Politics

Ahead of the proclamation of the 10th National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu will meet opposition Senators and House of Representatives members on Monday. Although the agenda for discussion cannot be officially ascertained yet, it is believed it would be centered around the the quest to firm up a harmonious relationship between the Executive and Legislature as well as fine-tuning the ...

The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government on the decision to remove petrol subsidy. The Governors, who were elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed their support during a courtesy call on President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the Governors voiced their concern over the sudden ...

The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has denied he is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday. Wike met Tinubu along with his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde and a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. However, the chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted ...

President Bola Tinubu on Friday hosted former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. Ibori, who governed Delta between 1999 and 2007 when Tinubu was governor of Lagos, arrived at Aso Rock Presidential Villa, around 4:25pm. He was accompanied by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and ex-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers. The ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of outgoing Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as Chief of Staff (CoS), and Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar has called its first witness who narrated how he was forced to sign results of the election in Kogi State. The witness, Capt. Joe Agada (retd) said he was the state collation agent of the PDP during the disputed election. Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu ...

Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel has disclosed that God delivered him when his successor, Ibikunle Amosun dragged him to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Ogun-East Senator-elect, lamented that Amosun dragged him to EFCC despite being his friend. Featuring on Arise Television, Daniel said: “Amosun has long been my friend. He was one of the people who ...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has backed the current administration of President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy describing it as a bold and positive step. The National Secretary of the SDP, Dr Olu Agunloye, made the remark in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. President Bola Tinubu announced on May 29, after his swearing-in ceremony, the ...

The All Progressives Congress’ anointed candidates for the position of speaker and deputy speaker for the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and Benjamin Kalu, respectively, yesterday met behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is coming on the heels of the inauguration of the 10th leadership of the National Assembly slated for ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has claimed that President Bola Tinubu has changed the trajectory of leadership in the country within three days in office. In a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, Garba described Tinubu as a decision master for ordering the enforcement of removal of fuel subsidy. He also listed the ...