politics

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that political godfathers removed him as governor because he refused to do their bidding of “opening” Anambra State treasury for them. Ngige, who refused to mention the names of the “godfathers”, also said he was attacked by the “powers …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says God has not told him who will become Nigeria’s President in 2023. The respected cleric said this on Saturday during the 2022 Crossover Service of the church held at the RCCG International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan …

Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have embarked on fresh move to zone the presidential ticket of the party in the 2023 general election to the South, in line with the position of the 17 southern governors that power should shift to the South in …

In the whole of 2021, Nigerian senators held plenary sessions for just 66 days. This could mean they held plenary for a little over two months. Or going by the legislative calendar of three days per week, one could say the lawmakers sat for about five months and six days. …

You were the governor of Kano State for eight years. What would you say was your biggest legacy? You know those of us in Kwankwasiyya, our priority has been education. We now have a challenge of insecurity which could easily overshadow education because without security, students can hardly go to …

Chief Olu Falae was Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, before serving as Finance Minister under the military regime. Later he joined the presidential race first under the Babangida regime transition and later under the Abdulsalami Abubakar programme to return Nigeria to civil rule. In this interview, Falae …

Warn against multiple S/West aspirants, vow to support a pro-restructuring contender 57 Yoruba groups met in Lagos with a resolve to mobilise the S/West for a pro-restructuring presidential candidate in 2023. The groups said the people of the South-West will take over the campaign, own the process and ensure the …

Leader of Ilana Imo Oodua, IOO, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, on Friday, said that there will be no governorship and house of Assembly election in state that made up the Yorubaland in 2022. He also stated that the detained Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Igboho will …

A delegation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Thursday visited their Adamawa State counterpart, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in Yola and pledge to rescue Nigeria, Newsextra24 reports. Those who visited Governor Fintiri are Deputy chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor …

National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu has enjoined Nigerians not to be hopeful of any meaningful change from the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the ruling party is bent on making 2022 nasty, brutish and short. Ayu stated who this in a New Year message …