Politics

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Senator Ben Obi as the Secretary of the National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) for the November 15th and 16th elective Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. On Tuesday Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah formally defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC along with his cabinet members. Governor Mbah …

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has dismissed fears of Nigeria sliding into a one-party state. Obi stated that there is no political party that can capture any region simply because a governor defects to it. He made this statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to the recent defection of Enugu …

Former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has warned against allowing the country to drift into a one party state. Tinubu, who spoke in an interview with newsmen, said the actions of the National Assembly, peopled by mainly Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members, was drifting Nigeria towards an authoritarian state. According to him, it is not the duty of …

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the defection of Governor Peter Mbah from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP while speaking in an interview with Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday said the party was disappointed by Mbah’s action. According to Ologunagba, while …

Barring any last-minute change, Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas appears set to become the latest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah on Tuesday made a similar switch. The move, which has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks, gained momentum after Kefas’ close aides …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has continued to count its losses following the protracted leadership crisis bedevilling the party since the aftermath of the 2023 general election. The once-formidable umbrella is now fraying under the weight of defections, protracted crisis, and loss of public confidence. This even as President Bola Tinubu appears to have successfully demolished the long-standing political walls …

Britain’s unemployment rate has edged up to the highest level in over four years, official data showed Tuesday, adding to the country’s economic strains ahead of the government’s annual budget. The rate reached 4.8 percent in the three months to the end of August — the highest level since the first half of 2021, the Office for National Statistics said …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday warned the National Assembly against the proposal calling for the amendment of 2027 election dates. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said that moving could undermine governance in the country. Recall that the National Assembly had proposed to move the presidential and gubernatorial elections from February …

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a new dimension at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday as the National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum and the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, disagreed in open court. During the hearing of a suit seeking to stop the party’s planned National Convention, instituted by three aggrieved members, Damagum and …

Madagascar’s military has taken charge of the African island nation, an army colonel announced on Tuesday, after a rising Gen Z-led protest movement peaked over the weekend. “We have taken the power,” Colonel Michael Randrianirina of the army’s CAPSAT unit said on national radio. The military was dissolving all institutions except the lower house of parliament, Randianirina said, shortly after …