politics

Deputy National Organizing Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Nze Chidi Duru has confirmed the resignation of the embattled National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The development came as the meeting of the National Working Committee NWC got underway at the Buhari House national secretariat of the party. At the meeting presided over by the Deputy National Chairman, North, ... Read More »

The Elders’ caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has chided former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola and demanded genuine apology over his misdeed in the party. . He said, “It has come to the knowledge of this body, some comments made by the former Governor, Minister of Interior, Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, during his recent event to Osun State, and ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu is meeting newly inaugurated President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. Also in the President’s office are Imo Governor and chairman technical committee on the APC Senate election Hope Uzodinma. He is accompanied by Lagos Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu and former Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. President Tinubu earlier in the morning hosted former President Goodluck Jonathan in his ... Read More »

Senator Godswill Akpabio has been sworn in as the Senate President. He took the oath of office shortly after he was elected. The Clerk to the National Assembly Sani Tambuwal swore in at exactly 9: 45am. Read More »

Two of the speakership aspirants Hon Aliyu Betara and Hon Yusuf Gagdi have withdrawn from the race for Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. They agreed to step down from race on Sunday after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu abd Vice President Kashim Shettima. The meeting was attended by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Niger Governor, Mohammed Bago who was also a ... Read More »

A House of Representatives member-elect on the platform of the Labour Party, Godwin Ogar, said he never knew that President Bola Tinubu was so intelligent, and he felt so proud listening to a man who is prepared to serve Nigerians. Ogar, who was elected from Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, stated this during an interview with newsmen on Friday ... Read More »

Following his appointment as Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, June 2, 2023, the outgoing Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured the President of his unalloyed dedication and loyalty to the job. The lawmaker made this known in an appreciation message to the President on Twitter after the announcement of his appointment. ... Read More »

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima have been conferred with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic(GCFR) and Grand Commander of Order of the Niger(GCON) respectively. The investiture is ongoing at the State House Conference Center in Abuja. The event is part of the activities lined up for the May 29 inauguration ceremony, where ... Read More »

The Presidential Election Petition Court, sitting in Abuja, has disclosed its intention to consolidate the three different petitions that are seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Consequently, the court, at its resumed proceedings on Saturday, said it was empowered by Paragraph 50 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act, to merge all the petitions and ... Read More »

Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and one of the frontline aspirants in the race for Senate presidency in the 10th Assembly has congratulated his colleagues over their election victory. This was even as the senator-elect urged them to partner with the incoming president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and their constituencies to bring developments and dividend of democracy to the ... Read More »