Politics

Qatari foreign minister calls for reduction in tensions with Tehran, dialogue between Iran and GCC nations. Qatar is calling on the United States and Iran to engage in “positive” discussions as negotiators are set to begin a fourth and potentially decisive round of indirect talks to try to revive the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly suspended Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Ms Bala-Usman, an ally of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was first appointed as the NPA MD in 2016. Confirming the suspension to newsmen, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said the development was to …

There is no end in sight to rift between members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) backing Governor Kayode Fayemi and loyalists of the party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu in Ekiti State. Although the duo are yet to declare their ambition of contesting the party’s presidential ticket, analysts say they …

Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have visited Cross River to resolve the crisis in the state chapter of the party. Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, led his colleagues in Delta and Enugu States, Ifeanyi Okowa and Ifeanyi …

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that combating banditry and kidnapping are not part of the duties of the federal government.   The Minister made the comment while reacting to PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus’s call for President Muhammadu Buhari to sit up and tackle the challenges headlong.   Secondus who …

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP is considering the trio of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Governor Aminu Tambuwal as potential flagbearer of the party’s 2023 presidential ticket Daily independent reports. In October 2018, the trio competed for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket during primaries …

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has warned soldiers and politicians against carrying out a coup in the country.   The warning was given after senior lawyer, Robert Clarke called for handing over of power to the military for the purpose of restructuring.   However in a statement released by its spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu, …

A former governor of Lagos state and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has stated that those calling for division should stop it because the country is better together. While he was Speaking at the Special Ramadan Prayer, “Tafsir” Lecture, held at the Lagos House, …

Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Fr Ejike Mbaka has urged the All Progressives Congress, APC to immediately execute their threat of reporting him to the Pope. His response comes just days after Yekini Nabena, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC threatened the cleric for asking President …

The former Head of State appears to have substituted rustiness for younger professionalism, as the plot to return power to the South West in 2023 thickens. As the polity towards 2023 heats up, former President Olusegun Obasanjo appears to have substituted rustiness for younger professionalism, as the plot to return …