Politics

Suspended Rivers State House of Assembly has backed the declaration of state of emergency on the state by President Bola Tinubu, who removed the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Nma Odu, from office. The…

The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has said she is not bothered about the attempts to have her constituents recall her from the Senate. The suspended legislator spoke through her media aide, Israel…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state, describing it as an assault on democracy that must be condemned in the strongest terms. The former vice president, who reacted…

In the wake of a deepening political crisis in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who was suspended from office following a declaration of a state of emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged the people of the state to…

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, says the Nigerian senate is like a “cult”. She added that senators do not express contrary views in the upper chamber for fear of retaliation. Akpoti-Uduaghan was…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai following his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and his call for opposition leaders to join him, dismissing it as an act of…

The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Jandor made the announcement on Monday during a…

Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has alleged that Nigerian security officials are planning to arrest her upon her return to Nigeria. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan claimed the move is linked to her participation in the…

Ahead of the 2027 general polls, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has declared support for Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Mohammed, who received the 2023 LP presidential candidate at the Government House on Thursday said he was…

Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to popularise it among Nigerians. Buhari said this in a statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu on Thursday. “I am an…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday appealed to members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to consider the interest of the people of the state and embrace peace to resolve the political impasse in South-South state. “It is…

Following the crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly, President Bola Tinubu met with the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa and other aggrieved lawmakers behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,…

Amid the speculations about possible defections to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on Policy Communication, has said that politicians joining the party will soon begin to fight.…

The complaint laid by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the United Nations Inter parliamentary conference in New York on Tuesday has continued to attract reactions. The Kogi Lawmaker had taken her case before the global institution…

The immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says heaven will not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeaches his successor Siminalayi Fubara. At a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, the Minister…