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Senate Honours Late Dr Chika Akunyili With Minute Silence

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The Senate on Wednesday observed a minute’s silence in honour of late Dr. Chike Akunyili said to have been murdered by gunmen in Onitsha, Anambra State on Tuesday. The resolution of the Senate followed a Point of Order moved by Senator Uche Ekwunife, informing the Senate of the dastardly act. Citing Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ekwunife lamented the...

Edo PDP Suspends Obaseki, Shaibu’s Loyalists

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The crisis in Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued Monday evening as the party in Ward 2, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, suspended 10 of its members for alleged anti-party activities. Most of the allegedly suspended members are the new PDP that defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC with Governor Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy,...

PDP Clears Ozigbo, Oduah, Others For Anambra Senatorial Seats

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The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party screening committee has cleared its candidate in the November 6, 2021, governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, for the party’s primaries ahead of the senatorial election in 2023. Ozigbo is ...

Tinubu, Atiku Should Step Down For Me, I Want To Take Over From Buhari — Okotie

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The Best Time To Restructure Nigeria Is Now, Says Rev Okotie

The Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has asked political parties’ presidential candidates to step down for him in his bid to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari. This is as he also urged Buhari to hand over to him as...

I Am Ready To Sacrifice For Nigeria’s Survival – Peter Obi

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The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has reiterated his undying love for Nigeria and his unalterable belief in its indivisibility. In a virtual interactive session with more than 1,000 members of his foremost support group, t...

Court Strikes Out Suit To Disqualify Atiku Abubakar From Contesting 2023 Presidency

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The Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja struck out a suit that seeking the disqualification of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from contesting the 2023 Presidential Election. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177, challenged Atiku’s eligibility on the premise that he is not a Nigerian by birth. it will be recalled that the subject of Atiku’s citizenship came shortly after the...

Identity Of Man Who Sued Atiku Over PDP Presidential Primary Revealed

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Igbos Will Not Vote For You If… Ohanaeze Tells Atiku

Amid confusion over the identity of the person who took the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to court, a  former presidential aspirant on the party’s platform, Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, has said he is behind the suit and not the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. His clarification came following Wike’s denial that...

Peter Obi Remains Candidate For Better Nigeria – Obasanjo

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Peter Obi Remains Candidate For Better Nigeria – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, is still the candidate for a better Nigeria. According to ABN TV, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, named Bola Tinubu, the then-candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress and now-President of Nigeria, as the election winner. The announcement was followed...

S’Court Hears Tonye Cole’s case Against Rivers Gov Today

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Attempt To Impeach Gov. Fubara Will Be Resisted – Rivers Govt Warns APC

The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday (today) hear the appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Tonye-Cole, in his appeal, alleged that Fubara did not resign as Accountant General of the state under the deadline stipulated...

BREAKING: Buhari Has Agreed To Address Reps – Gbajabiamila

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President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the House of Representatives as requested by the lawmakers. According to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a date had been agreed on and it will be communicated soon. He stated that the president is more concerned than most on the insecurity of the nation and will speak to the Nigerian people through...

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