Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that the PDP and the Labour Party are being controlled by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking to The PUNCH, Bwala stated that the president is controlling the opposition through proxies. He insisted that the country…
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 Kogi State governorship election, Dino Melaye, on Monday, said the Courts in Nigeria have now become endorsement agencies of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Dino Melaye made the claims in reaction to the outcome of the off-cycle gubernatorial election in the state….
A political pressure group, The Nigerian Youths in Politics has urged the Kano government and other political actors in the state to desist from blackmailing the judiciary. The group insisted that no amount of blackmailing would lead to the subversion of justice in the litigated governorship election. The president of the group, Magaji Alidu,…
Reno Omokri has said it is extremely ungrateful for anyone to accuse the Lagos State Government of demolishing their houses just because they are Igbos. Last week, several palatial houses in various estates within the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area were pulled down by officials of the Federal Housing Authority for allegedly contravening housing…
Weeks after imposing a ban on foreign travel for government officials due to financial constraints, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has embarked on a trip to the United States for medical reasons, THE WHISTLER has learnt. On October 23, 2023, Adeleke announced a suspension of all non-essential foreign travel for government officials until the end…
As the months-long crisis between factions loyal to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), and his Deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, seems to have ended, the Presidency has declared that Akeredolu remains the governor of the state. This was according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has extolled its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on his 77th birthday. PDP described Atiku as a quintessential humane leader whose love for Nigeria is unwavering. The spokesman of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said the opposition party is proud of Atiku’s record of service to Nigerians. A statement by Ologunagba…
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu took over a “dead economy” bequeathed by its predecessors. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria stated this on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, Nov. 23, while analysing the naira’s decline under the new government. Soludo said…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has accused Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State of disobeying President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Wike said Fubara disobeyed the directive from Tinubu and Shettima to resolve the political crisis in Rivers State. In a media chat, the minister accused Fubara…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has refuted speculations that he would resurrect his presidential ambition in 2027, stating that as a person who despises disloyalty, he cannot run against his boss, President Bola Tinubu. Noting that he remained loyal to the Tinubu administration, Wike remembered how his eternal search for justice…