Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria to urgently redirect national focus toward critical areas of development, particularly health, education, and poverty alleviation. Obi made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday via X, warning that the country’s worsening poverty levels were a…
Eight members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday announced their defection from their political parties to new ones. Six lawmakers from Delta State formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), while two lawmakers from Enugu State left the Labour Party to join the PDP. Their defection letters were…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Emomotimi Guwor, along with 21 lawmakers, on Monday formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). During plenary, Guwor announced the receipt of 21 letters from members declaring their intention to leave the PDP. Guwor also announced his letter at the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified its position over the ongoing investigation of Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan following widespread public interest and speculation. The Nation reports that VeryDarkMan was arrested in a joint operation by the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force and Economic and Financial Crimes…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State and a close ally to former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may not even contest the 2027 presidential election. Eze said the 2027 election would come with a lot of surprises, especially if the USA…
A 26-year-old man, David Isaiah, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court for the murder of a commercial sex worker, Comfort James. Isaiah was found guilty on a three-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder. The case was presided over by Justice Olalekan Olatawura. Delivering judgment on Monday, the…
The wave of defections from opposition political parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, may have extended to the camp of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala, stated in a television interview that some of Obi’s…
A 20-year-old man, Muhammad Salisu, had allegedly killed his father, Salisu Abubakar, with a machete in the Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Confirming the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Dutse, the state capital on Monday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shi’isu Adam, said the incident occurred around 10…
As the anti-Tinubu coalition, headed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, gathers momentum in the North, elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has said the North alone cannot determine who emerges as president in 2027. This came as the League of Northern Democrats, yesterday, said the mission of the group is not in seizing power but…
The Ondo police command says a mother and her child were crushed to death by a road grader in Ose LGA of Ondo state. Olushola Ayanlade, the police spokesperson in Ondo, said the incident occurred on Monday when a grader working on a road project in the LGA suffered brake failure and rammed into a…