The National Leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Shettima Yerima, has expressed reservations about the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Shettima, during an interview with PUNCH, said Tinubu, who was once a pro-democracy activist, is no longer the person in the seat of power at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in…
South-West governors paid a visit to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan, Oyo state today October 24. Akeredolu returned to Nigeria on September 7 after three months of medical leave in Germany. Since his return, he has not been to Ondo state where he serves as governor and this has caused a…
Chief Dele Momodu, a Nigerian journalist and PDP chieftain, stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was one of those who taught him how to defend democracy and that Tinubu impressed them by continuously criticizing former President Obasanjo back then. Dele Momodu made this statement through his official X (formerly Twitter) account in response to…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is currently conducting a World Press Conference in Abuja. Through a post shared on the microblogging platform, he emphasized that the conference will discuss crucial issues deeply connected to the essence of the nation. Atiku wrote, ”Today, at 4:30 p.m., my media…
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has called for an amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022 to remove ambiguities, clarify and strengthen some of its sections. Jega spoke at a two-day retreat organised for senators by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Ikot…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Oba of Benin, His Highness Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, on his 70th birthday. Buhari in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, described the Oba as “a king among kings”. The former President said Oba Ewuare II “continues as a…
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that better days are coming in spite of the difficulties encountered at the moment. Tinubu, who said this on Friday, October 20, while receiving Southwest Muslim leaders, stated that sacrifice is required to achieve Nigeria’s restoration. Addressing the delegation led by the President of the Ummah, Rasaki Oladejo,…
The former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to reject technicality and grant his application for leave to tender fresh and additional evidence to support his claim that President Bola Tinubu submitted a forged document to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the presidential election. Atiku, the…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has said the lack of unity in the party predisposed the party to losing the 2023 presidential election. According to him, the election was manipulated in favour of the eventual winner but the crisis in the PDP made it easier for the results to…
Nigeria’s President, Mr. Bola Tinubu, has said the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is lacking in merit, substance and good faith. Tinubu who said Obi’s appeal which was based on allegations dismissed at the election petition tribunal, argued that the presidential election was peacefully conducted all over the country,…