Politics

The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has declared that he is not for sale after Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state left the party. Kwankwaso made this declaration on Friday while speaking to supporters immediately after Governor Yusuf’s exit from the NNPP. Yusuf on Friday officially resigned from the NNPP, citing protracted internal …

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has urged the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to respect the judgment of the Federal High Court recognising the Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had affirmed the removal of Abure as the National Chairman of the Party. The court also ordered the Independent National …

Femi Otubanjo, Bola Tinubu’s adviser has delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying the US President’s speech was a reflection of someone suffering from “spatial confusion’’, a mental state where an individual cannot accurately perceive their body’s position, motion, or altitude relative to their surroundings.Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic …

His action is similar to an adventure of a slave who escaped from the palace of a stingy, mean, ruthless and difficult to please king and relocated to a bush hosting the Den of vicious animal, venomous reptiles with death as a guaranty any moment 1..The governor of Kano State has begun a journey to a “pilgrimage” neither to Mecca …

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and the need to safeguard the broader interest of the people of Kano State. This was contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday. The Governor, in a letter addressed …

A high-level delegation of United States officials will visit Nigeria to discuss with the Nigerian government about protecting Christian communities and strengthening counterterrorism efforts. The US State Department disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday that this visit is part of a broader diplomatic tour spanning Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The tour will run for a week, from …

The planned defection of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reignited anxieties around one of Nigeria’s most sensitive traditional disputes – the lingering tussle between Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II and the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. There are indications that the rumoured move threatens to reopen old wounds in the northwest …

Thursday marks one year since US President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) just hours after taking office. According to an agreement between the US and the Geneva-based UN agency, the withdrawal is due to take effect on Thursday, after the US has completed a mandatory one-year notice period. Theoretically, one of the conditions …

Former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has expressed skepticism over the prospect of ruling All Progressives Congress maintaining long-term dominance, citing historical examples from the country’s political past. He argued that Nigeria’s democracy is not under threat from a one-party state but rather from the weakness of political parties themselves, which he said lack ideology, …

US. President Donald Trump has said that thousands of Christians are being kidnapped and killed in Nigeria by terrorists, describing the violence as widespread and deeply troubling. Trump made the remarks at the Board of Peace signing ceremony held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as he draws attention to persistent attacks on Christian communities …