Politics

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday recalled how he once challenged the former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, and told him that he failed to make history. Babangida, former military dictator, ruled Nigeria from 1985 to 1993. He…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, says Nigeria is worse off when compared to the late ’80s and early ’90s. The former governor of Anambra spoke after attending the launch of ‘A…

Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday jokingly remarked that President Bola Tinubu was now celebrating with his former tormentors. Osinbajo spoke during the public presentation of former military president Ibrahim…

Thirty-two years after his controversial annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Nigeria’s former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, admitted for the first time that the late philanthropist and democracy hero Moshood…

Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, has reacted to reports that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) seized firearms in his office. Obasa said the allegation is the handiwork of his…

Mojisola Meranda, speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, has denied reports claiming she resigned from her position. Speculation about Meranda’s resignation began after an online report suggested she had stepped down. A…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the political elites in Nigeria will act better when citizens reject wrong things. Jonathan spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of ‘Readings on Election Security Management’…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has distanced the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, from the crisis rocking the assembly. This was made known in a statement issued by the House spokesperson, Olukayode Ogundipe, on…

After hours of stand-off between workers at the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex and security officials who manned roads leading to the House, the Speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda, finally gained access to her office and…

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by US Congressman Scott Perry that aborted United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded…

President Bola Tinubu has felicitated with former Kaduna State Governor, on his 65th birthday, eulogising his resourcefulness and brilliance. Tinubu in a statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, described El-Rufai as an…

Governors of the South-West region have agreed to establish a joint surveillance and monitoring team to stem the tide of insecurity in the area. This was part of the resolutions reached by the South-West Governors’ Forum during its…

Embattled former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he won’t opt for exile despite the many rumours that he might be arrested and tortured by the Bola Tinubu administration. El-Rufai, who has been embroiled in a battle of…

Contrary to the narrative in some quarters, the Supreme Court verdict on the appeal by the Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara against Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly does not have anything to do with who is the authentic…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, said his support for President Bola Tinubu’s election in 2023 was never to gain any favour in return. El-Rufai was an integral member of the Northern governors in the ruling…