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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 …

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to Arise TV, the governor joined the ruling APC alongside 23 members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah also joined the ruling party. Although details of the move remain sketchy, …

Partisan politics does not sit well with me. I prefer to prevent pathetic pettiness in the pursuit of political power. Alas, politics is our way of life. Life itself is about the politics of ideas, survival, and development. I am no stranger to Nigeria’s fourth republic. I played a part in opposing the dictatorship of Abacha. I believed that the …

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 …

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC. Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India. In recent weeks, there has been speculation about his health, although family members and political allies had dismissed reports suggesting he was critically ill. A political mobiliser and …

The Senate has constituted a 12-member ad hoc committee to advise on how to respond to growing international concerns over alleged state-backed persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The decision was taken during a closed-door session on Tuesday, where lawmakers deliberated on recent claims by the United States Government suggesting possible acts of genocide targeting Christians in parts of the country. …

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 …