Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for his political appointments. The legislator described the appointments as violations of the constitutional provision for federal character. Speaking on Arise TVās Prime Time on Monday, Ndume said Tinubuās appointments have not reflected the diversity mandated by section 14(3) of the 1999 constitution. āThe…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), on Monday hosted suspended Rivers assembly lawmakers in the United Kingdom. In a video shared on X, Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to the minister, said the lawmakers, āwho are in the UK for legislative capacity buildingā, were hosted to…
Captain Ibrahim TraorĆ©, Burkina Fasoās interim leader, has dismissed the notion that democracy is a prerequisite to development. TraorĆ© said it is difficult to pinpoint a country whose development is attributable to democracy as a system of government. According to him, it is false to believe any country has developed under a democratic system. The…
Edo Speaker Blessing Agbebaku (Owan West constituency) and Deputy Maria Edeko (Esan Northeast II) on Monday survived the leadership change in the Assembly. The Speaker and Deputy are of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is now in the majority. The representative of Egor constituency in the…
The protracted leadership crisis in the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Monday as the two opposing parties summoned separate National Executive Council (NEC) meetings on the way forward after last Fridayās Supreme Court judgement on the matter. While the Barrister Julius Abure-led party leadership has summoned a NEC meeting currently ongoing in Abuja at the…
Officers of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday morning fired teargas at protesters gathered at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The protesters who are members of the āTake It Back Movementā were greeted by heavy police presence when they gathered at the protest venue as early as 9am….
Former governors of Abia and Enugu states, Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Senator Shehu Sani and ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, are among those nominated for ambassadorial appointment by the federal government. Vanguard gathered that they were among those being screened by security agents, pending the release of the list. Recall that…
A longlist of notable politicians including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi are in talks to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). This is according to the SDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election Adewole Adebayo. Adebayo said Atiku and Obiās men are in talks for…
Senator Neda Imasuen, who represents Edo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), has praised President Bola Tinubu for his courageous leadership, saying the south deserves to retain the presidency in 2027. Speaking during an interactive session with journalists over the weekend in Benin City, the Edo state capital, Imasuen said…
Dr. Tope Fasua, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Economic Affairs, has highlighted the complexities of poverty measurement while defending the value of the naira in local terms, comparing the cost of living in Nigeria with that of the United States. Speaking on the MicOnPodcast with Seun Okinbaloye, Fasua argued that many Nigerians…