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Reasons for the sharp U-turn by four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who earlier withdrew from the impeachment plot against Governor Siminalayi Fubara have emerged According to Vanguard, the lawmakers want to extract a genuine commitment from the governor that they would be given return tickets in the 2027 general elections. A key player who pleaded anonymity …

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Katsina State, Dr. Mustapha Inuwa has revealed that N300 million naira has been allocated to terrorists in a local government in Katsina state. This was revealed in a post made by a netizen, Somto Okonkwo on Saturday on his official X handle. In his post, Okonkwo quoted Dr. Mustapha Inuwa as …

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi, has declared that he has no house or landed property in Abuja. Obi explained that his decision to avoid unnecessary headaches made him not own properties in Abuja. The former presidential candidate spoke at a coffee hangout with KayhikersClub in Abuja. Obi said: “I don’t have a house in Abuja, …

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after participating in the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2026). Presidential spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The president attended the summit alongside some members of his cabinet. On the sidelines of the summit, Nigeria signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the …

“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”—G. Edward Griffin The media, since December of last year, has been in a reporting frenzy over a systemic monumental sleaze involving the federation’s immediate past number one legal officer. Abubakar Malami, SAN, while serving as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the federation, had no foreboding that an …

At a time when Northern Nigeria is bleeding from insecurity, poverty, and despair, leadership can no longer afford the comfort of conferences without consequences. When the Arewa Consultative Forum marked 25 years of existence in 2025, expectations across Northern Nigeria rose sharply. The celebration was not just about history or nostalgia. It came with the announcement of a development fund …

The age-long and popular phrase in Kano’s political lexicon, “Siyasar Kano sai Kano”, which literally translates to mean that Kano politics is unique to Kano, or more dramatically, that it can only be properly understood, practised and decoded by Kano people, has once again been thrust into national consciousness. The dynamic, fluid and often unpredictable nature of politics in Nigeria’s …

Osborn Umahi, son of the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi has picked the APC LGA Chairmanship form for Ohaozara LGA in Ebonyi State. Supporters stormed the APC Secretariat when he picked the form pegged at ₦30 million. Osborn was his father’s campaign director in the 2019 Guber election. He has also been endorsed by the Governor, Francis Nwifuru.

The Rivers State House of Assembly has rubbished an order by the state High Court, stopping the ongoing impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy. The court on Friday issued an interim injunction restraining the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule and the Clerk of the House, from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge …

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an order restraining the Chief Judge of Rivers State from receiving or acting on any impeachment notice directed at Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu. The development follows a move by members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who on Friday formally requested the Chief Judge …