Politics

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has delayed the release of some arrested members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a condition for his party to reach a peace agreement, ahead of the upcoming governorship election in the state. After a caucus meeting at Government House in Benin on Monday, Obaseki said, “If they are given guarantees, allowed to return …

  The executive committee of the Tsauri “A” district of the Peoples Democratic Party announced the suspension of the party’s former national secretary, Senator Umar Tsauri. Senator Umaru Tsauri The committee’s position was announced in a suspension letter signed by the ward chairman, Alhaji Danjuma Abubakar. The Nigerian News Agency reports that a copy of the letter, addressed to Tsauri, …

Opunabo Inkor Tariah, former Special Adviser on Media to former Governor Nyesom Wike, has voiced his strong belief that Governor Siminalayi Fubara will get a second term if he chooses to run in 2027. Responding to Wike’s latest comments, Opunabo asserted that Fubara’s “mass-oriented projects” across all 23 local government areas of Rivers State have received widespread support from the …

Labor Party 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised the president’s recent attempts to undermine him by comparing him to former US President Donald Trump. Obi sees the comparison as a clear indication of the government’s weakness. In a statement issued through his Media Office on Sunday and titled “Why did Obi’s desperate translator have to die?”, Obi’s spokesman Ibrahim …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a fresh lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over his failure to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to reverse what it called an “unlawful increase in the price of petrol” as well as his failure to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement at NNPCL. Joining the suit as respondents …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President of planning to rig the September 21 governorship election in Edo State in favor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The state party chairman, Anthony Aziegbemi, who made the allegations in a statement on Saturday, claimed that the President had disbursed $2 million to the …

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday led a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to Edo State for a final campaign rally ahead of next weekend’s governorship election in the state. Other APC leaders at the rally held in Benin City were Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, state governors and many others. In …

Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, said on Saturday next weekend the governorship election in Edo State would be a test of the nation’s democracy. Damagum stated this at the party’s peak campaign event in Benin City. He urged security agencies to ensure professionalism and uphold justice during and after the elections. He said, from …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday warned against any attempt to rig next week’s governorship election in Edo State. Atiku, who spoke at the culmination of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Ekemwan area of ​​the state, argued that Edo is not Lagos State where he said the election could be rigged by the All Progressives Congress …

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, vehemently denied claims that he had expressed willingness to be the running mate of a particular candidate. Obi made this clarification in a post on his X account, following a recent interview with News Central TV, where he discussed his presidential ambitions, the Labour Party and Nigeria’s …