Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has held a closed-door meeting in Abuja with one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Though the two political figures remain tight-lipped on the reason for the late night meeting, Friday, there are indications that it may not be unconnected with the 2023…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed it won't provide election materials or deploy personnel to 86 polling units located in Anambra state for the upcoming November 6 gubernatorial election. The Chairman, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this announcement at a special consultative meeting with political parties which held in Abuja on Friday. According to…
Popular Nigerian journalist, Dele Momodu has announced his decision to return to active politics by pledging his allegiance to the main opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Momodu, who left active politics shortly after he lost the 2011 presidential election under the platform of the National Conscience Party (NCP), has now re-entered…
Celebrated Nigerian journalist and prolific editor, Ray Ekpu has urged journalists to not throw caution to winds while reporting on conflict. Ekpu, a former editor-in-chief and a co-founder of Newswatch magazine, noted that reporting from conflict areas is often the most dangerous assignment in journalism, urging reporters to always prioritize their safety ahead of the story in…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has dismissed the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Saraki gave the assurance on Tuesday while responding to a question on Arise News, on the possibility of defecting to APC if he fails to clinch the opposition party’s presidential ticket. The…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, says the state is not fighting the Federal Government or any of its agencies over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) as being insinuated in some quarters. Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at a public lecture entitled: “Taxing Powers in a Federal System” to mark the 60th birthday of Mr…
The Abia State Anti-Corruption Network (ASACN) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to order the publication of forensic audit report on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enable the correction of its past mistakes. The network of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Abia released copies of the letter to newsmen at a press…
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday, raised alarm that Nigeria has been infiltrated by some members of a terrorist organisation named Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) based in Turkey. The Turkish president revealed that he received intelligence reports that members of FETO, a terrorist organisation responsible for the deadly coup d'etat of July 2016 in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued the Nigeria Diaspora for Aṣíwájú (NDA), a letter of recognition as one of the support groups within the party. Mr Omọ́gbọ́láhàn Babawale, Nigeria Coordinator of the NDA, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. The NDA is…