Politics

NORTHERN NIGERIA FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES, HEADING FOR TOTAL COLLAPSE – BUGAJE An elder statesman, Usman Bugaje, has opined that the deteriorating condition of Northern Nigeria is facing serious challenges that require collective efforts to prevent total collapse. He observed that the region is plagued by poverty, insecurity, and corruption, saying that nearly 60 per cent of students in tertiary institutions …

I CAN’T BE NOLLYWOOD ACTOR IN POLITICS – EL RUFAI Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he doesn’t belong to the class of politicians who pretend. El-Rufai said on Saturday while reacting to an X user who commended him for a book he authored titled ‘Accidental Public Servant’. According to the netizen, after reading the book, he was convinced …

WIKE’S LOYALISTS REJECT PDP GOVERNORS CHOICE OF UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY Some loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have hit back at state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party for affirming a former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, as the National Secretary of the party. They stressed that a factional party …

AS FOES AND FRIENDS UNITE AGAINST TINUBU Although 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shrieks being emitted by politicians about the 2027 election might lead one to believe that the election will take place next year. Of all the political realignments that are forming preparatory to the 2027 election, it’s the unity …

WHY I FELL OUT WITH WIKE AFTER JOINING HIM TO FIGHT ATIKU – BODE GEORGE A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and member of the party’s Board of Trustees, Bode George, has explained why he fell out with Nyesom Wike, whom he supported to spite Atiku Abubakar during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. George, who spoke …

DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PETITION GETS 100,000 SIGNATURES A petition calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump has gathered 100,000 signatures, reflecting growing discontent among certain groups of Americans. The petition, launched on a public advocacy platform, cites alleged abuses of power, obstruction of justice, and violations of constitutional principles as reasons for his removal. Trump dismissed the petition …

ENUGU PDP APPEALS TO LABOUR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, CHIJIOKE EDEOGA, TO REJOIN PARTY The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has appealed to the 2023 Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the state, Chijioke Edeoga, to rejoin the PDP. The Chairperson of the PDP in Enugu State, Martin Chukwunweike, made the appeal when he led other executive members of …

I’M GLAD MY GOVT LAID FOUNDATION FOR 26 YEARS OF UNBROKEN DEMOCRACY – ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), says he is excited over the contribution of his government to Nigeria’s 26 years of unbroken democracy. The then military Head of State ushered in this era of democracy when he handed over power to the elected …

YOU’RE JOBLESS, FRUSTRATED – SHEHU SANI REPLIES EL-RUFAI Activist and politician, Senator Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, calling him a “midget professor” who is jobless and frustrated after being denied a role in the Tinubu’-led administration. Sani was responding to El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he accused Tinubu’s …

RENO OMOKRI, SHEHU SANI POLITICAL MERCENARIES – EL-RUFAI Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state has described former presidential aide and former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, as political mercenaries. El-Rufai made the claim on X, while responding to a post by Daniel Bwala, a presidential media aide. Bwala had chided El-Rufai for …