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The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his huge entourage to the ongoing COP28 Climate Change Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Atiku said Tinubu turned the global change summit into an ‘Owambe’ all-comers jamboree with his large entourage. In a statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, Atiku said Tinubu did ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has querried President Bola Tinubu over his bloated delegation of 1,411 individuals to the Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the PDP, the delegation is reportedly brimming with his cronies, political minions and their mistresses at huge expense to the nation. National Publicity Secretary of the party said this ...

The Ondo State Government has denied allegations that the signature of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was being forged by certain persons in order to loot the state treasury. The commissioner for information and orientation in Ondo State, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju dismissed this allegation while briefing newsmen after the over-five-hour State Executive Council meeting held in Akure on Thursday. Ondo state deputy ...

Deputy Governor of Ondo State and the vice chairman of the State Executive Council, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has presided over the state exco meeting in Akure, the state capital. The exco meeting is coming after months of political wrangling between the deputy governor and loyalists of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Recall that President Bola Tinubu summoned the warring factions to a ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to reject the N27.5 trillion budget proposed by President Bola Tinubu for the 2024 fiscal year. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Politico.ng had reported that  President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented a budget of N27.5 trillion for the 2024 ...

The Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, has expressed worries at the dwindling image and increasing loss of confidence in the judiciary by Nigerians. Rising from its monthly meeting at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun state, the group in a communique signed by its national leader Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Secretary General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, lamented that it has great implications for the ...

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has called on President Bola Tinubu to review the appointments of the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Jega said Tinubu should review their appointments due to concerns that some of the RECs are partisan. About a month ago, Tinubu had nominated 10 RECs, with the Senate confirming their ...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State believes Nigerians should be patient with President Bola Tinubu’s government which, according to him, inherited an “almost comatose” administration. Governor Abiodun is optimistic the country would be better off in the long run, and as such, Nigerians should be patient with the Tinubu government. “The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has been very bold ...

Barring last-minute change of mind, Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Bako Lalong, is set to resign his position in President Bola Tinubu administration just a few months after his appointment. An indication to that effect emerged on Thursday when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented a Certificate of Return to Lalong as the rightful winner of the Plateau ...

Following the political crisis rocking Ondo State over the continued feud between Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Aiyedatiwa, the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and some elders in Ondo State have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the situation. Fasoranti, who led other elder statesmen under the aegis of Ondo State Elders and Leaders, disclosed ...