Politics

OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PETER OBI Your Excellency, Peter Obi, and the Esteemed Political Leaders of the South-East, I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm my deep love and unwavering support for the South-East region of our great nation. This region holds a special place in my heart, not just because of its rich culture, resilience, contributions to …

WE’VE NOT ADOPTED ADC FOR 2027 – ATIKU’S COALITION The coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that it has adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its political platform for the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, a prominent member of the coalition, Salihu Moh. Lukman, dismissed the claims circulating in …

IF A SENATOR DEFECTS, HE LOSES HIS SEAT — AKPABIO’S OLD POST RESURFACES AS DEFECTIONS ROCK SENATE A past statement credited to Senate President Godswill Akpabio has resurfaced online amid a wave of defections currently rocking the Nigerian Senate. The statement, believed to be from November 2016 when Akpabio was a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declared …

TINUBU NOT CONTROLLED BY CABALS – MINISTER The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has dismissed insinuations that cabals or a shadowy inner circle control President Bola Tinubu. Idris made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national summit themed “Renewed Hope Agenda: The Journey So Far”. Idris urged Nigerians to study the …

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVOKES HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S RIGHT TO ENROLL FOREIGN STUDENTS The Donald Trump’s administration in the United States on Thursday took unprecedented action against Harvard University, revoking its ability to enroll international students under the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). The decision, announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, could force thousands of foreign students to leave the …

SDP: NWC MEMBERS EMBROILED IN MAJOR CRISIS AFTER El-Rufai’s ENTRANTS The recent appointment of three new members into the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has thrown the party into crisis. Thus, disrobing the party of its self acclaimed adulation as the only opposition party that is crisis free. The party’s national publicity secretary, Araba Rufus …

I’M EXPECTING MORE POLITICIANS TO JOIN APC – TINUBU REVEALS President Bola Tinubu has said he expects more politicians to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu stated this during the ruling party’s national summit on Thursday. According to him, they are “bailing out of a sinking ship with no life jackets.” Tinubu said: “I just need to tell those …

ANYBODY WHO THINKS TINUBU WILL GET RE-EKECTED IS LIVING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY – EL-RUFAI Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has slammed President Bola Tinubu and his supporters. He was reacting to the influx of defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, anybody thinking that Tinubu will win re-election is living in another country. El-Rufai stated …

2027: ADC AS THE NEW BRIDE The African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to have emerged as the new political bride in Nigeria’s opposition landscape, following its adoption by a coalition of opposition leaders as the platform to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Previously on the fringes of national politics, the party was adopted by coalition …

TRUMP CLASHES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Donald Trump has hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for White House talks Wednesday at a moment when relations between the two countries are at a nadir, with Trump laying into South African officials on widely rejected charges of allowing a “genocide” against minority white farmers. South African officials …