Politics

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has responded to a recent claim by former President, Goodluck Jonathan, that Nigerian politics is full of betrayers. He urged young Nigerians aspiring to go into politics to learn from Goodluck Jonathan’s experience. Jonathan had recently claimed he was betrayed while seeking re-election in 2015. Jonathan made the remark in Benin, the Edo State …

A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of “impersonating a celebrity”. Mark S Zuckerberg says his account has been disabled five times over the past eight years, and it has cost him thousands of dollars in lost business. The …

Political strategist and Group CEO of Global Investment and Trade Company, Baba Yusuf, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of working to destabilise the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 elections. Yusuf spoke on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Friday. He alleged that Wike’s strategy is to prevent the PDP from …

Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are alleging that Nigeria is heading towards dictatorship. In a statement which Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, Director General of the PDP Governors’ Forum issued on behalf of the governors, he urged leaders to use the occasion of Eid-El-Maulud to urgently address insecurity, “compromised judicial system and failed economic …

Angela Rayner, UK deputy prime minister, has resigned following an investigation into her failure to pay the correct amount of stamp duty on a property purchase. Rayner, who also served as housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party, confirmed her resignation in a letter on Friday, saying she takes “full responsibility for this error”. The Labour MP for …

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says recent events in Kaduna, Katsina, and other states point to a troubling drift towards authoritarianism under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Abubakar said the invitations extended to Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state by the police; the attack on the convoy …

President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department’s official name is set in law, Trump, in an executive order, is authorising use of the new label as a “secondary title” by his administration, a …

After months of lingering crisis in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there was a seeming sigh of relief when the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) proposed and agreed on November 15 for an enlarged national elective convention. To political watchers, the convention would provide ample opportunity to right the wrongs and reposition the former ruling party for the …

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the state Commissioner of Police of violating the constitution. El-Rufai said the summon sent to him was a dangerous descent into lawlessness by the state police Command. The state police command had earlier allegedly prevented a scheduled meeting of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, from holding in the state. The Command subsequently …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, said he witnessed a lot of betrayal while seeking reelection in 2015. Jonathan made the remark at the 70th birthday anniversary of Chief Mike Aiyegbeni Oghiadomhe in Benin, Edo State capital. He said many Nigerian politicians were not dependable. According to Jonathan, Oghiadomhe is one of the few friends I have who can give …