Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, Dele Momodu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu and the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months, labelling the move as “anti-democratic.” Momodu argued on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief on Monday that the decision contradicts the democratic ideals…
Political commentator and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has called on the Edo State Government to swiftly prosecute those responsible for the recent killings of at least sixteen Northerners in Uromi. According to Omokri, delaying justice could escalate tensions, even if financial compensation is offered to the victims’ families. In a statement posted on his…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, of neglecting security warnings that could have prevented the recent mob killings in Uromi. The party claimed that the government’s failure to act on intelligence reports led to the tragic burning of 16 individuals by an angry mob. In a statement issued by…
Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that he was offered N5 billion to facilitate the impeachment of his principal. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed to have evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone. “I can also open my phone to show…
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine. NBC’s Kristen Welker said Trump had called her to express his fury over Putin questioning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s future as…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that he jokingly threatened to sack the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, if his policies did not align with the political interests of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The President made the remark at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when Wike led a delegation of…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or impose a fine of N100,000 on them if they fail to vote…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Saturday night revealed that he nearly withdrew from contesting the 2023 presidential election because the odds were against him. President Tinubu said as he contemplated to quit the presidential race, the then governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, prevailed on him not to throw in the towel assuring him that as…
Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Lere Olayinka, has insisted that his boss, Nyesom Wike, has no regrets about supporting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 Presidential Election as opposed to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP’s choice of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Olayinka in…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described President Bola Tinubu’s 73rd birthday anniversary as a testament to his credibility as “a resourceful democrat with tested decades of democratic activism”. This is as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi described the celebration as a testament to the President’s courage and resilience in his life of…
