The founder of Tantita Security Services Limited, Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo and the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas on Monday, announced that Niger Delta people will back President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.The ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-NdukweThe Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered a N5 billion bribe to support the impeachment of his principal while serving as Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken about losing the 2015 presidential election.Jonathan has admitted that it was a tough moment in his political life.According to him, it felt as if the whole world was against him.He made the confession in Abuja at the 1st Raymond ...

In early February, Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited New Delhi to meet the South Asian giant’s foreign minister, national security adviser and senior diplomats.The 55-year-old Sri Lankan politician is not in government. National People’s Power, the political alliance he leads, isn’t even ...

Washington, DC – In the United States political circles, conventional wisdom dictates that voters only care about the candidate atop the presidential ticket, not the running mate.While vice presidential picks can play a role in public opinion, voters cast ballots mostly for the headliners ...

The Chamber of Progress, a tech industry coalition, has called on President Joe Biden to support comprehensive crypto regulation, framing it as a crucial step in his administration's bid to engage young voters ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. In a letter on Tuesday, the ...

Rivers State elders and leaders have written an open letter to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, warning him against implementing the resolution reached at a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja to resolve the political crisis in the state.The Rivers elders, in their letter, described the ...

By  Gbenga OloniniranThe Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president.The cleric and politician, during a webinar on Saturday, alleged a series of malpractices during the 2023 ...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has disclosed that in 2018, he attempted to persuade the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) and join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike revealed that he met with Tinubu at his Bourdillon ...

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has promised to provide Nigerian workers with a "living wage" that exceeds the minimum wage. In a statement issued on May 1, 2023, to mark the Workers' Day celebration, Tinubu pledged to prioritize social and economic justice for all Nigerians, including ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment in Nigeria, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he earns a monthly salary of N942,000 after tax and takes no allowance. He made this disclosure during an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today program on Tuesday, April 25, 2017....

The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to cut salaries of workers who skip work on Mondays due to the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East region of Nigeria (Punch, 2022).Governor Soludo issued the ...

The Presidency has released a 90-page fact sheet chronicling the high points of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as it winds down on May 29, 2023. The fact sheet highlights the achievements of the administration in areas such as security, economy, anti-corruption, infrastructure, legislative ...

Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to quickly declare the results of Abia State governorship election held on Saturday to avoid bloodbath in the state.Similarly, Abia State human rights and pro- democracy groups have called on the INEC ...

Ahead of the re-scheduled governorship and state assembly elections, there is apprehension in states where Labour Party, LP, recorded tremendous success at the presidential and National Assembly elections.The anxiety, which is based on the possibility of a repeat of LP’s feat at the polls, has ...

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the peace and security of the state are more important to him than his senatorial bid.Ikpeazu said this in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Umuahia. ...

The United States on Wednesday congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches.Tinubu was declared the winner Tuesday of the February 25 polls in Africa’s most ...

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Wednesday, vowed to reclaim the party’s mandate, noting that he and the LP candidate, Peter Obi, won the election.He made this known in a statement he signed on Wednesday, hours after the Independent Electoral ...

The Senator representing Nothern Senatorial District of Cross River in the National Assembly , Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic party,PDP, has defeated Governor Ben Ayade to clinch the Senate seat.Senator Jarigbe garnered 76,145 to defeat governor Ben Ayade who polled 56, 595 ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won in all the 11 local government areas of Gombe State,In the results declared early Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),, returning Officer for the election, Professor Maimuna ...

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!” was the joyful salutation that ushered in the new year on January 1, 2023. Nigeria joined the rest of the world to utter the common phrase that people used to congratulate one another for witnessing a new year while waving the old year “goodbye”.Oh! what a wonderful night it was ...

The United States President, Joe Biden, on Thursday, told Nigerians to be patient and peaceful while election officers count their votes on election day.In a statement by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, Biden commended political parties and presidential candidates for signing the ...

Chairman of Emuoha Local Government Area, Chidi Llyod and Chief of staff to Governor Nyesom Wike; Emeka Woke yesterday in Ogbakiri for a grassroot sensitization rally.Spot Asiwaju’s logo on his cap.https://twitter.com/topboychriss/status/1628520404720529411?s=46&t=MOrxrki5VDraST8rL0yyiw

Adams Oshiomhole, a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision on the naira redesign policy.Oshiomhole, who said Buhari is on his own following his recent comment on the naira redesign policy last Thursday, also ...

