Politics

YOU’RE BITTER, DESPERATE FOR POLITICAL RELEVANCE – AKPABIO REPLIES ELISHA ABBO Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has responded to statements from a former Senator, Elisha Abbo, criticising his leadership.Nigerian cultural tours In a statement signed by his special adviser on Media, Rt. Hon Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described Abbo’s recent comments as ‘Bitterness and Desperation’. “The attention of the Office of …

GOD HAS PUT EFCC’S MOST WANTED, OTHERS TO SHAME, INEC DID WELL – NATASHA AKPOTI Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for rejecting fake process by sponsored groups and individuals to recall her from the Senate. The Senator thanked the Nigerian electoral umpire for upholding justice, constitutionality and refused to bow …

JUNKETING NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TINUBU SPENDS OVER FIVE MONTHS AWAY ON FOREIGN TRIPS SINCE INAUGURATION A review has shown that Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has visited 18 countries since his inauguration, spending total 165 days outside the country in barely two years. The countries he has visited include France, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, China, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Equatorial Guinea, Qatar, …

WHY WE REJĒCTED NATASHA’S RECALL – INEC INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW OF SIGNATURES/THUMBPRINTS OF THE PETITIONERS FOR THE RECALL OF THE SENATOR REPRESENTING KOGI CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 3rd April 2025. Among other issues, the meeting considered and approved the report of its physical count of …

2027: WHY EL-RUFAI PREFERS PETER OBI The race for the 2027 general election has officially begun, with various groups mobilizing and realigning across the major political parties. Recently, former Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In his resignation from the APC, El-Rufai stated that the party …

TRUMP SLAMS 14% TARIFF ON NIGERIAN EXPORTS US President Donald Trump has slammed a 14 percent reciprocal tariff on all Nigerian goods entering the US as the much talked about “Liberation Day” tariffs comes into effect, News360 Nigeria reports. Trump had said that countries would face a tariff rate at half the level they charge the US, as deemed by …

EDO GUBER: PDP LOSES AS TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS OKPEBHOLO VICTORY The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has finally affirmed the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 21, 2024 governorship poll in Edo State. On Wednesday in Abuja, the three-man panel of the tribunal upheld the election as being validly conducted, just as …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, RECEIVES FORMER LP GUBER CANDIDATE, CHIJIOKE EDEOGA, IN GOVT HOUSE Former Enugu State Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, has pledged his full commitment to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) following his return to the party. During a courtesy visit to Governor Peter Mbah at the Government House in Enugu …

NAMIBIA SQUARES UP AGAINST TRUMP, ENDS VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR US TRAVELLERS As from yesterday, April 1st, the Namibian government will require every United States citizen coming into Namibia to be in possession of a visa. Any US citizen caught in Namibia without a fully approved visa will be declared an “ÎLLÊGÅL ALÎËN” and treated exactly the same way Donald Trump …

EDO GUBER PETITION: APC’S OKPEBHOLO WINS ROUND ONE Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have won round one in the series of petitions challenging their declaration as winners of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. A petition instituted against them by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje was thrown out by …