Wike renames International Conference Centre after Tinubu

Wike, Tinubu Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, has renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre as the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre. He also disclosed that other halls in the facility had been renamed after Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Chief Justice of Nigeria, […]

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APC not dumping ground for sinners, party tells Fubara

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has warned suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara against seeing it as a dumping ground for alleged political sinners. It told him it is not a refuge camp for politicians with unresolved controversies. The state APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Sir Tony Okocha, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed […]

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June 12: Nigerians to protest hardship

Nationwide protest against the worsening economic hardship, insecurity and the ‘shrinking civic space’ under the President Bola Tinubu administration will hold on Thursday, June 12, the Democracy Day. The protest is being organised by the ‘Take It Back Movement, it was learned. Already, the group has reportedly released a list of venues across the country […]

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Akwa Ibom governor forcing lawmakers to join APC — Ex-Minister

Governor Eno Former Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, has denied rumours of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following Governor Umo Eno’s recent switch from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling party. In a statement he signed, Essien clarified that his presence at the governor’s defection […]

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APC now a gathering of sinners seeking forgiveness – Dalung

Solomon Dalung Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development Solomon Dalung has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a “gathering of sinners,” alleging that politicians defecting to the party are doing so not out of ideological conviction but in search of political absolution. Speaking in an interview with journalists, he referenced a past […]

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2027: I’ll support PDP presidential candidate only if… – Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister (FCT), has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern part of Nigeria. He made this statement while reading the communique of a PDP stakeholders meeting under the aegis of the “Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP” in Abuja on Monday. Wike, […]

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Osun 2026: PDP, APC battle heightens

The battle of words between the ruling People’s Democratic Party, and the opposition All Progressives Congress over next year’s governorship election in Osun State, is heightening. APC believes that it is prepared to sack Governor Ademola Adeleke from office. But the PDP dismissed this as unrealistic, as it accused the opposition party for self-inflicted woes, […]

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Aiyedatiwa: Ajayi vows to appeal tribunal’s verdict

Ex-Ondo State Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in last year’s election, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had on June 4 unanimously upheld the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in the election, Governor Lucky […]

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Adeleke condoles Orangun of Ila over wife’s passage

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has consoled the Orangun of Oke-Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin, over the passing of his wife, Olori Solape. He described the deceased as a virtuous woman, and a pillar of support to the royal father in the challenging task of administering the affairs of his subjects. Also, he commiserated with the […]

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