Nigerian courts now for favour, procurement, not of justice – Obi

Peter Obi | Photo: Channelstv … wants Nigerians to voice out ‘IPAC should question why 90% of our elections end up in courts with huge resources that should be channeled to the people’s welfare being used for litigations’ By Valentine Amanze The Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 general elections, Mr. […]
Soludo under fire for defending Tinubu on economy

Charles Soludo | Photo: Channelstv ‘Your bid to take shield in APC will not retain you in Anambra Government House. You are free to romance with them as much as you like’ By Valentine Amanze Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, is under fire, as critics descend on him for saying that President Bola Tinubu […]
Nigerians should give Tinubu time, says Blessing Nwagba

Dame Blessing Nwagba, PhD, represented Aba North Constituency twice in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and later defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which gave her the platform to contest as the governorship candidate in the 2019 election. Nwagba ran for the Senate in […]
Churches shouldn’t get involved into politics – Nwifuru

Governor Francis Nwifuru | Photo: Nweze Anaga . To return mission schools to owners ‘I have always told people that I am not an ordinary person otherwise how can a former bricklayer, conductor, and motorcycle mechanic become governor of your state within a space of 10 years?’ By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of […]
Zamfara guber poll: Court orders rerun in three LGAs

‘The court held that it was wrong for INEC to rely on information it obtained from its INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal, to collate the final result of the governorship election’ By Peter Eke The drama in the judiciary over the 2023 general election result continued on Thursday November 16, 2023, with the Court of […]
Bankruptcy alarm: Obi tasks Tinubu’s govt on prudency

Peter Obi | File Photo .Says alarm contradicts bogus, non-essential expenditures .How much did you inherit from Buhari? ‘A bankrupt country should channel every available resource into funding critical development sectors like security, healthcare, education, and, eradication of poverty by addressing youth unemployment not spending on non-focal areas’ By Valentine Amanze Labour Party (LP) Presidential […]
Tambuwal congratulates Diri over election victory

Diri (left) and Tambuwal | Photo: @AWTambuwal .Says PDP remains the party of choice in Bayelsa By Valentine Amanze The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and Sokoto State immediate past governor, Aminu W. Tambuwal, has congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, whom he described as “my dear brother and friend”, for his re-election at […]
Obi cares naturally, says cleric

Peter Obi | File Photo Obi donates N20m to hospital ‘My visit to this hospital today to present this cheque is not politically motivated, but in line with my private lifestyle of investing in the three most critical areas of development, which are health, education, and poverty alleviation’ By Valentine Amanze The Anglican Bishop of […]
INEC has no candidate in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls – Yakubu

Professor Mahmood Yakubu | File Photo . Pledges to ensure a level playing field for all political parties, candidates in the elections By Ibe Nwoko The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the electoral umpire would field no candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in […]
Wike remains my principal – Fubara

Governor Fubara | File Photo ‘My oga remains my oga. Whatever that has happened is in the past. I have not sent anybody to malign anybody’ By James Gabriel Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have resolved their differences, with the governor describing […]