Fresh controversy has engulfed the Senate after amendments to its Standing Orders restricted eligibility for presiding offices in the 11th National Assembly to returning ranking senators. The changes triggered constitutional debates, fierce clashes among lawmakers and accusations of political manipulation, Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The second term bid of Hon Nonso Chudi Atuchukwu, member representing Nnewi South 1 constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday got a boost as Obataifeadi Women Group with over six hundred members endorsed his Read more…
The US president said the ceasefire reached last month was “on life support” US President Donald Trump is considering resuming the bombing campaign against Iran as peace talks remain stalled, Axios reported on Monday, citing three US officials familiar with Read more…
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has explained why northern political leaders ‘settled’ for former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, as their preferred figure in a new political alignment for the 2027 presidential contest, while also detailing the emergence Read more…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday described the decision by some opposition figures to insist on zoning the presidency to Southern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections as “self-defeating” and “intellectually dishonest,” warning that competence and national unity should take Read more…
Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed why he decided to form an alliance with former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Read more…
Senators-elect who fail to take their oath of office within 14 legislative days from the inauguration of a new Senate risk losing their seats under the amended Senate Standing Orders. This was even as the Senate retained the controversial provision Read more…
The Labour Party has acknowledged that the exit of its former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, dealt a significant blow to the party, describing him as a major force whose departure left a huge vacuum. Speaking on Monday during an interview Read more…
Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the Iran war via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, but U.S. President Donald Trump quickly rejected it in a social media post as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — the latest setback to efforts to Read more…
Senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, has insisted that former Anambra State governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is fully committed to leaving office after serving only one term of four years if elected president. Read more…
There appears to be uncertainty over the future of embattled governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, as he appeared and angrily stormed out of the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee in Abuja on Sunday afternoon. The Read more…
The Nigerian Democratic Congress and the ruling All Progressives Congress traded words on Saturday after the NDC zoned its presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections to the South, a move widely seen as a deliberate attempt to weaken incumbent Read more…