Politics

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday confirmed Ibrahim Angbolo as a commissioner in the state. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, announced this after Angbolo appeared for screening at plenary on Friday in Lafia. The speaker congratulated the nominee and urged him to key into Governor Abdullahi Sule’s vision for development of the state. Abdullahi also …

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State on Friday dismissed reports that Governor Yahaya Bello had reached a compromise with the party leadership on appointments into the National Working Committee (NWC). The Kogi APC had on Thursday rejected the appointment of Duro Meseko and Ikani Shuaibu Okolo as the Deputy National Publicity Secretary and Zonal Organising Secretary, North-Central respectively. …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in Rivers State. He gave the warning at a closed-door meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum led by its Chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in Abuja. Mohammed was accompanied to the …

President Bola Tinubu has once again warned ministers in his cabinet that he would not hesitate to fire any of them who did not perform as expected. The president who reiterated his position on Wednesday at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, while opening a three-day 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, presidential aides, Permanent Secretaries, and top government functionaries, …

A rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised the alarm over the status of the new Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, who it alleged abandoned her mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. In Nigeria, fresh graduates are mandated to serve the nation for one year before seeking employment, but …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, berated President Bola Tinubu’s administration for deceiving Nigerians with propaganda. The former Vice President was reacting to a retraction by the presidency about Tinubu’s activities at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) in the United States. The president rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market in …

A former All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy spokesperson, Timi Frank has requested an investigation of Chicago State University (CSU) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). According to Frank, CSU has been hesitant to make President Bola Tinubu’s academic records public. Frank claimed in a statement made public on Friday that CSU owed it …

The House of Representatives has issued the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, a 72-hour ultimatum to submit a detailed report on how the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds released by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) between 2020 and 2022 was spent. The House Committee on Public Accounts led by its Chairman, …

Duoye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa State and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for governor, has urged his party’s leaders and members not to disregard the dangers posed by the opposition, notably the All Progressives Congress, before the November 11 governorship election. The PDP’s national campaign committee for the governorship election held its first meeting on Thursday at the PDP …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has waded into the political crisis in Rivers state, Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and Bauchi state Governor Bala Mohammed has said. The governor said this while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Police Council meeting in Abuja. Political crisis erupted in the state following reported attempts by …