The President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, has spoken for the first time since an attempted coup on Sunday. Speaking on national television, Talon assured citizens that “the situation is totally under control.” He blamed the failed takeover on “a Read more…
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed its plan to conduct state congresses and eventually a national convention to elect party officials at the state and national Read more…
Over a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin Republic following a failed coup attempt, including the suspected ringleaders of the foiled operation, according to military and security sources who spoke to AFP on Sunday. A military source said 13 Read more…
The Federal Government has secured the release of 100 pupils abducted on November 21 from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in the Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The successful rescue of the 100 children Read more…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to elements within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who joined from other political parties, accusing them of attempts to undermine the party’s future. Speaking on Sunday Read more…
Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at ending Read more…
The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the 16 members of the Rivers State of Assembly who announced their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, saying their action Read more…
Senate President Chief Godswill Akpabio has clarified that the fresh persistence use of social media led to his bringing N40Bn defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a statement issued by his media office, the Senate President said contrary to Read more…
Donald Trump made an embarrassing admission about peace talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, after they ended yet again in failure. “I don’t know what the Kremlin is doing,” the 79-year-old president told reporters in the Oval Office, the day after Read more…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition has yet to resolve questions on zoning and the rotation of key offices. The former Anambra governor, who Read more…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) said she is ready to prove her sexual harassment case against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. She said this in response to a N200 billion defamation suit filed against her by the Senate President, Read more…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has attributed the defection of the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker and 15 other lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to internal factionalism raging within Read more…