Politics

The Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has expressed shock and anger over what it called the latest act of waste by the state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed. The PRP in a statement issued by its state Secretary, Abdulazeez Haruna, observed that the governor had deemed it necessary to spend state funds lavishly to purchase exotic SUVs …

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Umar Iliya Damagum and the National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu of plotting against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The lawmakers, who made the allegations at a press conference on Saturday, claimed that Damagum and Anyanwu were working …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “urgently disclose the exact amount of the multi-million naira monthly operating expenses currently paid and received by members of the National Assembly and the details of the expenditure of such operating expenses.” SERAP also urged …

When Kamala Harris steps onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week as the party’s presidential nominee, she’ll do so knowing that many in the audience cheering her on once counted her out. Ms Harris, 59, has faced years of doubt from some within her party about her ability to run for America’s highest political office …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to change, and install responsible and transformative leadership at every level of government if they want good governance and a better country to become a reality. The former president lamented that for years, quality leadership had eluded the country at all levels. He spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital at …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has sounded the alarm over growing insecurity and economic woes in Nigeria, urging collective action to address the growing crisis. In a statement issued on Saturday via his X account, Obi highlighted recent kidnappings, including those of medical students in Benue and a state commissioner and his wife in Edo, and stressed the …

Former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, said on Friday that the National Peace Committee (NPC) was being urged to persuade the National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the 2023 presidential election. Abubakar, who is the NPC Chairman, stated this when delivering the election organizing committee’s report. The former military rule said the committee was under immense pressure from certain …

Some All Progressives Congress (APC) members from Oredo local government area of ​​Edo State switched to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday. The defectors who came from District 1 of Oredo LGA were led by Sidney Egede, an APC chieftain in the area. They were received into the PDP by the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwole …

The Bauchi State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has dragged the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC) to court over what it described as certain irregularities in the procedures adopted in the Bauchi State Local Government Area elections held on Saturday, August 17, 2024. In the Initial Summons filed by their team of lawyers, led by Hyginus Ibega …

Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the upcoming Edo State governorship election, has given Senator Adams Oshiomhole a seven-day ultimatum to retract his alleged defamatory remarks on national television. In a letter dated August 12, 2024, Ighodalo’s lawyers, Ayo Asala (SAN) & Associates, demanded that Oshiomhole issue a personal apology and a retraction of the statement, as …