Politics

TRUMP TARIFF WAR IS DESTROYING GLOBAL ECONOMY – OKONJO-IWEALA The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has issued a strong warning to world leaders including United States President, Donald Trump, urging them to halt the escalating tariff war which is wreaking havoc on the global economy. In a press statement she personally released, Okonjo-Iweala expressed deep …

DESPITE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT, ABURE INSISTS HE REMAINS LP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday regarding the leadership crisis within the Labour Party, Julius Abure maintains that he is still the Party’s National Chairman. Abure in a post on his X handle on Friday shortly after the apex court judgement wrote: “Barr Julius Abure still Remains The …

NATASHA: PDP, OBY EZEKWESILI COMMEND INEC, BUT NOT YET UHURU AS PETITIONERS MOBILIZE CONSTITUENTS The Peoples Democratic Party and a former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili, have endorsed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rejection of the recall petition against the embattled Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for not fulfilling the requirements of the constitution. Undeterred, however, the petitioners have vowed …

I HAVE NOT RESIGNED FROM PDP – ATIKU The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has denied resigning from the party. Atiku described himself as a bona fide and loyal member of PDP. He accused desperate politicians of sponsoring the falsehood through a Facebook page. In a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Ibe, …

AKPABIO TACKLES NATASHA, ABBO: APOLOGIZE AND COMPENSATE ME NOW OR FACE LEGAL ACTION Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio, has come hard on two of his traducers, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and former Senator Elisha Abbo, asking the duo to apologize and pay compensation to him now for malicious allegations or face legal action. This was contained in a press release issued on …

TRUMP’S TARIFF THREATENS $10BN US-NIGERIA TRADE The newly imposed 14 per cent tariff by US President Donald Trump on exports by Nigerian businesses presents a significant risk to the $10bn annual exports to the United States, potentially disrupting key sectors such as oil export and agricultural trade, experts and trade associations concerned about a potential global trade war stated on …

LP CARETAKER CHAIRMAN, NENADI USMAN, HAILS SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT THAT SACKED ABURE Senator Nenadi Usman, Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Caretaker Committee, has described the recent Supreme Court judgment removing Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman as a triumph for democracy and the rule of law. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, overturned …

BREAKING: SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE JUDGMENT RECOGNIZING ABURE AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF LABOUR PARTY The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal …

IN A TWIST OF FATE, EX-GOV OBASEKI’S FAMILY CELEBRATES APC MONDAY OKPEBHOLO’S TRIBUNAL VICTORY Following the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to uphold the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State, the family of former Governor Godwin Obaseki has publicly lauded the ruling and praised Okpebholo’s initial actions in office. In a joint statement signed by …

TINUBU’S POLITICAL ADVISER, HAKEEM BABA AHMED, RESIGNS Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the political adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has resigned, Daily Trust reliably learnt. Impeccable sources in the presidency confirmed yesterday that the former spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) tendered his resignation about two weeks ago. The sources said Dr. Baba-Ahmed did not provide details of the reasons …