Category archives: Politics

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has issued a warning to the National Assembly regarding the recent disclosure that Nigerian Senators receive a monthly “running cost” allowance of ₦21 million. The increase from the previous ₦14 million has been labeled by Falana as both “illegal and contemptuous.” Falana referred to […]

Nigerians have reacted angrily to comments made by Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who claimed that the APC would overtake Abia State from Governor Alex Otti in the 2027 elections. Kalu’s statements, both public and private, have been perceived as a direct challenge to Otti’s administration and have ignited a firestorm […]

Former Nigerian senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo has confirmed the substantial earnings of members of the Nigerian Senate, sparking further debate on the cost of governance in the country. In a recent interview with Arise TV, Abbo, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District, disclosed that while serving as a senator, he earned ₦14.4 million monthly. However, […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the application filed by Yakubu Muritala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, regarding the recent Kogi State gubernatorial election. Ajaka had petitioned the court under appeal SC/CV/654/2024, requesting that the Supreme Court delay its decision until a full panel could hear a specific issue raised in his appeal. He […]

The Imo State Government has firmly dismissed circulating posters suggesting that Governor Hope Uzodinma is being considered as the running mate to All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, for the 2027 presidential election. The government labeled these claims as “fake, malicious, and aimed at causing disaffection” between Governor Uzodinma and President Bola […]

The seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets in Paris, including a recently purchased Airbus A330, has sparked reactions from two former Ogun State governors, Ibikunle Amosun and Gbenga Daniel. The jets were confiscated following a legal dispute involving Zhongfu International Investment Co. Ltd, a Chinese company whose contract was terminated by the Ogun State government […]

Former Kano State Governor and current APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, has addressed the circulation of a 2027 presidential campaign poster featuring him alongside Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, as his running mate. Ganduje, speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, dismissed the poster as a malicious creation by mischief-makers, possibly linked to the […]

Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have accused the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, and the party’s National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, of conspiring to undermine the party by aiding defected former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly in an alleged plot to impeach Rivers State […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has firmly denied rumors suggesting that there is an active plan to remove the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, from office. Speculation has circulated that President Bola Tinubu might be considering offering Ganduje an ambassadorial role to ease him out of the country amid his ongoing corruption trial. However, some […]

On August 16, 2024, at 12:37 PM, by Enioluwa Adeniyi The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the orders issued by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, which had barred three prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from attending the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings. The PDP leaders affected […]