ROTIMI AMAECHI,, EX,-AGF MALAMI DUMP APC FOR ADC Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has finally decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Amaechi also accused APC of colluding with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hijack the 2027 elections. He stated this in an interview following the unveiling of the interim executive of the African Democratic Congress, …

APC COMOT FOR ROAD, ADC DON COME – DINO MELAYE COMPOSES NEW SONG Senator Dino Melaye has stirred excitement with a fresh political chant as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) officially launched its opposition coalition in Abuja, News360 Nigeria reports. During the gathering, Melaye energetically sang, “APC comot for road, ADC don com!” to the delight of attendees at the …

APC VS ADC: LET THE BATTLE BEGIN The latest news that the leaders of the opposition coalition movement have adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the political platform to contest the 2027 presidential election against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) really gladdens my heart. As a student of political history, I strongly believe that any democracy without a …

ADOPTION OF AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC). SPEECH BY SENATOR DAVID MARK, GCONChairman, The National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement in Nigeria. My fellow Compatriots, We are gathered here this afternoon in pursuit of our shared mission to rescue our country and save our hard-won democracy. We address you formally, today on the operational focus and structure of the new political …

STOP DEMARKETING PDP – DAMAGUM WARNS PARTY MEMBERS The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, on Wednesday issued a stern warning to party members who are engaged in activities aimed at demarketing the party, saying they will face sanctions at the appropriate time. Speaking after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in …

MOKWA FLOOD: 600 MISSING VICTIMS PRESUMED DEAD — LAWMAKERS Members from Niger and Kwara states on Wednesday informed the House of Representatives that over 600 persons declared missing in the recent Mokwa flood disaster in Niger State are presumed dead. In a motion of urgent public importance jointly sponsored by Hon. Joshua Audu Gana (Niger) and Hon. Saba Ahmed Umaru …

PETER OBI SUBMITS HIS ONE-TIME PROPOSAL TO COALITION FOR CONSIDERATION The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has disclosed that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has submitted his one-term proposal to the coalition for consideration. Obi, on Monday, said he is willing to be a one-term president in …

BUHARI SPENT DAYS IN ICU AFTER FALLING ILL DURING LONDON MEDICAL TRIP Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly been sick and only recently discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) in a United Kingdom (UK) hospital. According to Empowered Newswire, a close relative of the former president said he took ill in London during a medical check-up trip. The report …

POLICE ARREST AGIS OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF LEAKING WIKE’S LAND ALLOCATIONS TO SON Nigerian Police Arrest AGIS Staff As FCT Minister Wike Goes After Insiders Who Allegedly Exposed Land Allocations To Son Shaharu, who works with the Fresh Applications Unit of AGIS, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by a team of police detectives, The Peoples Gazette reports. A staff of the …

CRISIS BREWS IN ADC AS NEW FACTION EMERGES, REJECTS COALITION WITH ATIKU’, DAVID MARK, OTHERS A major faction within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kicked against the move by an opposition coalition to adopt the party as its political platform. In a statement issued by Musa Isa Matara, the faction’s national publicity secretary, the group warned that the ADC …

SENATE BACKS CREATION OF SIX FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES The Senate Monday set the stage for creation of six new federal universities through public hearing on establishment bills by its Committee on tertiary education and TETFUND The bills are Federal University of Education (Special), Oyo (Establishment) Bill, 2024; Federal University of Health Sciences, Funtua, Katsina State (Establishment) Bill, 2024 and Federal University …

I AM HAPPY PDP IS FINALLY DEAD – DEJI, CELEBRATES ATIKU, OBI, MARK, OTHERS OVER COALITION Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has lauded key leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition figures for coming together to battle the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the next election. The lawyer specifically thanked the concerned leaders of the main opposition …

HOW AGUIYI IRONSI BECAME 1ST NIGERIAN ARMY GOC Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was born to Mazi Ezeugo Aguiyi’s on 3 March 1924, in Umuahia-Ibeku, present-day Abia State, Nigeria. When he was eight years old, Ironsi moved in with his older sister Anyamma, who was married to Theophilius Johnson, a Sierra Leonean diplomat in Umuahia. Ironsi subsequently took the last name of …

ATIKU BEHIND ALLEGATION I ALLOCATED LANDS TO MY CHILDREN – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has alleged that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is behind allegations that he allocated choice plots of land to his children in exclusive parts of Abuja. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, …

FCTA WORKERS BARRICADE OFFICE, DEMAND WIKE’S REMOVAL OVER UNPAID WAGES, POOR CONDITIONS Staff members of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Abuja have barricaded the entrance of the FCTA Complex, demanding the removal of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over alleged neglect of their welfare. The workers, drawn from various departments, stated that they could no longer endure the …