Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has pleaded with Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to sheath their swords and give peace a chance. Mrs Jonathan, who was commenting on the political crisis in Rivers State, advised that it is time for governance. She said: “We at this point plead ...

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the security situation in the North under President Bola Tinubu has improved when compared to what was obtainable during the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari. Sani observed that terrorists attacked several schools in the north during Buhari’s administration but the reserve was the case under Tinubu’s government. Speaking during the 40th ...

The National Youth Leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Auwal Musa, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of politically witch-hunting the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Musa said the EFCC has no justification to probe Kwankwaso. Speaking with newsmen, the youth leader said investigating an ‘honest and hardworking’ person like Kwankwaso will only amount to ...

Former First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan says if she is requested to return to the presidential villa to function as Nigerian First Lady, she would decline. In a viral video clip, Mrs Patience, who spoke on Friday at a public function, said “the stress of Nigeria is too much”, stressing that she looks younger than when she was in office. ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday explained that the tenure of the current local government and council chairmen will end in June 2026 and not 2025. To this end, Yakubu explained that INEC will not conduct local council elections in 2025. Yakubu said the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 (As Amended) with ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it would be difficult for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The party’s acting national chairman, Umar Damagum, said this while inaugurating the PDP National Campaign Councils for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, how ...

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the transfer of the cases challenging the defection of the 25 state lawmakers in Rivers State from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tsoho ordered that the cases be transferred from Federal High Court 4, Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice ...

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has slammed Shehu Sani and a senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, over their opinions on the current administration. Wike, Ozekhome and Sani were under the same roof as dignitaries at This Nigeria Annual Lecture and Gold Prize Award, 2024, held in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of uninterrupted democracy. ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday affirmed Prince Yusuf Kadari, SAN, as the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the LP was within its rights when it nominated Kadiri as the running mate to its ...

Former United States, US, president, Donald Trump, has said the policies of President Joe Biden is killing Americans. Trump said Biden has done a poor job in managing the US economy, stressing that the inflation rate is disastrous. He stated this during the US presidential debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, the early hours of Friday. The former president ...