Politics

NIGERIANS FLOCK IN UK AS PRISON OFFICERS, SLEEP IN CARS TO CUT COSTS Many Nigerians are reportedly being hired as prison officers in the United Kingdom, UK as the British government seeks to address staffing shortages in overcrowded prisons. According to The Telegraph, the UK prison service is now sponsoring skilled worker visas for the first time, as a result …

APPEAL COURT REAFFIRMS JULIUS ABURE AS LABOUR PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has reiterated that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party. A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, held that its judgement of November 13, 2024, which recognizes Abure as national chairman …

WIKE’S PARTICIPATION IN APC GOVT REASON FOR PDP CRISIS – EX-PARTY PUBLICTY SCRIBE Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, has said that the involvement of Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister, in the governance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has created room for the collapse of the PDP. Ologbodiyan claimed that there were attempts …

ARTHUR NZERIBE: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN GOVERNMENTS IN NIGERIA AND GHANA When people talk or think of Senator Arthur Nzeribe, they often associate him with the infamous Association for Better Nigeria, which Mr. Nzeribe formed as a special-purpose vehicle to scuttle the June 12, 1993, Presidential election. For two years, they waited and lurked in the dark for the …

LAWYER WHO LED PROSECUTION AGAINST TRUMP RESIGNS, FLEES US Jack Smith, the special counsel who led prosecution against United States President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned and fled the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20. According to statements of officials in the document submitted to the US District Judge Aileen Cannon, Smith had completed his work and submitted his …

LAGOS LAWMAKERS IMPEACH SPEAKER AMID MULTIBILLION-NAIRA FRAUD ALLEGATIONS Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, accusing him of multiple statutory and financial infractions. Mr Obasa was subsequently replaced by his deputy Lasbat Meranda. Mrs Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former chief whip of the House. The removal came days …

PROTEST AT PDP HEADQUARTERS OVER TUSSLE FOR NATIONAL SECRETARY POSITION Protest has erupted at the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja over the position of the National Secretary. Protesters loyal to Senator Sam Anyanwu, who was removed as the party’s scribe by the Court of Appeal have stormed the party’s secretariat. The protesters were opposing the …

FIVE GOVERNORS MAY DUMP PARTY AHEAD 2027 As the race for 2027 elections begins to shape up, strong rumours of defection are swirling around no fewer than five first term opposition governors, checks have revealed. Investigations by LEADERSHIP showed that governors of Abia (Alex Otti) Enugu (Peter Mbah), Delta (Sheriff Oborevwori), Rivers (Siminalayi Fubara) and Akwa Ibom (Umoh Eno) have …

GHANA’S NEW PRESIDENT REDUCES MINISTRIES FROM 30 TO 23 TO SAVE COST Ghana President John Mahama has reduced the country’s ministries from 30 to 23 in a bid to cut government spending. Mahama’s decision – an executive order – to trim the number of government ministries was contained in a gazette dated January 9 – two days after he took …

FRANCOPHONE AFRICA IS ABANDONING FRANCE. WHAT WENT WRONG? The previous expulsion of French troops from the region saw countries invite and embrace alternative partners like Russia and China. To usher Ivorians into the new year, President Alassane Ouattara announced that French troops in Côte d’Ivoire will hand over the 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion (BIMA), a French army base located in …