Politics

  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has told reporters “there will be news” after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Emefiele’s visit to the Villa came a day after Buhari directed all appointees with elective ambitions in 2023 to resign on or before Monday, May …

At least four serving ministers under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration have resigned following the directive from their principal on Wednesday. They are Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister for Transport, Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, and Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology. …

    Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has resigned his appointment. President Buhari during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting had ordered all members of his cabinet seeking elective offices in the 2023 election to quit before May 16.   According …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told Southeast leaders that the court will determine the fate of pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Buhari, during a meeting with the South-East leaders, including the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo at the Government House, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, called on the South-East leaders to allow the ongoing …

The Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, is the latest entrant into the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. Akpabio threw his heart in the ring at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, Akwa Ibom state, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. He’s set to run on the platform of the All Progressives …

Following his declaration for the 2023 presidency, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says his presidential ambition is not a betrayal of his political associate, Bola Tinubu. Following his declaration for the 2023 presidency, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says his presidential ambition is not a betrayal of his …

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi will formally declare his intention to run for the position of President of the country tomorrow in Abuja. The Wednesday’s declaration, tagged “Unveiling My Nigeria Agenda”, is the climax of the Governor’s extensive consultations across the geo-political zones in …

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayodele Fayose has disclosed that his government will appoint a Minister for Stomach Infrastructure if he becomes Nigeria’s President. The former Ekiti State Governor said this to newsmen after presenting himself before the Presidential Screening Committee of the PDP …

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, will begin a Ramadan solidarity visit to three West Africa countries, Nigeria, Senegal and Niger beginning on Saturday, expecting to be in Nigeria on Tuesday. Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, told newsmen on Friday in New York that Guterres would visit the countries for …

The Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the disqualification of two presidential aspirants on its platform. This was disclosed to journalists in Abuja on Friday, April 28, 2022, by the Chairman of the committee, Senator David Mark. The two aspirants were among the 17 others that presented …