The Senate has formally directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct bye elections for Anambra-South and Edo-Central seats. Ifeanyi Ubah of the All Progressives Congress (APC), occupied the Anambra-South seat until his death on July 26, 2024, while the Read more…
A former chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Barrister John Nwobodo, has stated that it will not be politically proper for the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi to deputise a northern candidate in Read more…
Chief Tony Okocha, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers to resign within 48 hours or face impeachment. Okocha, at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, yesterday, said the Supreme Read more…
THE Presidency has faulted the position of the Catholic Conference of Nigeria on the alleged worsening condition of the economy, insecurity, corruption, poverty and electoral fraud under President Bola Tinubu, saying that the country under the current administration was moving Read more…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a statement he shared on Monday in Abuja, titled “Onwards to the Future,” the former Kaduna State governor Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The immediate past Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, has paid a courtesy visit on his successor, Dr Law Mefor, at his office in the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka. The duo expressed commitment towards Gov Chukwuma Read more…
ABUJA, FCT MARCH 10, 2025 PRESS STATEMENT The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra State 2025 Gubernatorial Election Screening Committee, chaired by the former Governor of Katsina state, His Excellency, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, has cleared all seven (7) Aspirants to contest Read more…
Romanian presidential hopeful Calin Georgescu has branded the EU a “dictatorship” and his home country a “tyranny” after the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) in Bucharest shot down his candidacy for the upcoming election re-run. The BEC dismissed Georgescu’s bid late on Sunday, having received Read more…
Two serving commissioners in the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, have reportedly resigned from their positions. The affected officials are Professor Simeon Emenike Weli, Commissioner in charge of Political Parties/Monitoring, and Dr. Lazbery Nyebuchi Nnah, Commissioner in charge of Read more…
Eighteen days after the public presentation of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida’s memoir, A Journey in Service, the immediate family of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha has formally reacted to the publication. Recall that General Babangida who Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo has issued a firm directive against street preaching with loudspeakers, warning that violators will face a fine of ₦500,000. A video of the governor confronting a roadside preacher in a Read more…