By Eche Nwaobasi – Onitsha.. An Anambra state-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria Chief Ben Uzuegbu has thrown his weight behind the proposal by the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that if elected president, Read more…
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was made on Tuesday when Read more…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that the rising cost of petrol is imposing severe hardship on Nigerians. Reacting on Tuesday through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said that with petrol now selling for as much as Read more…
The Arewa Think Tank has cautioned against what it described as the premature attribution of alleged financial irregularities within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to its current leadership. In a statement issued by its convener, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, and Read more…
A former Kaduna State governorship candidate, Hayatuddeen Lawal Makarfi, has said the experience and reform credentials of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai are too valuable for Nigeria to waste because of political differences. Makarfi, who contested the Kaduna Read more…
Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, former Governor of Bayelsa State and National Leader of the New Democratic Congress, has issued a blunt warning to Nigeria’s political establishment, accusing sections of the ruling class of what he calls class suicide through their refusal Read more…
The Sobering Irony of Benue’s Security Crisis It is difficult to escape the painful irony unfolding in Benue State.Only last week, the nation watched in disbelief as youths visibly armed with dangerous objects blocked the convoy of Peter Obi and Read more…
Oil prices rose more than 3% on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline. Brent crude futures rose $3.21, Read more…
Former Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, has explained why he lent his vehicle to the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, during the latter’s recent visit to the state. Ortom, through his media aide, Terver Akase, said Read more…
There has been outrage among Nigerians following the killing of two Nigerian nationals, Bishop Michael Fakunle and James Nwankwo, in separate incidents in South Africa. Fakunle, an indigene of Iye in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was Read more…
President-General of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Leonard Bature Kawas, has defended the involvement of bishops in politics, saying he was never described as a “fake bishop” when he openly supported political leaders in the past. Kawas Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emma Nsoedo The campaign for the Nnewi Federal Constituency took off for Ikenna A Okafor (Ogbuefi Ekenedilichukwu) with a new sense of urgency and purpose as the flag bearer of the Labour Party. The candidate, who is determined Read more…