Politics

US Returns $940,000 Late Alamieyesiegha’s Loot

-Late Gov. Alamieyeseigha Just as many have been returned to Nigeria in the past on Late Abacha’s loot ,the United States Government has returned another $954,000 stolen by a former Governor of Bayelsa State, the late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the state. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard who announced this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said the funds were returned through… []

Why Bill On Surrogacy, Human Fertilisation Is Important In Lagos – Obasa

-Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday said Lagos deserved a law on surrogacy, human fertilisation and other related areas. Dr. Obasa said this during a stakeholders’ meeting on a bill for a law to regulate human fertilisation and surrogacy procedure and practice. While seeking to provide… []

Obi Gives Only Reason That Will Make Him Quit Presidential Race

– Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will drop out of the 2023 presidential race if anyone can point to a plot of land he illegally allocated to himself during his time as Anambra state governor. Obi said this on Tuesday during his campaign rally in Owerri, Imo State. He reiterated that as former governor of Anambra State, no… []

“If they want a DNA, they could as well request for one” – Tinubu Clears The Air On Paternity Controversy

– Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu One of the controversies rocking the personality of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the issue of his paternity which his critics believed it’s shrouded in secrecy. However, the confident politician has challenged whosoever is in doubt to request for DNA. He also said those inviting him for debates are only trying to… []

‘’You Are A Betrayer’’ – Obasanjo Blasts Governor Okowa For Supporting Atiku

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has been lambasted by the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo when he hosted him in Abeokuta. This publication understands that Okowa visited Obasanjo alongside Governor Tambuwal, former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola to seek his support for the presidential ambition of Atiku. A credible source, with knowledge of what transpired at the meeting,… []

‘PDP a bunch of liars’, Zamfara Government Replies Party

Zamfara State goveenor, Bello Mohammed Matawallen Maradun RE: “Our Democracy and the 2023 General Elections are Under Attack” – A Response to the text of a Press Conference by the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Debo Ologunagba. I read with keen interest but with utmost dismay the text of a press conference by the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples… []

Breaking: Senator Escapes Assassination In Abuja

-Sen. Musa An All Progressives Congress, APC Niger East), serving member of the Red Chamber, Senator Musa on Saturday, escaped an assassination attempt. It was learnt that the assassins, numbering nine, stormed Senator Musa’s home in Abuja around 11 pm. A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, confirmed the attack via a Twitter post. Fani-Kayode said some of the attackers… []

Group Alleges Makinde Of Spending LG Fund, Commends Buhari

-Gov. Seyi Makinde A political pressure group in Oyo State ‘Rescue Local Governments from Gubernatorial Emperor (RLGE)’ on Saturday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for exposing the atrocities of some State Governors who have been ‘feeding fat’ on the local government allocations at the expense of the grassroots development. The RLGE, a group championing good governance, probity and accountability in government, also told Governors Nyesom Wike… []

IBB May Wade Into Atiku, G-5 Governor’s War

– IBB and Atiku in a warm handshake There are strong indications that former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) (rtd) may wade into the crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP). Gathered that the former Nigerian leader will be holding a closed-door meeting with the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and aggrieved five governors of the party otherwise known… []

PDP: Goodluck Jonathan Fingered In G-5 Governors Rebellion Against Atiku

– Goodluck Jonathan The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has appealed to former president Goodluck Jonathan to wade in on the activities of the G-5 governors over the crisis rocking the party in recent time. The party’s leadership has concluded arrangements to meet former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan within the week. The planned meeting is aimed at finding a lasting solution to the crisis that has… []

2023 Presidency: “I am Best Man To Succeed President Muhammadu Buhari” – Kwankwaso

– Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, NNPP Presidential candidate The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said his party is bringing renewed hopes for Nigerians, adding that those who were aggrieved with the current ‘unpalatable’ situation of Nigeria could change the narrative in 2023 by voting for him as the country’s leader. Reports has it that the NNPP candidate, who made this… []

Season of Invectives: FFK Takes Dino Melaye To The Cleaners ” He is little better than a motor park tout”

-Femi Fani-Kayode, Dino Melaye As the campaigns for 2023 Presidential election is ongoing and the parties as doing everything to outsmart one another, two leading political parties in Nigeria, the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have become arch-rivals. Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) the Director of Special Media Operations, Special Media Projects & New Media in the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign… []

2023: IBB Shows Concerns Over Tinubu’s Health During Visit To Minna

-Tinubu during the meeting with IBB All Progressive Congress, APC chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a guest at former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s Top Hill residence in Minna, the Niger State capital. The meeting took place on Monday. It was gathered that the former Governor of Lagos State met with Babangida, popularly known as IBB, behind closed doors at his Top Hill residence… []

“You Are An Inconsequential Bystander” Rivers Govt Replies Ned Nwoko Over Call For Wike’s Expulsion

– Ned Nwoko, Nyesom Wike Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, has said there is hardly any reason to respond to Ned Nwoko’s call for the dismissal of Governor Nyesom Wike from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because the thought was a product of an inconsequential bystander. Finebone responded, Monday night, in Port Harcourt after Nwoko, Delta North PDP’s senatorial candidate, said… []

A Lot Of Northern Governors Are Not Committed And Not Serious To Your Course.”–Arewa Youths Tell Tinubu

– Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Tuesday, cautioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, about the attitudes of the state governors on the platform of the party. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, said other than the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, and Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, other APC governors are… []

Court Nullifies PDP Governorship Primary Election In Zamfara

The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has again nullified the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which produced Dauda Lawal Dare. The presiding judge, Justice Aminu Bappa also ruled that the party will not field any governorship candidate for the 2023 governorship election. Reports has it that the court had in September 2022 nullified the party’s governorship primary election… []

Wike Has Constituted Nuisance To The PDP And Should Be Kicked Out -Ned Nwoko

-Ned Nwoko People’s Democratic Party, PDP candidate for Delta North senatorial district (Anioma), Ned Nwoko has said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state should be kicked out of the party. Nwoko made this remark on Monday at the Asaba airport while returning from Abuja. According to him, Wike has constituted nuisance to the PDP. He added that Rivers state governor has done a lot of… []

BREAKING: “I Will Never Support A Fulani Man To Become President” – Ortom Slams Atiku

-Atiku and Ortom The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated openly that he will never support the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Ortom’s anger was due to the killing of Benue people by suspected Fulani Herdsmen. Governor Ortom stated this on Sunday night, November 6, when he hosted Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia… []

Setback For Atiku As Another Northern Governor Threatens To Dump Him

– Atiku Abubakar Following Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike’s and three other governors declaration not to support Abubakar Atiku as 2023 Presidential election is approaching, another setback may hit the 2023 presidential ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar as another Governor has threatened to dump the former Vice President. The threat is coming at a time Atiku is yet to resolve… []

“I Won’t Take This From You” -Peter Obi Reacts As Dino Melaye Slammed Him At Arise Townhall Meeting

– Dino Melaye, Peter Obi The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party and Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Gregory Obi, angrily confronted a spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign and former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye during a Townhall meeting on Arise Television on Sunday night. Obi, who was fielding questions from the audience including Melaye, lost his cool after the former senator described… []