A member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, Dele Momodu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been hijacked by agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking in an interview on Monday, the veteran journalist alleged that APC loyalists had hijacked the PDP while pretending to remain within its fold. “ADC is a coalition of different political parties and I resigned from the PDP because I saw that we had reached a kind of cul-de-sac, so I’m joining ADC,” Momodu said. “I resigned long ago and you can see that the PDP has been completely hijacked by…
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Ishaq Salako, the Minister of State for Health has raised alarm over a planned strike action by the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). Salako said the strike action if carried out would severely affect several hospitals across Nigeria due to their heavy reliance on generators. Recall that NUPENG had on Friday announced its plan to embark on a strike action over some differences with Dangote and his drivers. The union is protesting the action by the Dangoge Refinery preventing its compressed natural gas (CNG) tanker drivers from joining labour unions. However, speaking on…
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition before the Police Service Commission (PSC), accusing the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and some officers of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and serial violations of the Police Act.In a letter dated September 8, El-Rufai urged the PSC to launch an immediate and impartial investigation into what he described as “unlawful and unconstitutional conduct” by the command.“I am writing as a citizen of Nigeria and former governor of Kaduna State to formally lodge this complaint and demand an immediate, impartial, and exhaustive investigation into the unlawful and unconstitutional conduct…
The Obidient Movement in Imo State has dismissed reports linking its leader, Peter Obi, to the recent visit of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to the state. In a statement signed by Anukanti Vigilius Chukwuka, Coordinator of the Imo State chapter, the group clarified that Obi had no connection with El-Rufai’s visit. El-Rufai was in Imo over the weekend to attend the annual Odenigbo Lecture, a cultural and intellectual event organised by the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. The Obidient Movement noted that several misconceptions had trailed the visit, including claims that Obi invited El-Rufai to the event. The statement…
The Labour Party (LP) has declared that its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not be given the party’s ticket for the 2027 general elections.The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, made this known on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics.“We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi; he will not have our ticket,” Arabambi said, while stressing that the party’s momentum in the last election was not solely because of Obi but largely driven by the EndSARS movement and widespread discontent with the former president Muhammadu Buhari administration.Arabambi also accused the LP’s acting National…
A personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has allegedly shot and killed his colleague in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. It was gathered that the personnel, a Deputy Superintendent of NSCDC accidentally shot his colleague in the Life Camp area of Abuja. Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism expert in a post said DSC Adekunle Emmanuel was hit by a bullet at 10.20 am on Sunday. Makama said the bullet pierced Emmanuel’s left upper arm above the bicep. Sources said he was shot while the team were on route to a principal’s residence at Lias Estate from Corner View…
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent X post on President Bola Tinubu. The DSS in a letter dated September 7, described Sowore’s post as false and malicious. The letter signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the DSS asked Sowore to retract his statement on X and tender an apology within the space of one week. On August 26, Sowore in a post on X had described President Tinubu as a criminal. Sowore’s post followed the president’s statement on the state of…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has warned that Nigeria’s rising debt profile has reached a “critical point,” surpassing the country’s constitutional threshold.He raised the alarm while speaking on Monday at the opening of the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC) in Abuja.Abbas disclosed that Nigeria’s total public debt stood at N149.39 trillion (about US$97 billion) in the first quarter of 2025, up sharply from N121.7 trillion in 2024.He added that the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio has risen to 52 percent, breaching the 40 percent ceiling set by…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is quietly moving forward with preparations to enter the 2027 presidential race, brushing aside concerns voiced publicly by his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, POLITICS NIGERIA has learned. Mrs. Jonathan, while receiving the Women Icon Leader of the Year Award in Abuja earlier this year, expressed frustration over the pressures of high political office. She declared that she wanted “peace” and questioned why anyone who had once occupied the presidency would want to return. In the same breath, she pledged loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and even promised to campaign for his re-election in 2027. Despite her…
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has directed indigenes and residents of Edo State to observe a two-week fasting and prayer session to ward off evil and ensure peace in the land. In a statement issued on Monday by the Obamedo of Benin, Efosa Igbinomwanhia, the monarch announced that the spiritual exercise will run from 15 to 28 September 2025. The revered traditional ruler urged all Benin sons and daughters, both at home and in the diaspora, as well as residents of Edo State, to participate in the programme. “This is in line with our…
The Nigeria Police Force on Monday, announced that it has launched an investigation into the decomposing body of a man discovered at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory command said the decomposing body of the yet-to-be-identified man has since been deposited in the morgue in Asokoro General Hospital. Recall that a man was found dead his body decomposing at the complex of the National Assembly in Abuja. Sources said the cause of the man’s death is yet to be ascertained. According to Adeh, the command had received a distress call on…
Protesters took to the streets of Abuja on Monday in defence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede.The demonstrators, identified as members of the National Interest Coalition, staged the march to show solidarity with the commission’s leadership.Led by Comrade Bashir Abdul, they marched from the Central Area through the Three Arms Zone before converging at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, where they submitted a letter of grievance. They pledged to resist what they described as an orchestrated plot to blackmail the EFCC leadership and derail the anti-corruption war.The group alleged that some top government…
One of President Bola Tinubu’s aides has been relieved of his duties. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Fegho John Umunubo, who served as the Special Assistant to the President on Digital and Creative Economy (Office of the Vice President), has been disengaged with immediate effect.The announcement was made on Monday in a statement signed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information and Public Relations at the State House.The statement noted that Umunubo no longer represents the administration in any capacity and warned stakeholders and members of the public against engaging him on behalf of the government.“Anyone who interfaces with him in the…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has given the Federal Government 14 days to withdraw its proposed five percent tax on petroleum products or face a nationwide strike. In a strongly worded statement on Monday, TUC President, Festus Osifo, described the plan as “economic wickedness” that would worsen the plight of Nigerians already struggling with inflation and hardship. According to the statement, “The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) outrightly rejects the Federal Government’s planned five percent tax on petroleum products. “This reckless proposal is nothing but an act of economic wickedness against already overburdened Nigerians. “Let it be…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Olusola Salau, has officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Salau announced his decision in a personally signed statement released on Monday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Explaining his defection, Salau lamented the poor turnout of residents and the outcome of the recently concluded Remo Federal Constituency by-election, declaring that the PDP no longer holds any promise in Ogun State or the wider South-West. He said, “There is nothing more for Ogun State PDP. I have finally made up my mind to dump the party. “An…