Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tackled Peter Obi over the perceived disparaging comment he made about Nigeria at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. The Lagos Governor said Obi lacks the moral right to talk about poverty in Nigeria. During his recent engagement at Johns Hopkins University, the 2023 Labour Party Presidential…
A former presidential spokesperson for the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that forming a coalition is the opposition’s only chance to defeat President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. Okonkwo, a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, expressed confidence that the coalition would be formed, though he could not specify…
The Senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has asked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State to leave “old habits” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) behind as he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Following Oborevwori’s defection, Nwoko, in a statement addressed to the governor, advised him to ensure his move to the APC…
The suspended Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), has issued a sarcastic and satirical apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reigniting discussions about gender dynamics and power struggles within Nigeria’s legislative chambers. In a letter dripping with biting irony, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan offered what could be described…
A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, says he has lost hope in the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, adding that he doesn’t believe the President can achieve anything significant before May 2027. Lukman was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akanda, a socio-political…
Niger Delta ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo has urged the Northerners to let President Bola Tinubu complete eight years in office just like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who comes from the North. Tompolo, who spoke on Arise Television amid Atiku Abubakar’s campaign for coalition against Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election, said he doesn’t…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore alarmists over threat to democracy in the country. In a press release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the President said democracy is strong and alive in the country. Onanuga told Nigerians to ignore alarmists who are only…
The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, has predicted that National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, will emerge as the next president of Nigeria after the two-term tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2031. Speaking in an interview with Daily Sun newspaper, Ayodele forecasted that Ribadu would take…
Last week’s defections of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, predecessor in office, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and their supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, increased concerns that Nigeria is headed for a one-party state. In this interview, one of the founding fathers of…
A former Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Office of the Vice President, Hakeem Baba Ahmed, has written President Bola Tinubu to ask him to “step aside (in 2027) not for your opponents but for a generation of Nigerians who can carry the nation forward with fresh energy and ideas”. The letter: Your Excellency,…