A group, Northern Professionals Development Group, has called on the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, to stop all forms of media attacks on President Bola Tinubu’s administration and his Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle. Matawalle, the immediate past governor of the state, has been criticised by the current administration in the state on…
The ruling All Progressives Congress United Kingdom (UK) chapter has reacted to a planned protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in London describing it as a misadventure. The Chairman of the UK chapter of the party, Tunde Doherty said this in a press statement issued on Friday in Lagos. Doherty, who also serves as the…
With less than two months before the end of 2023, there are strong indication that the National Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for this year, may not hold after all It would be recalled that the National Population Commission (NPC) had initially scheduled a census to be conducted in 2022 after the 2006 population…
The issue of godfatherism is not new to Nigerian Politics. Current president Bola Tinubu has always single handedly decides who emerges as governor of Lagos state after completing his two terms Raji Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode were recipients of Tinubu”s dose of godfatherism with Ambode swept aside and yet to recover since then. Former NLC…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Friday warned his ministers not to put their personal ambitions first but to focus on his administration’s effort to pull Nigeria out of poverty. The president gave the admonition at the close of the three-day retreat for ministers, permanent secretaries, presidential aides and other top government officials at the presidential…
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to all candidates participating in the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, as well as the electorate to ensure free and fair elections. The President made the appeal in Abuja during the presentation of the All Progressives Congress’ flags to the standard-bearers in the upcoming elections….
The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court for allegedly appointing a member of his party, the All Progressives Congress as Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The suit was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of the state PDP, Aniekan Akpan and Harrison Ekpo,…
A group the United Action Front of Civil Society has demanded for an apology from President Bola Tinubu over the arrest of the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. The CSO, in a statement made available in Abuja, described the arrest of Ajaero as a bid to thwart what it described as…
Ahead of the November 11 off Cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, President Bola Tinubu has handed the flag of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over to three candidates of the party. The candidates are Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, who is running for a second term; Timipre Sylva for Bayelsa…
A Civil Society Organisation has demanded the release of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission’s custody. Convener of the Coalition of Civil Society for Defence of Human Rights, Yusuf Maje, made this known at a ‘Free Emefiele Rally’ held in Abuja on…
