Politics

HOW TINUBU COUNTERED EL-RUFAI’S COUP What many Nigerians may not know, is that President Bola Tinubu and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, had parted ways long before the 2023 presidential election.Whatever political relationship that existed between two, hit the hard rocks shortly after Muhammadu Buhari emerged president in the 2015 presidential election. Watchers of the power circle were quick …

HOW TINUBU COUNTERED EL-RUFAI’S COUP What many Nigerians may not know, is that President Bola Tinubu and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, had parted ways long before the 2023 presidential election.Whatever political relationship that existed between two, hit the hard rocks shortly after Muhammadu Buhari emerged president in the 2015 presidential election. Watchers of the power circle were quick …

PDP CRISIS: WIKE CAMP KICKS AS IKIMI PANEL RECOMMENDS ANYANWU’S EXPULSION As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party intensifies, the National Disciplinary Committee, headed by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Ikimi, has recommended the expulsion of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s loyalist, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, from the party. In a letter signed by Ikimi on March 10 …

GROUPS VOICE OUT ANGER OVER ALLEGED PLANS TO IMPEACH FUBARA More groups are voicing out their anger over the alleged plans to use the Rivers State House of Assembly to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The latest group, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), yesterday, asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to allow Governor Fubara to concentrate …

WIKE CALLED BAUCHI GOVERNOR, BALA MOHAMMED, A BETRAYER FOR RENEGING ON PLANS AGAINST ATIKU ABUBAKAR Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has opened up about the internal crises within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prior 2023 general election and currently, accusing Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, of betrayal. He also claimed that some governors elected on the …

TINUBU OVERRULES AKANDE PANEL, BACKS OBASA TO REMAIN LAGOS SPEAKER President Bola Tinubu has resolved the leadership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly, backing the return of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker, despite an earlier recommendation for his resignation. The resolution came after a meeting between Tinubu and all 40 lawmakers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Wednesday. …

IT IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF FUBARA IS IMPEACHED – WIKE, GIVES CONDITION FOR PEACE IN RIVERS Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has said it is not “a criminal offence” if the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara is impeached. Speaking during a media chat on Wednesday, Wike said Fubara should be impeached if …

SUSPENSION BY SENATE: WE’LL HEAR FROM AKPABIO – IPU TELLS NATASHA The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) says will take steps to address the concerns raised by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central in the national assembly. The IPU is a global organisation of national parliaments. It promotes peace, democracy and sustainable development among nations through diplomacy and dialogue. It also seeks …

CANADA WILL CUT OFF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO U.S – PREMIER WARNS 🇺🇸 President Donald Trump may have delayed most – though not all – of the tariffs he had imposed on Canada and Mexico, but that hasn’t stopped America’s northern neighbors from responding forcefully in retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a press conference that he would move forward with …

SDP NATIONAL SECRETARY, OLU AGUNLOYE , PETITIONS IGP OVER ‘PLOT’ TO REMOVE HIM Olu Agunloye, the national secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has petitioned Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police, over an alleged plot to force him to resign, TheCable can report. Sources told TheCable that members of the SDP loyal to Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of …