Politics

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, accused mischief makers of printing and circulating 2023 Presidential campaign posters bearing his portrait and that of former Governor of the Central Bank, Chukwuma Soludo. The posters, which surfaced in Abuja on Monday, had Atiku and Soludo’s photographs side by side announcing an …

The Nigerian Government on Monday insisted that social media platform Twitter, would only be restored if a guarantee of responsible usage is given. This was even as the Nigerian government noted that there is no definite timeline for lifting the ban The Nigerian government had last weekend placed an indefinite …

Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission. According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan stated that the reversal takes immediate effect. Former Governor Rauf Aregbesola had …

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has threatened to deal with those making the state ungovernable for him. The Governor accused aggrieved members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the opposition party of fighting his government. Uzodinma said this at the inauguration of a security council at the …

Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka of the Enugu-based Adoration Ministry, is no longer allowed to dabble into matters pertaining to partisan politics from the pulpit, the Catholic Church has decreed. In a letter to Mbaka, Callistus Onaga, Catholic bishop of Enugu diocese, also announced the conversion of the Adoration Ministry to …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come under heavy criticism over his recent threat to kill members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and bury them like vultures. The governor on Tuesday during the commissioning of construction work at the Ahoada Campus of the Rivers State University and the …

THE Federal Government on Wednesday reacted to the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Wednesday by Twitter, saying that Twitter’s mission in Nigeria is “very very suspect.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this while fielding questions from the State House correspondents at the end …

Centrist politician Yair Lapid is due to announce a new coalition that will end Netanyahu’s 12-year rule in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents are finalising a coalition government to end his 12-year rule – the longest by any Israeli premier – before a Wednesday midnight (21:00 GMT) deadline. The union came …

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, says he has not taken a decision or fixed a date for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The clarification became necessary after newsmen  had on Tuesday said a source close to the Governor revealed he had plans to dump the Peoples …

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has declared his intention to contest for president in 2023. Declaring the political ambition via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, Moghalu said he will contest in the 2023 presidential election because Nigerians matter to him. He …