The Labour Party (LP) says the national executive council meeting planned by Lamidi Apapa-led faction is “illegal, fake and unauthourised”. The leadership of the party has been experiencing in-fighting since Apapa, who the party said has been suspended, declared himself the acting national chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a court. Others […]

  The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, a lawyer, has explained that he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election due to security pressure. Ari stated this in a letter to the Inspector General of Police explaining his part in the controversial April 16 […]

  President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded plans to pair the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, with Senator Jibrin Barau as Senate president and deputy respectively, Daily Trust has exclusively gathered. Akpabio and Barau are among the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th assembly, expected to be inaugurated […]

  The All Progressives Party (APC) has said that it is yet to zone the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to any region. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, the party said its attention has been drawn to versions of zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions […]

  A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, says no single government is capable of solving all the problems of the country alone. Ezekwesili, who is the convener, FixPolitics, and Founder, School of Politics, Policy and Governance, said citizens must be part of the process of solving problems in society. She said this when her […]

  Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has recalled how the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, anointed him back in 2018 and predicted his emergence as governor. Adeleke, who spoke in Ifewara, Osun State, on Wednesday during the opening of Jennifer Etuh Medical Centre and Skills Acquisition Centre, both […]

  One of the leading aspirants for the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the coming 10th National Assembly, Aliyu Berata, on Wednesday met with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, behind closed doors. Betara, who is representing Biu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency in Borno State, met with Tinubu at the Defence House in […]

  The mud-fight between the Comrade Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the Labour Party, LP, may hurt the petition of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if mishandled. The crisis rocking the LP took a fresh dimension, yesterday, following allegations by the Comrade Abure-led faction […]

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has expelled a governorship aspirant of the party in the just concluded 2023 general elections David Sabo Kente for alleged anti-party activities. The party has also suspended the Senator-elect for Taraba South District David Jimkuta for anti-party activities during the elections. At a press conference in […]

  The former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said that Nigeria’s President-elect, Ahmed Tinubu, has started serving Ndigbo “a piece of bread soaked in water”. Back in January, Tinubu was at Michael Okpara Square for a presidential campaign rally. During the rally, he urged the southeasterners to work for […]