gathered, […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed other allegations against the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, saying that the party leader lacked integrity. He alleged that the PDP chairman also received double pay for a single project. “If people know what we know, if we release what we have, Ayu’s children will […]