Politics

I DON’T WANT MY SINS FORGIVEN, WON’T JOIN APC – TAMBUWAL Sokoto South Senator, Aminu Tambuwal, has vowed never to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tambuwal, a member of the opposition coalition said he has no interest in seeking political “forgiveness of sins.” Addressing his supporters upon his return to Sokoto, the former state governor said he cannot join …

WHY UKRANIANS ARE REFUSING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY For the past 18 months, Pavlo has barely left his house. His reclusiveness has nothing to do with the Russian bombs and drones pounding Kyiv. It is not the air strikes he fears, but his own Ukrainian countrymen. It is draft officers, seeking to press-gang able-bodied men like him into units …

WE WILL RESIST ANY PLOT TO STOP PETER OBI FROM BEING ON BALLOT – OBIDIENTS REPLY BWALA Fans and supporters of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, popularly known as the Obidients, have vowed to resist any plot to stop Obi from being on the 2027 presidential ballot. They were reacting to a boast by Daniel …

WIKE CONSOLIDATES CONTROL OF PDP, APC IN RIVERS The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has made further steps to consolidate his control of the political structure in Rivers State, with the flag off of campaigns for local elections in the state. At the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign launch held in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the minister’s loyalists, including …

INMATES’ VOTING RIGHT: STAKEHOLDERS, EXPERTS FEAR ELECTION MANIPULATION Reactions have continued to trail the recent announcement by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, regarding the possibility of allowing inmates to vote in the 2027 general elections. While legal experts have commended the move as a step towards upholding constitutional provisions guaranteeing the rights of …

CANADIAN COURT DECLARES APC, PDP TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS A Canadian Federal Court has upheld a landmark immigration tribunal ruling that declared Nigeria’s major political parties — the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party — terrorist organisations, while refusing asylum to a former member, Douglas Egharevba, over his decade-long affiliation with both parties. In a judgment delivered on June 17, …

YOU ARE PRESIDENT OF A TROUBLED NATION, NOT A TOURIST – PETER OBI TO TINUBU The 2023 Labour Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubuu, over his frequent overseas travels. In a statement Obi reminded the President that he was elected to solve the numerous problems confronting Nigeria and not to betravelling all.over the world Obi’s statement …

US APPROVES POTENTIAL $346M WEAPONS, BOMBS SALE TO NIGERIA The US State Department has approved a potential sales of ammunition, precision bombs and precision rockets to Nigeria for an estimated cost of $346 million. In a statement on Wednesday, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Nigeria requested to buy 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs; 1,002 MXU-650 Air …

NOBODY CAN GIVE US CONDITION FOR OUR CONVENTION -:PDP REPLIES WIKE: Ahead of its national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday told the for­mer governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that nobody can give the party condition. Recall …

PDP DIVIDED OVER MOVES TO BRING BACK JONATHAN, OBI With roughly two years until the 2027 presidential election, members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Executive Committee are divided over moves by certain individuals to facilitate the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the party. This comes as the party …