politics

Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has said that he is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adesina, who appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, also said he would run to his house after he finished serving under the …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s backers in the All Progressives Congress on Thursday pressed on with the moves to field the ex-President as the APC’s consensus presidential candidate. The Fulani group, which on Monday obtained the APC’s N100m presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for Jonathan, said on Thursday that …

Despite Court Order Directing Hon. Dagogo’s Release, Rivers State Government Keeps Him In Detention The Rivers State government and police authorities have continued to keep the member representing Degema-Bonny Federal constituency and governorship aspirant, Hon. Farrah Dagogo in detention despite Court order which directed that he be released. Federal High …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met behind closed doors with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The agenda of the meeting between the president and Emefiele could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. NAN, however, gathered that the …

I really feel sorry for Osinbajo and his supporters. For months, they have been promoting an Osinbajo-El-Rufai ticket. But today, @elrufai, ever the political prostitute, just declared that he is with Tinubu. Making it 13 Governors. Who will trust a Judas?

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday declared that his aspiration was necessitated by his commitment to offer himself for service to the people and the nation. Osinbajo said that among the presidential aspirants in the All Progressive Congress (APC), jostling to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, he is …

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday joined the Peoples Democratic Party as 3rd Defendant, in a suit filed by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the Independent National …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has openly declared his support for the presidential aspiration of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. El-Rufai made the declaration at the Murtala Square in Kaduna where the national leader of the APC, accompanied by the former …

IN RENEWED FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORISM AND OTHER FINANCIAL CRIMES, PRESIDENT BUHARI SIGNS THREE BILLS INTO LAW President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja signed into law, three bills aimed at improving the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing/proliferation financing framework in Nigeria. The bills are: the Money Laundering …

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of recognition of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, Prof Itam Hogan Itam, for dabbling in partisan politics. The order was contained in a letter addressed to the embattled paramount ruler dated 11th …