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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of paying opposition leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process. Speaking at a national conference on strengthening democracy, organized by various civic organizations in Abuja on Monday

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the people of Rivers State that he will be power-drunk or allow the associated advantages and benefits that come with holding a lofty position in government to change him. Rather, the Governor reassured the people

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) took a new twist on Monday – yesterday, January 27 – as members of the National Working Committee ( NWC) clashed over a South East stakeholders meeting scheduled for today, Tuesday, January 28.

Igbo women, united under the banner of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), have called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the dismantling of what most groups and individuals of South East

Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has reemphasised that he is not interested in any coalition merely for the purpose of grabbing power.  Lamenting that the coalition in Nigeria politics has been basically for power grabbing, the

Former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that his political organisation, Omoluabi Progressives, is available for discussion with all other political parties which might need the group’s support as they quit the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement by

The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be deepening, as cracks in the party threaten to derail the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, slated for next month. The leadership cracks in the former national ruling party had begun

A lawmaker and Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, has disputed the former speaker of the Lagos  House, Mudashiru Obasa’s claim to remaining the speaker of the House, despite his impeachment. Ogundipe, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Information, who