Politics

Governor Nasir El Rufai has said Kaduna state has started implementing its rightsizing policy by disengaging 99 political appointees, but is yet to disengage any state civil servant. The governor disclosed that only agencies connected to the local government system have disengaged staff and these include the 23 local government …

Candidates competing for a presidency that could influence how Iran tackles its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, US sanctions, and an ailing economy. Tehran, Iran – When the polls open on Friday for Iran’s presidential election, four men will be on the ballot, but one enjoys a significant lead over …

Yesterday in Calabar, alongside the Chairman of our great party, Prince Uche Secondus, and other party leaders, it was an absolute pleasure to receive my dear friend, former Governor Donald Duke, back into the People’s Democratic Party!-Bukola Saraki

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum has condemned the current debt profile of the country put at N36 trillion incurred by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government. The forum expressed worry that the Federal Government is gradually plunging Nigeria into bankruptcy with excessive borrowings on frivolous items, adding that …

The deteriorating state of the Nigerian economy and emerging threats to the nation’s social fabric will top the agenda as governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, meet in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘The PDP Governors Forum will meet …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has sent another open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari regarding the country’s current predicament. Obasanjo urged Buhari’s administration to confront the country’s degree of insecurity and herdsmen crisis and take immediate action before it’s too late. If Buhari’s government does not act quickly, four disasters …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become keener because of the recent increase in the number of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The president spoke on Saturday at …

Hundreds of protesters loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari have been sighted marching on the streets of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, as the country marks Democracy Day. This group of pro-Buhari protesters have been sighted at Unity Fountain, Abuja with branded shirts and placards with different inscriptions. Also holding protests are …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari will be the only President to emerge from the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   The party was reacting to the interview granted by the President to Arise TV where he said whoever desires to become …

Like scavenger birds hovering above a decaying carcass, Nigeria’s out-of-job politicians have been gathering all over the country turning the alarming state of insecurity into a politically perfect ploy to short circuit the constitutional schedule and process for 2023 elections with subterfuge summits where mega-party formation is the hidden agenda. …