•Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai The Kaduna chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has disowned former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognised member of the party. Recall that the founding member of the All Progressives Congress(APC) recently dumped the ruling party for the SDP, reports The Nation. Th...
•Acting national chairman, Umar Damagum The internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified as the National Working Committee (NWC), led by acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, disowned the factional South-South Zonal Congress organised by allies of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. The congres...
•Oba of Benin, Ewuare II The Palace of Oba of Benin has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). The foregoing is contained in a statement issued by Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, yesterday. […]
•Franklin Nwadialo Anambra State government has washed its hands off the case of the newly elected chairman of Ogbaru LGA, Franklin Nwadialo, arrested in Texas, United States (US), for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. The state government said it cannot speak for him as he’s not a government appointee, reports The Nation. The [&h...
The Anambra State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has disassociated itself from participating in the state local government council elections scheduled for September 28, 2024. In a statement jointly signed by Hon. Chinwuba Chidi, Chairman of Labour Party, Anambra East Local Government Council, and Hon. Aghadiuno Onyeka, Secretary of the Labou...
•Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure The Labour Party has been plunged into further turmoil as the Julius Abure-led faction disowns the newly appointed caretaker chairman, Nenadi Usman. Despite a previous Court of Appeal judgment affirming Abure as national chairman, the Labour Party National Convention constituted a caretaker committ...
•Ooni and his self-acclaimed son The palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, yesterday, disowned a claim by a man in a viral video, who said the monarch was his father. A statement by the monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, said the man in the viral video engaged in an act of impersonation, noting […]
•Protesting lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) today, disclaimed a protest by lawyers over what they called the illegal approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in handling its allegations against former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello. The no fewer than 500 legal practitioners from across the country yesterday, s...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives minority caucus, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) caucus, have disowned the Coalition of Opposition lawmakers in the House. The minority caucus, in a statement signed signed by its leaders, including Kingsley Chinda, minority leader; Ali Madaki,deputy leader; Ali Isah J.C, mi...
•Daniel Bwala and Atiku The Media Office of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, today, said Daniel Bwala was a spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2023 polls, and not a former aide to the ex-vice president. “Bwala offered his services and support to the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation as a sp...

