A cross the North, there is a growing anxiety among members of the political class as regards the choice of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s running mate in 2027. While some political groups in the region are at home with the continuation Read more…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has expressed delight over the recent comment made by Garba Shehu, former spokesperson of former President Muhammadu Buhari, which the group said has vindicated its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was pilloried for revealing the Read more…
By Onyebuchi Okoye As Anambra State marches resolutely towards the pivotal 2025 gubernatorial election, the choice before its citizens transcends partisan affiliations or transient political sentiments. What now lies at stake is not merely the question of who will sit Read more…
Brokering a truce will be difficult but realistic, Kirill Budanov said A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine must be reached by the end of the year, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with Bloomberg Read more…
Lauretta Onochie, former Special Assistant (SA) to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that Nigeria’s incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, did not support Buhari’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. Buhari, a two-term president Read more…
Presidential hopefuls under the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) will sign a pact to support whoever emerges as the party’s presidential candidate, LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered yesterday.This is an agreement reached in principle by the contenders, who will, however, have to Read more…
The presidency has said that Vice President Kashim Shettima’s comment at a book launch was not about the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. During the launch of ‘OPL 245: The Inside Story of the $1.3 Billion Oil Block,’ Read more…
The Labour Party(LP) governorship candidate for November 8 Anambra guber polls, Dr George Moghalu has promised to give the state a quality and qualitative governance. Chief Moghalu made the pledge at All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha on Friday during the flag Read more…
The Senate on Thursday called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Agunwa Anaekwe, in recognition of his distinguished service to the nation and his role in strengthening democratic governance. The Read more…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the duly Read more…
The Senate has named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during Thursday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on Read more…
The interim national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, alongside other party leaders, have met with the chairmen of the party across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The meeting was attended by Read more…