Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said the country was practically ‘dead’ before President Bola Tinubu assumed office. While acknowledging that Nigeria still faces serious challenges, Wike said the President has taken difficult but necessary decisions that will help the country recover. He also cautioned Christian faithful against making what he…
A south-south based non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Niger Delta Media Activists Group and Excellent Leadership Foundation (NDMAGELF), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to adopt the vision of Timipre Sylva, Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. The organisation said the ex-minister’s vision aimed to utilise Nigeria’s abundant gas resources to foster economic development, industrialisation, and…
The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has dismissed claims that the South East was giving conditions, such as the release of Nnamdi Kanu, to support President Bola Tinubu Umahi, who praised Tinubu for his achievements so far, said the South East Geo-political Zone is fully in support of him and will work for his…
Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, Nigeria’s political map has changed in powerful and historic ways. In under two years and without holding a single national election, over 140 elected politicians have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). They include governors, senators, and members of the House of Representatives, state lawmakers,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has broken silence over the defection of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to the new African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition party NPO Reported that the National Opposition Coalition Group (NOCG) had on Wednesday formally adopted the ADC with former Senate President, David Mark,…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Adeyemi Adaramodu, has given conditions based on which the Red Chamber would reinstate suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Adaramodu who reacted to the ruling of a Federal High Court on the matter, made it clear that the Red Chamber would not immediately reinstate senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi…
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, was on Friday besieged by supporters of former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of his arrival in Lagos. NPO Reported that the ex-Osun governor and former All Progressives Congress’ (APC) was on Wednesday unveiled as the interim National Secretary of the new African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition party….
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused Judith Amaechi, wife of former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, of receiving N4 billion monthly from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to train women in the region. Wike made the disclosure while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme on Friday. This is…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged the Senate committee reviewing the 1999 Constitution to recognise the state’s 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) created in 2003. Sanwo-Olu made the call at the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, on Friday in Lagos. The public hearing, according to reports, provides…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ruled that the Nigerian Senate exceeded its powers by suspending Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, ordering her to be immediately recalled to the Red Chamber. Justice Binta Nyako, delivering the judgment, described the suspension period as “excessive” and lacking a solid legal basis. The court…
