The Presidency has said Nigeria is lucky to have President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its leader, describing him as a committed and experienced president determined to end insecurity and promote peaceful coexistence across the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Sunday Dare, stated this in a post on X on Tuesday,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and an unidentified military officer traded words on Tuesday over an alleged land-grabbing incident at the Gaduwa District in Abuja. The tense moment was captured in a video posted online and shows Wike alleging that the officer took possession of a parcel of land. The FCT…
Former Abia State governor and current senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed how recent attempts to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, were thwarted through the collective intervention of some lawmakers. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Senator Kalu confirmed that there were moves within the Senate…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the second time, restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, between November 15 and 16. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring, or recognising the outcome of the Convention, where…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has said that bandits and terrorists in the country are better armed than Nigerian soldiers. Lawal made the remarks on Monday during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television monitored by our correspondent He was commenting on the country’s security situation….
The Federal Government is exploring the possibility of securing the transfer of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a nine-year sentence in a UK prison for organ harvesting. A high-level delegation from Nigeria was dispatched to the United Kingdom on Monday to engage British authorities. The delegation, which met with officials…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs Chioma Wesley, says President Bola Tinubu will not make any pronouncement on the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. She spoke to State House correspondents on Monday after she and three other regional aides briefed…
An erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has responded to the allegation of a Christian genocide in Nigeria made by US President Donald Trump. Appearing on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Lawal said that President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, and a delegation of the All Progressives…
The family of former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari has announced the death of his last surviving wife, Hajiya Saratu Shehu Shagari, at the age of 89. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the eldest son of the former President and Sarkin Mafaran Shagari, Capt. Bala Shagari. He disclosed that Hajiya Saratu…
The crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Monday as some members loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over alleged judicial misconduct by Justice A.L. Akintola of the Oyo State High Court. The petition was written by Hon. Austine…