Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has urged Nigerians to be more careful before they vote next time, saying it was time for voters to divorce the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Wike, the APC-led Federal Government has set Nigeria 20 years backward in just six and half years of being in government. Wike…
Nigeria’s leading man, President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Thursday for Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey. According to the organisers, the theme of the Summit is ‘‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’’ and the agenda includes reviewing the…
Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule has stated that Nigerians will appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office in 2023. Addressing State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday December 14, the Nasarawa state Governor said the agricultural, oil and gas sectors have been revamped under the…
Bola Tinubi, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that he will not turn down the calls of those asking him to run for presidency in 2023. Tinubu stated this after a meeting with leaders of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, the…
Bisi Akande, the Pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, who recently unveiled his memoirs, My Participations, has revealed that former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, tried to convince former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, before he threw his weight behind Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Akande in his book launched in Lagos on Thursday, said Tinubu…
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire and the entire membership of his cabinet have resigned over their inability to control a wave of jihadist attacks that have killed thousands. President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Christophe Dabire and his cabinet on Wednesday, December 8, two weeks after the President…
Presidential aide, Femi Adesina has said that the reputation of the President as a democrat won’t change if he doesn’t sign the recently passed amended electoral bill. This is coming amid the controversy trailing the inclusion of the direct mode of primary for political parties in the bill. Reacting to the controversy in an interview…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given a reply to President Muhammadu Buhari after he requested their input in the electoral amendment bill. INEC said it is satisfied with the electoral amendment bill transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the National Assembly. Recall that the President had on November 29 sought the advice of…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has stated that some persons who are supposed to support President Buhari are pulling his administration down by their actions, utterances, inactions and silence. Governor Bello stated this on Sunday, December 5, when he received political, traditional, religious leaders and other stakeholders from Kebbi and Sokoto States at the…
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stated that there is increased security conflicts in the country due to the weakness of the lower tiers of government. The former President said this while delivering a graduation lecture at the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja on Thursday December 2. Urging states to take deliberate…