Politics

RIVERS ASSEMBLY COMMENCES IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FUBARA, DEPUTY The Rivers State House of Assembly has commenced impreament proceedings against Governor Sim Fubara and his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu. The Assembly mandated the Clerk of the House to publish in national dailies, letter of allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Sim Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu pursuant to Section …

MORE APC TOP LEADERS, OTHERS DEFECTING SECRETLY Adewole Adebayo is not only a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he was also the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 elections. In this interview, Adebayo provides new details into the defection of a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, from the ruling party at the federal …

JUDICIAL PANEL FAULTS SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON RIVERS STATE An 11-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel, whose membership included three retired justices, has on Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, headed by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a statement following …

I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED JOINING SDP WITH ANYONE, STOP SPREADING FALSEHOOD- EX-GOV BONI HARUNA The attention of His Excellency Boni Haruna, the ex-Governor of Adamawa and ex-Minister of Youth Development, has been drawn to a Social Media report claiming that he will join SDP on 20th April 2025 alongside other politicians mentioned from Adamawa State. The report is not only …

I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED JOINING SDP WITH ANYONE, STOP SPREADING FALSEHOOD- EX-GOV BONI HARUNA The attention of His Excellency Boni Haruna, the ex-Governor of Adamawa and ex-Minister of Youth Development, has been drawn to a Social Media report claiming that he will join SDP on 20th April 2025 alongside other politicians mentioned from Adamawa State. The report is not only …

INSIDE STORY OF EL-RUFAI 2027 AGENDA TO STOP Tinubu Mallam Nasir El-Rufai may have emerged as the Disrupter-in-Chief in the plot to stop a second term for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Just two days after defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, the former Kaduna State governor was already, according to analysts, fully …

NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA EXEMPTED AS TRUMP PLANS TRAVEL BAN ON 43 COUNTRIES The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter. A draft …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …