Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, and ex-presidential aspirant on the platform of African Democratic Party, ADP, Mathias Tsado, disagreed yesterday over whether or not former President Goodluck Jonathan should contest the 2027 elections. While Sani advised the former president not to yield to pressures to contest the election, warning that such a move could…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, declared that the 2027 presidential ambition of former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, is dead on arrival insisting that Amaechi would be the last person considered for the party’s ticket. He also alleged that former Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Babachir…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has approved the suspension of three government officials recommended by the State Assembly. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, and made available to journalists on Wednesday, Alia attributed the suspension to his belief in the rule of law. The suspended government officials are the Chairman…
Youths of Agulu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra have warned politicians to desist from making derogatory remarks against their kinsman and former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, while campaigning in the area. The youths, in a statement jointly signed by their Chairman, Maduagwu Eric-Kenny, and Secretary, Mr. Chamberlain Egoh, in…
A court in Colombia on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former president Alvaro Uribe while he appeals a witness tampering conviction for which he was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest. The sentence announced early this month marked the first time in Colombia’s history that a former president has been convicted of a…
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Leonard and Nkiruka Okorkwo Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, and other stakeholders, on Tuesday unveiled the 2025–2030 revised National Youth Manifesto in Agriculture for Nigeria. Also launched at the event in Abuja was the 2025 Nigerian Youth in Agribusiness Call to Action, a framework designed to reposition young people…
A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ladan Salihu, described the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the major problem of Nigeria’s democracy. Salihu stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions on ‘Th Morning Brief’, a programme on Arise Television. According to him, INEC, as an institution, has proven to Nigerians beyond a reasonable…
A member of the legal team defending the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi has launched a scathing attack on what he described as “government-sponsored propaganda” against IPOB, insisting that the Federal Government has no legal grounds to continue holding Kanu in custody. In a strongly…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to “urgently refer the allegations made by a Reps member, Ibrahim Auyo, to anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution of suspected perpetrators.” Jigawa lawmaker Auyo last week alleged that House members paid between…
The Peoples Democratic Party has inaugurated a 110-member organising committee ahead of its 2025 elective national convention. The party’s National Executive Committee had earlier fixed the convention for Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State. In a statement issued via its X handle on Monday, the PDP said the committee…
