Category: Politics
“I was offered N100m to step down,” reveals the 33-year-old teacher who ended Yobe Speaker’s ambition for a sixth term
28 Mar 2023
Lawan Musa Majakura, a 33-year-old volunteer teacher who defeated Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, in the recently concluded Governorship and State Assembly elections, claims he was offered N100 million to resign. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate received 6,648 votes, defeating All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Ahmed Lawan, who […]
Continue ReadingBreaking: G5 Governors and Atiku Clash over Campaign
28 Mar 2023
The Peoples Democratic Party’s post-election crisis took a new turn on Monday, when a Benue State High Court in Makurdi barred Senator Iyorchia Ayu from posing as the party’s national chairman. The restraining order marked a resumption of hostility between a group supporting PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and five governors who refused to campaign […]
Continue ReadingI don’t have any job than to fight with you- Wike to ayu
28 Mar 2023
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared to Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who has been suspended by his political unit in Benue State that the fight against him in the party has just started. The governor stated that it has now become unthinkable to allow any […]
Continue ReadingTrouble looms as UK considers sanction against FFK over hate speech
28 Mar 2023
A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, may face Visa sanction from the United Kingdom (UK) Government following his alleged inciting comments against the Igbo ethnic group, which triggered violence against mostly members of the Igbo ethnic group during the March 18 Governorship and State […]
Continue ReadingKeep your dirty noses off Nigeria- FFK to British Envoy
28 Mar 2023
Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, New Media sub-committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has reacted to criticism from the United Kingdom over controversial comments he made during the electoral season. Ben Llewellyn-Jones, British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, during an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Sunday, faulted the APC presidential campaign council’s […]
Continue Reading“I urge Nigerians to pray for and support our newly elected president” – Tinubu’s daughter
27 Mar 2023
Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President-elect Bola Tinubu, asks Nigerians to support and pray for her father so that he can govern the country effectively. On Saturday, she stated this at the 28th annual Ramadan Lecture and Special Prayer for the Nation organized by the Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADSN) in Abuja. The event, titled […]
Continue ReadingPDP suspends party national chairman
27 Mar 2023
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu has been suspended by the party. The suspension of Dr. Ayu was effected by the Ward Executive of the party in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. Addressing the media Sunday, on behalf of Kashi Philip, the Ward […]
Continue ReadingWike invites Tinubu to commission projects in Rivers State
27 Mar 2023
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he is inviting the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to the state to inaugurate projects constructed by his administration. Wike spoke on Wednesday during a media chat with journalists in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers. The governor said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the March 18 governorship […]
Continue ReadingSanwo-olu orders the payment of N5m to Uber driver
27 Mar 2023
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor in a statement on Saturday said he had “directed the Honorable […]
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