Imo: Democracy under threat ― Abaribe

Minority Leader and Senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe has formally reacted to last Thursday suspension of certain lawmakers in Imo State House of Assembly. Speaker of the State Assembly,…

Lauretta Onochie to know fate as INEC commissioner Tuesday

Lauretta Onochie, a commissioner nominee for Independent National Electoral Commission would know her fate on Tuesday after she was screened by the Senate on Thursday. A senior official close to…

PDP urges court to sack Zamfara Gov over defection

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to sack Zamfara Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle over his defection from the party to the All Progressives…

Ohanaeze faults Governor Bello on rotation of presidency

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has faulted a recent statement credited to Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to the effect that “rotational presidency is unconstitutional,” and that “Nigerians should be…

INEC Job: Jega Asks Senate To Reject Onochie

Prof Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has asked the Senate not to confirm Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of INEC. Onochie, who…

South-West govs propose six regions, demand LG autonomy, resource control

Governors in the South-West geopolitical zone have proposed conversion of the present six geopolitical zones into federating units, as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the…

2023: I’ll withdraw from presidential race if APC zones ticket to South, says Zamfara ex-gov

Ex-Zamfara State Governor, Ahmed Yerima, says he will step down his presidential ambition in 2023 if the ruling All Progressives Congress zones the ticket to the South. Yerima bared his…

Suspension of lawmakers followed due process, Imo speaker insists

The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Paul Emeziem, has dismissed claims in some quarters, that the suspension of six lawmakers of the assembly was inappropriate, insisting that it followed…

APC dissolves caretaker committees in Zamfara

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has dissolved the party’s executives in Zamfara. Sen. John Akpanuodedehe, National Secretary of the CECPC, announced the dissolution in…

Reps to make president, govs lose seats after defection

The House of Representatives is considering making a president or governor lose their seat if they defect from the political party on whose platform they were elected to another. Presently,…

Lai vs Abdulrazaq: Buni meets Kwara Senators for resolution

Yobe state Governor and National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, on Saturday received three Senators representing Kwara…

Imo PDP chieftain joins APC

Mr Hillary Ugochukwu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ugochukwu, a former senatorial aspirant of the party, announced…

Senator Bent dumps PDP, joins APC

•Says I want a new chapter in political career Senator Grace Jackson Bent, a member of the BoT of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defected to…

BREAKING: APC shifts congresses, national convention timeline

The ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) has shifted the timeline for conduct of its congresses and national convention, The Nation can authoritatively report. No new date was fixed for the two…

Ban open grazing, lose 2023 presidency, Fulani groups threaten South

A pan-Fulani group, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have cautioned Southern governors against banning open grazing in September and employing what they called…