politics

The legal tussle over the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) having the power to arraign former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello for alleged N80.2 billion fraud will begin today at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appellate court is expected to hear EFCC’s application seeking to set aside ... Read More »

The Presidency has lampooned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for implying that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not working to resolve the economic and security challenges facing the nation lately. Abubakar, who ran against President Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), called on the President to step aside if he cannot ... Read More »

The Presidency has maintained that there are no plans to move the Federal Capital to Lagos as speculated in some quarters. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, stated this in a statement on Wednesday. According to Onanuga, those peddling rumour are dishonest, ethnic and regional champions, trying to draw attention to themselves. He ... Read More »

Critical stakeholders in the political crisis rocking Rivers State have agreed to resolve the weeks-long conflict. The decision was taken at a meeting President Bola Tinubu held with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and the immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other stakeholders at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. According to a resolution signed ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; Dr Peter Odili, a former governor of the state; and other Rivers stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, occurring amid the intensifying political crisis between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is presumed ... Read More »

There is tension among the newly appointed caretaker chairmen in the 18 local government areas and 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that they might be sacked by the acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The fear aroused following the freezing of the accounts of the local councils by Aiyedatiwa. The acting governor also told the newly created LCDA not to open ... Read More »

The Rivers state crisis take another dimension on Wednesday when Rivers state governor, Fubura presented 2024 budget to five lawmakers outside the assembly complex in Rivers State. The governor arrived at the plenary of the assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, around 9:00 a.m. Fubara was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, Commissioner ... Read More »

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Ahmed Ododo, has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The INEC’s Returning Officer for the Governorship Election in Kogi State and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Professor Johnson Urama, made the declaration after the end ... Read More »

Hope Uzodimma, the incumbent, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared the winner of Imo State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Imo State, Prof Abayomi Fashina, announced Uzodimma as the winner. The final total is: APC: 540,308 LP: 64,081 PDP: 71,503 Details coming. Meanwhile, below are the results from the ... Read More »

He had explained that by the judgment of the Supreme Court on October 26, 2023, the apex court supported forgery, perjury, identity theft and illegality. The Presidency has slammed the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar noting that it was his “inordinate ambition” to be President that is doomed, and not Nigeria. The presidency in a release on Monday noted that ... Read More »