Politics

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has said President Bola Tinubu’s Monday media chat lacked empathy and humanity. 

A former spokesman and Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, has described opponents of the proposed tax reform bills as enemies of the country, emphasising that the bills are designed to support the poor and drive national development.

A split between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the central government is brewing, with the latter growing indifferent in defence of the former’s policies. Also, President Bola Tinubu, the party’s national leader

Former National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Ude-Okoye, declared yesterday he would soon resume as national secretary of the party in line with a recent judgment of the appeal court.

In less than two years, my government has transformed Kaduna rural communities, and returned the state to the path of peace, security and economic development, Governor Uba Sani has boasted.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the claim by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to significantly reduce APC votes in Kano in the 2027 elections. Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, declared that if the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was formidable enough to send the APC out of power in the 2023 general election, the APC,…

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as a refugee politician desperately keen on remaining relevant in the country. The chairman of the state chapter, Prince Abdullahi Abass, in a statement on Thursday, noted that the claim…

A former spokesman and ex-Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the South, and not the North, should produce the president in 2027. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe argued that fairness demands that the South completes its…

As the geopolitical tides shift across West Africa, France’s long-standing dominance in its former colonies faces unprecedented challenges. Recent years have seen Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger rebel against the French presence, expelling troops, dismantling French businesses, and severing ties that once cemented Paris’ neo-colonial grip on the region. Against this backdrop of rejection,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Christmas to promote and strengthen the bond of love and unity. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, also urged Nigerians to care for one another without regard to creed, class or…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated its chairman Abdullahi Ganduje on his 75th birthday. The party described Ganduje as an astute leader, administrator, scholar, philanthropist, and savvy politician who continues to distinguish himself in the many public offices he has been priviliged to serve. APC spokesperson, Felix Morka, in a statement, noted Ganduje's role…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in this interview with some newsmen, was upbeat about his achievements in making the state peaceful and able to attract investors while working towards improved welfare for the people.

* Bags Awards on the feat Records on Private Member Bills sponsorship among serving senators in the 10th National Assembly, obtained from the Rules and Business office, indicated that the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, tops with 21 bills within the last 18 months. One of the 21 private member bills sponsored…

Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), has donated 5, 000 bags of 25 and 50 kilograms of rice and 51 cows worth N284 million to his constituents ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Gagdi, representing Pankshin/Kanke/ Kanam Federal Constituency of the state, presented the items on Tuesday in Dengi, Kanam Local Government Area (LGA). The…

Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is a worried man. This is because the clear vision he caught before his assumption of office in 2021 on how to make the needed difference from his predecessors in the state is being threatened by insecurity.