Politics

ABIA LG POLLS COMPOUND LP CRISIS The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party, LP, worsened, weekend, with the party failing to clinch at least one local government area in the recently conducted Abia State local government elections.The outcome of the polls is seen as an indication that the leadership crisis plaguing the LP at the national level has taken a …

GOVT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA SUSPENDS OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN SEX SCANDAL Equatorial Guinea has suspended all officials who had sexual relations in the offices of ministries. Announcing the decision on Monday via social media, Teodoro Nguema, Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president, said the government would take “severe measures” against such acts. “Today, we will proceed with the immediate suspension of all officials who …

RELEASED #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL TREATMENT One hundred and fourteen #EndBadGovernance protesters, including minors and adults acquitted by the Federal High Court in Abuja, have arrived at the Presidential Villa. The protesters, initially arraigned by the Police Force, were released following a court ruling by Justice Obiora Egwatu. The case was dismissed at the request of the Attorney General of …

COURT STRIKES OUT CASE AGAINST 119 #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS A Federal high court in Abuja has struck out the suit against 119 protesters charged over the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest. Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge, struck out the case following an application by M.D Abubakar, counsel to the attorney-general of the federation (AGF). Abubakar had applied to take over and discontinue the …

PDP ACCUSES TINUBU GOVT OF WRECKING BUSINESSES, UNLEASHING POVERTY, SUFFERING ON NIGERIANS The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government as destructive. The party’s stance was made known through its acting state Publicity Secretary, Michael Ogunsina. Ogunsina was reacting to the comments by APC National Publicity …

TENSION IN KANO AS GOVERNOR PATH WAYS WITH KWANKWASO The growing political tension within the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano has reached a boiling point over the deepening rift between Governor Abba Yusuf and his political mentor and party godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Tensions have escalated following Kwankwaso’s control over critical party and local government decisions without input from …

The much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle of President Bola Tinubu occurred recently with five ministers sacked. Ten others were either reassigned to other ministries or demoted, while seven new ministers-designate were appointed. Two ministries were scrapped. The administration viewed the changes as “far-reaching actions to reinvigorate its capacity for optimal performance” to deliver on its promises to Nigeria. But we differ as …

US ELECTION: TRUMP LEADS HARRIS IN PENNSYLVANIA Former President Donald Trump has closed the gap on Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, as the two candidates continue to battle it out for this year’s swing states. According to the latest New York Times-Siena College poll, conducted in partnership with the Philadelphia Inquirer between Oct. 24 and Nov. 2, Trump and …

YOUR UNTESTED AGENDA CAN’T SERVE AS BETTER ALTERNATIVE – PRESIDENCY REPLIES The Presidency has knocked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over his attack on the economic reforms of the present administration, saying his alternative ideas were rejected by Nigerians at the polls. Atiku had attacked President Bola Tinubu for the prevailing hardship in the country, accusing him of “trial and error” …

HARDSHIP: WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY – ATIKU CHALLENGES TINUBU Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has accused the present administration of indulging in “trial-and-error economic policies”, saying he would have acted differently if elected President. In a statement he personally signed, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the last election alleged that the President Tinubu administration is undertaking a …