Politics

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 …

The Imo chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the murder of Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former presidential aide, as unconscionable and despicable. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Owerri signed by the state APC chairman, Mr Marcillinus Nlemigbo. Condemning the act, Nlemigbo said that the …

Chief Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 2020 Governorship Election in Edo on Monday congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki, on his victory at the Supreme Court. Ize-Iyamu in a letter to the governor said that Friday’s judgment of the apex court has put an end to the …

Renowned anti-corruption crusader, Maj. Gen Ola Ishola-Williams (retd) has declared that imposing a state of emergency on the nation will not solve insecurity and other challenges currently facing the nation. Making the assertion in an interview with TUNDE THOMAS, the retired General regretted that nothing has changed in the polity under the …

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has vowed to ensure all services were withdrawn nationwide, should the Federal Government proceed to effect the 300 percent increase in fuel price, proposed by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). This came as the Congress warned that further threats and punitive actions against workers by …