Politics

The Labour Party in Rivers State has officially collapsed its structure into the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Chairman of the party, Gogo Wellington, made this known alongside other party stalwarts at a press conference on Monday. Wellington urged all members of the party and the Obidient Movement in Rivers State to channel all their support to the 2023 presidential candidate …

Four days after an impeachment notice was raised on the floor of Rivers State House of Assembly against Governor Siminalayi Fubara last Thursday, the governor is yet to receive it, contrary to insinuations that he had received it. This came on a day the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the apex socio-political body of the South-South geo-political zone, inaugurated a seven-member …

The United States has revoked more than 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump assumed office in January 2025, marking the highest number of visa cancellations recorded in a single year, according to the US State Department. Officials disclosed that the revocations include approximately 8,000 student visas and about 2,500 specialised visa categories, with enforcement actions largely targeting foreign nationals involved …

When nations grow weary and old formulas collapse, history is often rewritten by credible alliances. When recycled promises becomes unconvincing, societies search for leadership capable of resetting the political imagination. Nigeria has reached such a breaking point, economically and politically and the emerging Peter Obi–Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso joint ticket speaks directly to this defining moment. The Obi–Kwankwaso combo is not …

The Labour Party (LP) has lost all its seats in the Senate less than SENSTE years after the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. At the inauguration of the Senate in June 2023, the LP paraded eight senators. However, a combination of defections, court judgments and death has reduced the party’s representation in the Red Chamber to zero. InvestigationsO revealed …

Isaac Fayose, a social commentator and brother of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has claimed that neither the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, nor Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, can win Rivers State for the All Progressives Congress (APC) or President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election without electoral manipulation. Fayose made the assertion …

Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Professor Sam Amadi has explained why he shifted his political support from former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal to former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. Speaking during an interview, Amadi offered insights into Tambuwal’s personality and his own role in the former governor’s presidential ambition, describing Tambuwal as a widely acceptable …

Politics, when properly understood, is not about noise or sentiments; it is about timing, opportunity, and the wisdom to protect collective interest. There are moments in the life of a people when history quietly presents a chance for progress, moments that must be recognised and defended with clarity and courage. For Kogi central, this is one of such moments. The …

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Legal Adviser, Jacob Mark, in this monitored interview, suggests reasons politicians are defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, among others. Excerpts: The latest development in the PDP is the visit of the party’s National Working Committee led by Kabiru Turaki to former President Goodluck Jonathan, to confer with him, to seek his …

The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum says the impeachment notice issued against Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, and Ngozi Ordu, his deputy, lacks constitutional weight. In a statement on Friday, signed by G.T.G. Toby, former deputy governor of Rivers and acting chairman of the forum, the group described the impeachment move by the Rivers state house of assembly as “deeply …