Politics

Chief Dan Orbih, who was recently returned as national vice-chairman, South- South of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is engaged in battle with some elements of the national leadership of the party over the zonal congress that returned him to office. In this interview, Orbih, veteran leader of the PDP…

National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, said yesterday that the campaign to dislodge him from his post stemmed from his friendship with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike. Anyanwu, who was restored to the position on Friday by the Supreme Court following protracted litigation,…

The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, says that releasing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention and insecurity in the South-East are two different issues. Kanu has been in the detention of the Department of State Services (DSS) for about 5 years…

Islamic scholars, Amir Ikhwan Awwal and Sheikh Abubakar Solaty, have called on both Muslims and Christians to use the ongoing Ramadan and Lent period to fervently pray for Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, as he navigates the country through economic challenges. The clerics spoke on Thursday at the second Ramadan Public…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and corrupt. He equally slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for spending N21bn on a new official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, calling it a misplaced priority and conduit designed to embezzle public funds. The…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was on Wednesday denied access to the official quarters of the state House of Assembly along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, where lawmakers loyal to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, have been holding their sittings. Fubara, who arrived at the complex in the company of top government…

President Bola Tinubu is meeting with members of the Lagos State House of Assembly members, including Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and Deputy Speaker Mojisola Meranda in the State House. The lawmakers arrived in two white buses including Deputy Speaker Meranda while the Speaker Obasa arrived separately some minutes later.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara to resign or face impeachment. APC made the call while reacting to Fubara’s invitation to a breakfast meeting with the 27 Pro-Wike lawmakers at Government House on Monday.   Rivers APC chairman Tony Okocha described the invitation as a…

Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai announced his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in a post on his verified Facebook page on Monday titled “NIGERIA UPDATE: Onwards to the future”.…