Over 100 clerics and prophets in Rivers State have declared support for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.The religious leaders under the aegis of Rivers Pastors Unite for Tinubu said this after a meeting in Port ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has again said that he has no intention or plan to decamp to the All Progressives Congress, APC.This is despite his stance on zoning the presidency to the South, describing the insinuations that he is dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the APC as ...

The Afenifere National Youth Council has vowed to support the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, to become the President in the February 25 election.The National President of the council, Eniola Ojajuni, on Sunday, said this in Lagos.Ojajuni disclosed that Obi had support of the ...

The Lagos State Government has provided alternative routes ahead of the presidential mega rally of the All Progressives Congress slated for Tuesday in the state.In a statement signed by the General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Bolaji Areagba, on Sunday, the government ...

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has disowned a statement on social media linking him to the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.The social media post also purportedly indicated that the elder statesman described the Peoples Democratic Party’s ...

“I need to have this N70m in hard copy. That is the position of the law and as I speak to you, I don’t have it."A House of Representatives Leader Ado Doguwa says the naira crunch will affect the electioneering expenses of politicians, noting that he needs N70m in “hard copy” for the poll.He ...

Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has said that the introduction of naira redesign policy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reduced significantly the rate of kidnappings in the country.The AGF, in an interview with Radio Nigeria Kaduna, said there were ...

A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council Daniel Bwala said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi is not revolutionary enough to threaten PDP’s chances of winning in the 2023 elections.Bwala made this assertion in an interview on Channels ...

Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, says the survival of Nigeria is tied to Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) winning the presidential election.Adebanjo said this on Thursday in Abuja after a meeting of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) during which ...

More reactions have continued to trail the comment made by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, during his political campaign in the state.Tinubu, during his rally in Uyo, the state capital, ...

As Nigerians countdown to the presidential polls, which will hold in the next 25 days, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Chair of the UN Sustainable Group, Ms Amina J. Mohammed, has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to fail with the 2023 general elections.She also urged ...

Mike Odiegwu, Port HarcourtRivers State Governor clarified yesterday Nyesom Wike that ongoing campaigns in the state for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) precludes the presidential candidate of the opposition party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.The governor said members of the Rivers ...

PDP barks, suspends ex- governor  Nnamani, Fayose's son, othersBabar IgnatiusThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday took decisive step of suspending party members for anti- party activities.The big stick fell on former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani. ...

Buhari had led the APC campaign train to Adamawa, the home state of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to canvass support for the APC candidate.Youths in Adamawa State on Monday took to the streets to wash off what they considered as President Muhammadu ...

The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been released after an “incident” which led to his delay at the London Heathrow airport on Sunday January 8, 2022.This was contained in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday morning by the DAAR Communications ...

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has promised that if elected in next month’s polls, he will see to it that subsidy is removed as planned by the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.Payment of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government is scheduled to end by June ...

Fraud allegations tear group apartThe leader and Chairman, Yoruba self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Professor Wale Adeniran, has resigned as leader of the group, over allegations of fraud and embezzlement pending when necessary investigations are carried out....

THE ongoing face-off between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the G5 governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, is without doubt, one of the biggest political developments of 2022 in Nigeria. It was unforeseen, as was the case with ...

As the world welcomed the new year, 2023, Africa did so differently as there have been key notable dates in the year earmarked to usher in new governments in 24 countries of the continent. According to Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, countries like Nigeria, Gabon, Liberia, ...

By Seye Olumide (Southwest Bureau Chief), Saxone Akhaine (Kaduna), Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt), Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri), Uzoma Nzeagwu (Awka), Odun Edward (Ilorin) and Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi (Jos) • Seek Clear Roadmap To Improve Economy, Food Sufficiency • Buhari Must Tackle ...

…I’m an elephant, I can’t be taken by surpriseThe presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that anyone that plans to stop him from achieving his political ambition, should first make himself the president of Nigeria.The former vice ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba says the police has devised strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians moving on election days with tonnes of cash for vote buying.Baba stated this on Monday in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money on the ...

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I say it again and again....The very day Nigeria's government is ready to wipe out this menace of terrorism, that's the day things will begin to change all around.Have you ever imagined, why we, who are said to be ranked as one of the best land soldiers in the world and couldn't end BH all ...

Regrettably a lot of people are going to be disappointed by the outcome of the 2023 elections. Whoever wins is either going to have some insurmountable hurdles to scale or is going to push us further down the same dark and depressing path. The simple truth is that in order to get any reprieve or ...