The Peoples Democratic Party has called emergency meeting of its national working committee officials to discuss emerging issues of urgency, including possible postponement of its convention scheduled for Saturday. The NWC meeting, which is currently underway in Abuja, is expected to thrash out issues around the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has responded to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s criticism of his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party. While criticizing Wike for questioning his loyalty and integrity to the PDP, Obi stated that integrity was about prudent management of public resources, not political party membership. Wike slammed Obi…
The supreme court of Nigeria on Friday, May 27, 2022, has dismissed an appeal by Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, seeking to stop his probe instituted by the Rivers state Governor Nysom Wike. The Apex Court held that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry was a mere investigative body, that neither Rotimi Amaechi nor anybody…
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Deputy President of NLC, Dr. Nasir Idris has been elected Governorship Candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state. Nasir Idris garnered one thousand and fifty five (1055) votes to defeat two other contestants at the party’s primary election in Birnin Kebbi….
A peoples Democratic Party Presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has withdrawn from the race for the party’s ticket just hours to the commencement of party’s primary election. In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyiochia Ayu, which he signed, the economist and former banker said he withdrew from the race on…
Governor Hope Uzodimma has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling between Mr Daniel Nwafor and Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo. Governor Uzodimma in his response to journalists in Owerri disclosed that all the Supreme Court did was to dismiss an appeal that has long expired against an FCT High Court judgement that recognized Mr Dan Nwafor against…
Governor Hope Uzodimma has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling between Mr Daniel Nwafor and Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo. Governor Uzodimma in his response to journalists in Owerri disclosed that all the Supreme Court did was to dismiss an appeal that has long expired against an FCT High Court judgement that recognized Mr Dan Nwafor against…
Cases involving Rosgvardia, known as Vladimir Putin’s private army, are clearest sign yet of dissent in Russian ranks More than 100 Russian national guardsmen have been fired for refusing to fight in Ukraine, court documents show, in what looks to be the clearest indication yet of dissent among some parts of security forces over Moscow’s…
Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Writes Simon Ekpa, Warns Finland-based Disciple To Desist From Using IPOB Leader’s Name For Material Gains, Broadcasts The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has formally written Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple, to stop using the name of the agitator for material gains. The letter dated…
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress and a presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised that if elected he would bring economic prosperity, peace, security, and political stability to the country. This was according to a statement titled, ‘My Vision for Nigeria,’ signed on Friday by his Director of Media and Communication, Mr…