Politics

MASS RESIGNATIONS HIT IMO PDP In a significant blow to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over ten prominent party members in Okigwe Zone (Imo North Senatorial Zone) have resigned from their positions and withdrawn their membership. This development follows the recent renouncement of affiliation by former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, who criticized the party’s inability to uphold its regulations …

RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS: TWO COMMISSIONERS RESIGN FROM CABINET The political crisis in Rivers State continues to deepen as two commissioners have again resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s Cabinet. The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Zacchaeus Adangor, while rejecting his redeployment, tendered his resignation from the state executive council. This comes after his previous resignation on 14 December due to a …

WIKE IS REASON IHEDIOHA RESIGNED FROM PDP – PARTY CHIEFTAIN A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdul-Aziz Na’ibi Abubakar, has claimed that the former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha left the party was ‘because of Wike and his disastrous G5.’ Abubakar wondered what the youths who never benefitted from the party would do when its founding members …

PETER OBI’S ROMANCE WITH NORTH RAISES 2027 PERMUTATIONS – THE GUARDIAN With his recent visits to northern communities, it appears that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has begun laying the groundwork for a potential run in the 2027 presidential race even before the starting signal is sounded. After the Ramadan began in March, Obi …

ANOTHER WARD EXCO SUSPENDS GANDUJE AS APC’S INTERNAL CRISIS LINGERS Unrelenting, the band of party stakeholders at the grassroots have refused to back off on the suspension bid of the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as new ward executives in Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano State yesterday, imposed fresh …

MINIMUM WAGE: GOVS WANT REVIEW OF REVENUE ALLOCATION At the recent nationwide public hearing on the new national minimum wage held across the six geo-political zones, governors demanded a review of the revenue allocation formula to enable them to implement the proposed national minimum wage. They insisted that the current revenue allocation must be reviewed in favour of states to …

GANDUJE ARCHITECT OF HIS TRAVAILS – SENATOR HANGA Senator Rufai Hanga, representing Kano Central Senatorial District, is one of the leading figures in the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). In this interview, he spoke on a range of issues affecting public perception of the 10th National Assembly and its leadership. He also bared his mind on the performance of the …

PLOT TO BLACKMAIL PETER OBI EXPOSED! Dr. Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has revealed that there is a plot to blackmail Obi by accusing him of playing religious politics. Tanko stated that powerful political interests have recruited individuals disguised as civil society and non-governmental organizations to carry out this plot. The aim of the …

APC LEADERS TELL GANDUJE TO VACATE OFFICE AFTER COURT JUDGMENT Some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have told the embattled National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje to temporarily vacate his office. This came from the Rivers State faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Emeka Beke. Following the Kano State High Court’s affirmation of …

KOGI ASSEMBLY ASKED TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AGAINST GOV ODODO Deji Ajare, a human rights attorney, has requested Umar Yusuf, Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, to start the impeachment process against Usman Ododo, the governor of Kogi, over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. Ajare made the call on Friday via the House clerk in a …