•Atiku, Tinubu and Trump A Washington-based lobbying firm engaged by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says it has begun sharing documents relating to a long-running United States forfeiture case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with officials of the Donald Trump administration, members of Congress and congressional staff. The firm, Vo...
Chieftains and leaders of APC in Lagelu council of Oyo State have rejected outcome of the congress in the area. The position was conveyed in a petition to the state chairman, reports The Nation. Signatories include Chief Ajuwon Olusegun (Ward 2), Mrs Jemilat Ajimobi (Ward 4), Alhaji Chazali Ajani (Ward 1), Fadiran Ilelabayo (Ward 12), [&hellip...
•US Congress A lobbying firm in the United States, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., has stated that it will brief congressional leadership and senior members of the U.S. National Security Council on the alleged weaknesses displayed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in safeguarding free, fair, and credible elections. The fi...
•US Capitol building The US government began shutting down today after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. Republicans and Democrats immediately blamed each other for the deadlock that will impact hundreds of thousands of gover...
•Governor Makinde of Oyo State The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced its state congress in Ibadan, the Capital city of the state, with Governor Seyi Makinde casting the first vote to kick off the electoral process. Governor Makinde, who serves as the number one delegate from Ibadan North East […]
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump yesterday secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive. The bill underlined the president’s dominance over the Republican Party, which had been wracked by misg...
Kamorudeen Ajisafe has been returned unopposed as the Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West during the party’s zonal congress. The congress was held yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, reports The Guardian. Ajisafe was re-elected with 661 votes in what party stakeholders described as a consensus-driven process. De...
No fewer than four leaders have signified their intentions to contest for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State in the forthcoming state congress of the party. It was gathered that a former acting governor of the state, Tunji Odeyemi; ex-senatorial candidate for Ekiti North in the 2023 general election, Funso...
•Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, on Sunday, conducted an election (congress) to pick delegates that will participate in the party’s February 22 governorship primary. The exercise was, however, trailed by an uproar as nine out of the 11 PDP governorship aspirants boycotted the exercise, report...
The President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has expressed dismay that President Bola Tinubu has refused to caution the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the political crisis the latter has allegedly fuelled in Rivers State. Okaba stated that for the president to remain quiet while Wike was caus...

