Politics

STOP HEATING UP THE POLITY – PRESIDENCY TELLS EL RUFAI, AMAECHI, OTHER The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, has lashed out at the President’s political opponents, alleging that they are unnecessarily “heating up the polity”. While describing the President’s political opponents as “wannabes”, he said they unleashed vitriol on Tinubu while he …

OBIDIENTS ABANDONING LP TO JOIN COPDEM-ADC ALLIANCE FOR PETER OBI’S VICTORY? In a strategic move to strengthen the Obidients movement and secure Peter Obi’s victory in 2027, the Coalition for the Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) has officially aligned with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). According Diaspora digital media (DDM) this decision comes as part of a broader plan to expand …

CONTROVERSY OVER PURPORTED DEFECTION OF ENUGU LP SENATOR TO ZLP Senator Kelvin Chukwu representing Enugu East Senatorial zone has debunked viral report that he has dumped the Labour Party. Social media was busy on Monday morning with a report that Senator Chukwu has defected to the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP. A letter to that effect, with Chukwu’s signature, addressed to …

MILITANTS ATTACK NIGER REPUBLIC’S MILITARY BASE, KILL 46 SOLDIERS At least 46 soldiers of the Nigerien Defense and Security Forces (SDF) were killed in a coordinated attack by militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) on Saturday. The assault targeted an SDF position in Iknewane, Tilia Department, near the Mali border in Niger’s Tahoua Region. Security sources …

NIGERIANS SUFFERING DUE TO YOUR ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES – BODE GEORGE TO TINUBU Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has charged President Bola Tinubu to end the suffering of Nigerians caused by his anti-people policies. Speaking on the state of the nation, George reminded Tinubu that Nigerians are hungry and angry. Addressing journalists in Lagos …

LABOUR PARTY IN STAGE 4 CANCER – TONY NWULU A former Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Imo State, Tony Chinedu Nwulu, has said the leadership crisis in the party may not be ending soon. The Imo State former member of the House of Representatives tendered his resignation from the Labour Party citing a leadership crisis last week. …

NORTHERN NIGERIA FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES, HEADING FOR TOTAL COLLAPSE – BUGAJE An elder statesman, Usman Bugaje, has opined that the deteriorating condition of Northern Nigeria is facing serious challenges that require collective efforts to prevent total collapse. He observed that the region is plagued by poverty, insecurity, and corruption, saying that nearly 60 per cent of students in tertiary institutions …

I CAN’T BE NOLLYWOOD ACTOR IN POLITICS – EL RUFAI Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he doesn’t belong to the class of politicians who pretend. El-Rufai said on Saturday while reacting to an X user who commended him for a book he authored titled ‘Accidental Public Servant’. According to the netizen, after reading the book, he was convinced …

WIKE’S LOYALISTS REJECT PDP GOVERNORS CHOICE OF UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY Some loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have hit back at state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party for affirming a former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, as the National Secretary of the party. They stressed that a factional party …

AS FOES AND FRIENDS UNITE AGAINST TINUBU Although 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shrieks being emitted by politicians about the 2027 election might lead one to believe that the election will take place next year. Of all the political realignments that are forming preparatory to the 2027 election, it’s the unity …