Governor Ademola Adeleke has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) less than 24 hours before the party’s scheduled governorship primary election. The Osun State PDP Chairman, Mr. Sunday Bisi, had stated on Monday that the party would not proceed with the primary election on Tuesday as initially scheduled. Bisi attributed this cancellation…
Lauretta Onochie served former President Buhari. She was his Special Assistant on Digital Media. This is her second critical open letter in 90 days. She wrote it to her late former boss. Onochie lamented the current state of the nation. She blamed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. She accused the government of rewarding enemies. She…
The former Anambra State Commissioner for Information under Governor Willie Obiano, Mr C-Don Adinuba, has debunked rumours of the ex-governor’s death, confirming that Obiano is hale and hearty in Houston, United States, where he currently resides. Claims had circulated on social media suggesting that Obiano, who served as governor of Anambra State from 2014 to…
Some police officers involved in providing security during the Anambra State governorship election have been shot by some Nigerian Army personnel. SaharaReporters gathered that the army personnel were involved in an argument with the policemen at a checkpoint along Onisha Road on Sunday before opening fire on them. “Happening now on our way coming back…
The incumbent governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has won in all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state in the November 8th gubernatorial election. He has been declared the winner by the electoral umpire with 422,664 votes. The governor’s closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu…
Governor of Bayelsa State and serving Senator, Seriake Dickson, has expressed support for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the mass killings in Nigeria, describing Trump’s position as “a wake-up call to action.” In a statement titled “Alleged Genocide: My Stance On President Trump’s Statement,” and issues on Thursday, Dickson emphasised that while…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a dramatic turn as a faction of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) announced the suspension of the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, alongside five other top officials. The development, which further exposes the widening cracks within the opposition party, is reportedly linked to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally signed three legal instruments granting clemency, commutation of sentences, and presidential pardons to 34 individuals, in the exercise of his constitutional powers under Section 175 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and…
More than eight million Nigerians have completed their online registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, according to new data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Data released by INEC showed that a total of 8,003,196 registrations were recorded as of the ninth week of the exercise, covering October 13–19,…
The Federal Government has issued a 14-day termination notice to China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) Limited over alleged substandard work on the Aba-bound section of the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway. Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, gave the directive during an inspection visit to the project site, expressing concern that the current administration inherited many dilapidated roads and would not tolerate acts of…
