politics

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies fresh allegations that N4.1bn of public money budgeted for the National Assembly …

Many senators, whose governors are completing their second terms in May 2023, have commenced moves to take over in their respective states. Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic, it has been a common practice among Nigerian politicians to switch from the legislature to the executive, and vice versa. Bala …

Inspite of overtures by some Northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to fly the flag of the party in next year’s election, there is no commitment yet from President Muhammadu Buhari or key party leaders on the matter, The Nation can now report. It …

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has advised those residing in southwest states to consider killing chickens for ceremonies instead of cows in order to prevent capital flight. According to the governor, the region has been losing nothing less than N2.5 billion daily to the consumption of cows. Akeredolu stated …

Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu, Says Political Solution Over IPOB Leader’s Release Still Possible Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he visited leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services. Though he did not specify …

There are appre­hensions within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as sup­port for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gathers momentum. While the party is yet to make any declaration as to where President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor will emerge, several names have been flying around and promi­nent among those names is that …

The Senator representing Abia South constituency, Mr Enyinnaya Abaribe, has declared that it is either Abians remain in darkness or move forward, come 2023. Recall that Vanguard had reported that Abaribe had announced his intention to run for the highest office in Abia in 2023. Addressing a crowd of loyalists …

A statue of Anyim Pius Anyim was reportedly destroyed by the youths of his community in Ebonyi State, in rejection of his bid to become Nigeria’s President, Newsextra24 has learnt. See photo below.

2023: We Have Not Zoned Our Presidential Ticket -PDP The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to comments and speculations from certain individuals claiming that our Party has zoned its Presidential ticket to a particular part of the country. This is completely misleading as it does …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter has urged Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State to consider the option of resigning as a Senator representing Imo West having shown unpardonable incompetence. The party hinged its call for Okorocha’s resignation on what it described as poor and …