•LP National Secretary, Umar Farouk Leaders of the Labour Party yesterday arrived in Benin, the Edo State capital over the arrest of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure was arrested yesterday by Police operatives of Zone 5 Benin for attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and related offences, reports Channels TV. Spea...
•Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe A coalition of militant leaders under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA and nine other militant groups in the Niger Delta region have declared support for the governorship aspiration of Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State. According to [&...
•Aerial view of Lagos The Chidi Ibe-led faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed concern over what is described as “the glaring silence exhibited by the Northern governors to the relentless and malicious media attacks by certain Northern groups and political leaders toward the alleged intention of the Federal Government to relocate certain off...
•Tinubu Prominent groups in the Northern states are currently at loggerheads over certain policies of the Bola Tinubu administration seen by some as anti-North. The latest of such policies is the recent move by President Bola Tinubu to relocate some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Lagos from Abuja, the Federal Capital. [&he...
•Asue Ighodalo The leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State have adopted a Lagos-based lawyer, Asue Ighodalo, as their consensus governorship aspirant ahead of the primary election slated for February 22. Ighodalo, while addressing a crowd of supporters in Benin, as part of his ongoi...
•Dr Chimezie Okwuonu The Immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, is one of the only two Africans selected for the Emerging Leaders Programme by the International Society of Nephrology. The Abia-born kidney expert confirmed the selection in a chat with our correspondent, describi...
•Prof Olawale Albert Former Director of the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Olawale Albert, in this interview, said as long as the likes of President Bola Tinubu lack the political will to tackle insecurity head-on, and prioritise state policing among other interventions, incessant attacks like the P...
•Christians demonstrate against Plateau killings Members of the Christian community in Plateau State staged a rally in Jos, the state capital, today, in a demonstration against the heinous Christmas Eve killings of over 200 persons in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas by blood-thirsty marauders. The leaders alongside, their pla...
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SBLM) has written to President Bola Tinubu, regretting that the joy expressed by him in his New Year message welcoming “compatriots to this brand new year 2024” could not be understood or shared by several millions of Nigerians, particularly the people of Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area...
•Wike and Fubara Stakeholders have continued to weigh in on the Rivers political crisis with the latest being the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum which has condemned moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The group’s position was contained in a communique issued after its emergency meeting yesterday. The Forum which reviewed the recent d...