Politics

TRUMP APPOINTS NIGERIA-LEBANESE BUSINESSMAN ADVISOR ON ARAB, MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Nigerian-Lebanese businessman Massad Boulos will serve as his senior advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. The decision, made public on Trump’s Truth Social platform, highlights Boulos’ influential ties to the Middle East and his extensive business dealings in Nigeria, a key African economy. …

2027: ATIKU, OBI’S PARLEY IN YOLA REIGNITES MERGER PERMUTATIONS Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have reignited discussions around the possibility of both uniting for a run at the 2027 presidential election. Their meeting on Saturday in Yola has generated renewed buzz about their plans for the upcoming election, with reports suggesting …

OJUKWU, GOWON NEVER RECONCILED – ONOH Dr Josef Onoh, the brother-in-law to the late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has refuted claims by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, that the two had reconciled.Onoh clarified that what Gowon referred to as a reconciliation meeting was, in fact, a condolence visit after the passing of his father, Chief C.C. Onoh, …

OBASANJO DISOWNS GOWON, SAYS HE NEVER KNEW HE TOLD ABACHA NOT KILL HIM Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has replied former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), who said that he (Gowon) pleaded with the late General Sani Abacha not to execute him. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow …

.A HISTORY OF ZIONIST ATROCITIES I am not anti-semitic and I have many Jewish friends who I hold in high esteem. I recognise the fact that there are millions of Jews all over the world, particularly in Europe, Russia, Iran, Ethiopia and even in the United States of America itself, who have publicly renounced the excesses and atrocities of the …

CHIDIOKA ACCUSES INEC OF ELECTION RIGGING, QUITS PDP The fallout from the September 21 Edo governorship election has taken a dramatic turn, with former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of masterminding an elaborate scheme to rig the poll in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television, …

ATIKU, OBI PLAY DOWN 2027 AMBITION, SAY WE’RE FRIENDS The 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi have dismissed planning for the 2027 presidential election. Atiku and Obi made the remark against the backdrop of their breakfast meeting in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital. A video …

A few days ago, several groups mounted campaigns, endorsing Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu to become the next governor of Lagos State. DAILY POST reports that it started with the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders, CONYL, which in a statement in Owerri, Imo State, endorsed the President’s son for the Lagos governorship seat in 2027. According to …

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele was at the House of Representatives to brief federal lawmakers on the need to pass the bills on tax reforms arguing that majority of Nigerians stand to gain from the proposed new system of tax administration. Mr President set up the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax …

TINUBU ASSURES OKONJO-IWEALA OF NIGERIA’S SUPPORT ON REAPPOINTMENT AS WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL President Bola Tinubu has assured the reappointed Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria’s continued support. Tinubu gave the assurance while congratulating Okonjo-Iweala on her unanimous re-election as WTO DG. Okonjo-Iweala made history in 2021 as the first African and first woman to …