Monday, 02 March, 2026

Category: Politics


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi Obi of Nnewichi, Obi George Onyekaba Obidiugwu and the community Board of Trustees have debunked claims that they collected the sum of Twenty Million Naira to ensure that the Chairmanship slot is micro-zoned to Abubor Nnewichi Read more…


The US president’s methods do not quite align with Russia’s approach to a multipolar world, the Kremlin spokesman has said Europe is currently led by a “weak generation” of politicians unable to withstand US President Donald Trump’s “assertiveness,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi Hon.Augustine Ejibendu, an Aspirant for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chairmanship ticket has pledged that his administration will be fair, just and equal to all zones in Idemili South, if given the opportunity. Ejibendu, the Read more…


Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his Kano State counterpart, Abba Yusuf, are facing uncertainty over their chances of securing second-term tickets in the All Progressives Congress, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Fubara has formally defected to the APC, while Yusuf is expected to Read more…


Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as inconsequential the growing speculation surrounding a possible joint presidential ticket involving former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi and former Kano State Governor and national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Read more…


The Deputy National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Prince Nweze Onu, has condemned the resignation of Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabiru Yusuf, from the party, describing the move as a betrayal of the voters who brought him Read more…


Succession battles in states where second-term governors are serving out their tenure are intensely raising the political temperature ahead of party primaries officially scheduled for the latter part of the year. The incumbency endgame unfolding across the states signals the end Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Former spokesperson of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) Company, Col. Osigwe has on Saturday, January 24, 2026 formally declared his interest in contesting the Nnewi North Chairmanship election on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Read more…


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassador-designates out of the 68 confirmed by the Senate last December. The approvals were conveyed in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, dated Read more…


Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing protracted internal crises and the need to protect the overall interest of the people of the State. The resignation was disclosed Read more…


Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of Georgia, a state in the United States. Kanu is currently serving a life prison sentence at the Sokoto Prison after he was convicted on Read more…


President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Greenland’s ownership was not Russia’s concern and that the United States and Denmark – whose historical treatment ​of the island he criticised – should sort the matter out between themselves. Moscow has watched Read more…