Politics

ATIKU, PDP GOVERNORS NOT TRUTHFUL – WIKE, SAYS PARTY MAY LOSE 2027 PRESIDENCY The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, Governors Forum and those vying for a coalition, like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, are not truthful. Wike warned that what happened in 2023, where the PDP lost …

NIGERIA EXEMPTED AS TRUMP MOVES TO SHUT DOWN US EMBASSIES IN AFRICA US President, Donald Trump, has initiated a move to shut down several embassies in Africa and other parts of the world, according to CNN. About 30 embassies and consulates across the globe are said to be affected by the decision of the Trump administration. The move is part …

EL-RUFAI CARPETS TINUBU ADMINISTRATION, SAYS IT’S WORST GOVERNMENT IN NIGEYRIAS HISTORY Taking another swipe at the current administration for the umpteenth time, former governor Nasir El-Rufai said the federal government under Tinubu was the most lying government that depended on false propaganda, especially on security challenges bedeviling the country. Addressing what was wrong with the government, when asked, he said, …

2027: PDP GOVS ACTING AS TINUBU’S SPOILERS, KILLING OPPOSITION, saysY ATIKU’S COALITION The anti-Tinubu coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for playing the spoiler for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election, accusing them of usurping the powers of other organs of the PDP and killing …

2023: ATIKU, WIKE WOULD HAVE BEEN A STRONGER TICKET FOR PDP AGAINST APC – MAKINDE Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could have won the 2023 presidential election if it had fielded former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as Vice- Presidential candidate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku won the presidential …

WE’RE BEHIND CRISES IN OPPOSITION PARTIES — APC CHIEFTAIN A senior figure in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, has stirred political waters with a bold admission that the party is actively working to destabilise opposition ranks ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a forthright interview on Africa Independent Television (AIT) on Monday, the former …

PDP CRISIS DEEPENS AS GOVERNORS REJECT ANYANWU, UDE-OKOYE, APPOINT ACTING SECRETARY Following the Supreme Court judgement on the secretaryship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors elected on the platform of the party have rejected Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye as Secretary. The Party has, therefore, appointed the Deputy National Secretary, Setonji Koshoedo, as acting National Secretary. In a …

HOUSE OF REPS INTERVENES IN RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS, SETS UP COMMITTEE In a step to address the ongoing political tension in Rivers State, the House of Representatives has constituted a 19-member Ad-Hoc Committee to oversee the implementation of emergency measures in the state. The announcement was made on Sunday, April 13, 2025, following the National Assembly’s approval of a revised …

APC, OPPOSITION COALITION BATTLE FOR BUHARI’S SUPPORT The All Progressives Congress and governors elected under the party are actively working to stop former President Muhammadu Buhari and his loyalists from aligning with opposition figures. According to an insider at the APC National Secretariat, this is the reason behind the visits of the National Working Committee and APC governors to Buhari …

SECOND REPUBLIC GOVERNORS: THE LAST MEN STANDING With the passing, last week, of one of the two Second Republic governors, a former governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Nigerians recall with nostalgia, how eventful the politics of that era was and the characters that shaped the activities of that period. Olunloyo was one of the politicians of that era …