•Mamman Osuman Several northern groups have declared support for the suspended Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Mamman Osuman, following his statement that the region will back a candidate from the North against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Osuman had on Wednesday declared that the North would not support Tinub...
•Betta Edu After over 10 months of waiting, President Bola Tinubu yesterday announced the replacement of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, with Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for Plateau State during the 2023 general elections. President Tinubu ...
•APC stalwart, Iliyasu Musa Kwankwaso A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji (Dr.) Iliyasu Musa Kwankwaso, today claimed that the suspension of Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Dr. Abdullahi Bappah Bichi vindicates his stance on Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s alleged ambition. Iliyasu Musa Kwankwaso at a press con...
•Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa An advocacy group, the Lagos People’s Assembly, today called on the Lagos State House of Assembly not to take any action capable of undermining local government autonomy. The group, in a peaceful protest to the Lagos Assembly, said that the practice of lawmakers querying and sanctioning Local Government administ...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted its suspension on banks borrowing from its window, known as the Standing Lending Facility (SLF). The apex bank also pegged the lending rate at 31.75 percent sequel to to decisions made at the 296th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the […]
A week after Arik Air’s planes were grounded, the federal government has lifted the suspension on the operations of the airlines. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a statement on X. He said the dispute between Atlas Petroleum and Arik Air ...
The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) pending conclusive investigations into the allegations against the Authority. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Esosa Iyawe on the House’s urgent need t...
•Governor Yusuf (left) and Kwankwaso (center) The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has rejected the suspension of Gov. Abba Yusuf from the party by a faction of the National Executive Committee of the party, describing it as illegal. The party also dismissed the expulsion of the leader of the party […]
•Abdullahi Ganduje Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, has set May 28 as the date for the hearing of a substantive application filed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje is contesting his suspension from the party by factional ward executives led by Basiru Nuh...
•APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje A Kano high court has granted an ex parte order restraining the Inspector General of Police (IGP); Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 1 Kano; and Commissioner of Police Kano, from inviting, arresting, and harassing the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward officers of Dawakin-Tofa Local Government re...

