Politics

The session of the Senate Ethics Committee in Abuja took an unexpected turn on Tuesday as the Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, representing Ebonyi North, was involved in fierce exchanges with the former Minister of Education, Dr. OBY EZEKWESILI. The session, which was intended to investigate the accusations of sexual harassment involving the deferred senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from Kogi Central and the …

Federation Government Secretary (SGF), Senator George Akume, has highlighted the inconsistency and lack of coordination as the main obstacle for effective policy management in Nigeria. Speaking to the validation session for the draft of the National Policy Development and Management Framework in Abuja on Tuesday, Akume warned that fragmentation in all government agencies stopped national progress. “Over the years, one …

Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party (PDP) in the south-south, the head and orbih, have threatened to arrest individuals disguised as members of the Party Care Committee in the state of Edo. Former Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, inaugurated the guard committee for PDP in the state before leaving last year’s office. He appointed Tony Aziegbemi, a former head …

Former Director General of the Presidential Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, on Tuesday, stated doubts that the coalition by several political leaders to fire the President of Bola Tinubu in 2027 will work. Some opposition politicians led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Baru -this announced the coalition to challenge President Tinubu from the Congress of All …

Judge Obiora Egwuatu from the Federal High Court in Abuja had withdrawn from hearing a lawsuit filed by the Senator deferred by Natasha Akpoti-Uuduaghan from Kogi Central, quoting a petition from the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio who challenged his impartiality. Apart from the suit scheduled for the hearing, Judge Egwuatu announced his decision in a brief decision, which …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that democracy has failed in Africa, on the grounds that the system has not provided significant progress to the people of the continent. He made this statement on Monday in Abuja during the 60th anniversary of the former Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives, Emeka Imedoha. Obasanjo associated the failure of democracy in …

A former governor of the state of Bayelsa and at the service of the senator on the platform of the Democratic Party of people, PDP, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday he reproached the civil dictatorship, saying that he was worse than his military variant. “The civil dictatorship is not better than the military dictatorship; therefore, we should all work together …

The simplicity movement, a sociopolitical group, has requested the only state administrator of the State of Rivers, Deputy Admiral Ibok-Ete IBA (Retd.), And Security Institutions to conduct a thorough investigation of recent pipeline explosions in the state. This group specifically highlighted the explosion reported on the Trans Niger Pipe (TNP) in the Bodo Community, the Gokana Regional Government area, demanding …

The President’s Special Assistant of the President for Citizenship and Leadership, Mrs. Rinnsola Abiola, described the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as central. The daughter of the acclaimed winner of the presidential elections of 12 June 1993, Mko Abiola, said that Tinubu is giving priority to issues around young people with the appointment of a truly youthful minister, the …

Senator Victor Umeh, representing the Central Senatorial District of Anambra, denied the accusations of having received dollars to support the emergency rule declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the state of sparrows. Senator Umeh, in a statement, warned against serial blackmail, noting that he was not among the 42 senators who presumably collected $ 10,000 the previous day before …