Category: POLITICS

All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has adopted indirect primary system to pick its governorship candidate for the November 8, Anambra governorship election. The party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basir disclosed his while addressing newsmen at the end of its NWC meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Speaking on the Primary coming up on April 5,2025, Basir said…

Tom Ikimi-led disciplinary committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recommended the expulsion of the party’s embattled national secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, from the party. A letter signed by Ikimi and dated March 10, 2025, which was received by office of the PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, on Wednesday, March 12, revealed that…

As political crisis in Rivers State deepens, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to call former Rivers State Governor and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to order for peace to reign in the South-South state. George,, said rhetorics coming from Wike on the Rivers…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released voters’ register for the Local Government elections scheduled for August 9,2025 in Rivers stater.  Commissioner in charge of  Media and Civic Education at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Tamunotonye Tobins, disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said  with the release of the voters’ register,…

South-South Governors’ Forum has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s  declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The president on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers in response to the crisis in the oil-rich state. He also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the state House…

A political group, African Coalition for Democracy (ACD) has strongly condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers state, Nigeria , , describing it as a blatant disregard for democratic principles and the rule of law. The ACD said the move, which suspended Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers governor, and other elected officials, is a…

Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives has adopted sections 11(4) and (5) of the Constitution, 1999 (As amended), which provides for the National Assembly to take over the lawmaking functions of a State House of Assembly if deemed necessary to restore order and governance in the state.This was one of the amendments made to the State…

…I rededicate myself to PDP. I will make sure PDP be ones a winning machine in Enugu – Edeoga Former Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections Rt. Hon.Chijioke Edeoga, has formerly returned to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), attributing his return to Governor Peter Mbah”s good governance…

Federal House of Representatives members representing Igbo-Eze North/Udenu federal constituency, Rt. Hon Dennis Agbo, and Igbo-Eze South/Nsukka federal constituency, Hon Mark Chidi Obetta, as well as Hon Malachi Onyechi, who represents Nsukka West state constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, from the Labour Party (LP) , Thursday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party….

Former lawmakers comprising the former national assembly members, states assembly and councillors, under the auspices  of the Nigerian Former Legislators Forum, NFLF, Saturday, held it’s maiden summit in Enugu ,seeking collaboration with government , serving legislators,and  the  civil society organisations (CSOs)to harness their wealth of experience in  national development. At the maiden summit with the…