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Mimiko Seeking Third Term In Ondo – APC

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said former Ondo Governor, Segun Mimiko, is plotting a third-term bid. The party said he is seeking to achieve this through the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). Mimiko, a former Secretary to Ondo Government and ex-Minister for Housing and Urban Development, is ZLP National Leader. The party is one of the political parties contesting the October...

BREAKING: Buhari To Present 2021 Budget Next Week

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President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2021 Appropriations Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly next week. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this in his opening remarks to welcome Senators back from their eight- week annual vacation in Abuja. https://abntv.com.ng/2020/09/court-dismisses-el-zakzakys-no-case-submission-orders-continuation-of-trial/

Buhari Lacks Structural Support From APC Leaders – Okorocha

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Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has said that the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give President Muhammadu Buhari structural support was responsible for the non-reflection of the President’s good intentions to Nigerians. Opening up on the problems bedevilling the party, Rochas urged President Buhari to adopt hire and fire mechanism to the governance of...

“Explain How My Father Died” – Singer, Rema Queries Edo PDP

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Nigerian singer, Rema has called out the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over the death of his father Justice Ikubor. Justice Ikubor was said to be a high ranking member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State and former General Manager of the state-owned Ethiope Publishing Company before his death. He was found dead in a room at Bins...

Those Who Say Corruption Thrives Under Buhari Administration Are Petty – Lawan

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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said those insinuating that graft and corrupt tendencies are more prevalent under the Muhammadu Buhari administration are being political and petty. Lawan said this on Monday while addressing State House Correspondents after the second National Summit on Diminishing Corruption and launch of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other...

2023 Presidency: Igbo Should Lobby For APC, PDP Nominations – Former Minister

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The former Minister of State for health, Engr. Fidelis Nwankwo has urged Ndigbo to start lobbying the two major political parties in the country ahead of the 2023 presidential election to enable them secure tickets for their candidate. Nwankwo made this known while speaking with some journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state. The former minister noted that Igbos must emulate...

Ondo Elections: If Akeredolu Is Not Careful, I’ll Enter Ondo – Wike

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Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP National Campaign Council in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has warned that he may be forced to get involved directly in the Ondo State governorship election should the ruling All Progressives Congress drag him into their politics. Wike issued the warning while reacting...

BREAKING: 36 State Governors Drag Buhari To Supreme Court

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to Supreme Court by thirty-six state governors (36) over his Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 signed in May 2020. The states averred that the executive order Buhari signed had pushed the Federal Government’s responsibility of funding both the capital and recurrent expenditures of the state high courts, Sharia Court of Appeal...

“APC’ll Most Likely Zone Presidential Ticket To South-East” – VON DG

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The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will most likely zone the presidential position of the party to the South-east zone in 2023. Okechukwu disclosed this yesterday at the expanded caucus meeting of the APC at the party’s secretariat in Enugu, in preparation for the Isi-Uzo State Constituency...

Amaechi Would Be In Jail If Nigeria Is Truly Democratic – Wike

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said his predecessor, former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi should not be walking free if Nigeria truly practices democracy. Wike said the shutdown of Rivers State Judiciary under Rotimi Amaechi’s administration as Governor of the state was a violation of the rights of the people of the state. The Governor said this during a live interview on...

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