Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, has spoken about his expected role in the next government. He described the rumours going around that he will be President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, as extremely ridiculous. Fashola, in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, said he is unlikely to become Tinubu’s Chief of Staff…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi has said that nobody can force him to leave the country because he is fighting for a change. He stated that his party is committed to creating a new Nigeria, adding that there are too many “thieves” who are inflicting suffering on the…
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose’s brother, Isaac Fayose, has made a suggestion, He suggested why the All Progressives Congress, APC, is having sleepless nights despite the loss of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Fayose said the level of the reception accorded Obi by Nigerians in the diaspora makes the APC feel…
It has been revealed that the federal government will spend the next 25 years repaying an $800 million loan approved by the World Bank as subsidy palliative. Punch reported that the next administration will start the loan repayment. Last week, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed to State House correspondents…
The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said he was not part of a drug trafficking case linked to him in the United States. He said this before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Tinubu, in his response to the petition by Labour Party and its candidate, Mr Peter…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killings of innocent people in Benue State. He condemned the recent killings in Benue State in which tens of people were killed in the Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state, urging that all efforts be made to end the “extreme violence.” In…
Ayoola Babalola has been suspended by the Nigerian online newspaper, the Peoples Gazette. Babalola was the reporter who leaked an alleged audio conversation between Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church. He has been suspended for one month without pay for violating the newspaper’s social…
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the February 25 2023 election, has made a huge donation. Obi, on Thursday donated N10 million to Paul University, Awka owned by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion. He said that with the elections over, he would continue his philanthropic gestures to schools and…
Nigerian rapper, Falz has opened up why he’s against the emergence of Bola Tinubu as president-elect. Falz spoke in an interview Arise News. The rapper said: “To say the least, the rules and regulations that were supposed to guide this election were not applied.” Falz, who released a song to criticize Mahmood Yakubu, said the INEC…
Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has reacted after he was accused of treason. He said the campaign he ran before the 2023 general election was not based on ethnicity or religion. Obi said this in a statement he signed on Tuesday in reaction to allegations attributed…
The Federal Government has accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, of treason over the statement of his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, that if the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is sworn in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…
Senator Orji Kalu, the former governor of Abia State, has revealed that his first wife, Mrs Ifeoma Kalu, who passed away at the age of 61, has entered eternal bliss. The former governor and Chief Whip of the Senate claimed Ifeoma was a woman of virtue who was devoted to serving God and humanity in…
The Media Adviser to the Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, Valentine Obienyem, has raised the alarm over what he calls a “clandestine plot” to arrest and prosecute the former Anambra State governor on treasonable charges. Obienyem, in a statement on Sunday night, claimed the Obi media team had discovered that the Nigerian Communications…
According to the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will eliminate fuel subsidies in accordance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan. However, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to oppose the plan to remove the subsidy, arguing that the refineries must be operational before the subsidy can be…
Dr. Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of ministers and aides who may want to steal the country dry. Amadi’s reaction came after the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, revealed that he purchased ten firefighting trucks for N12 billion. “Just…
A Nigerian man, Professor Gideon Christian who petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate election and post-election violence in Nigeria against Bayo Onanuga, a spokesperson to president-elect Bola Tinubu has made more claims. He alleged new evidence appears to suggest an alleged involvement of Femi Fani-Kayode and Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo,…
Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, known as Davido, has said that he does not think the 2023 general election was credible. O.B.O said this in an interview with Beat 99.9FM, Lagos, on Friday. Davido, who was off social media for a while after the death of his son, Ifeanyi, said he would have been very vocal…
Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Association, Musiliu Akinsaya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, has banned collections of illegal taxes levied by agberos in some parts of the state following a protest by commercial bus drivers days ago. FIJ reported that it was part of his intervention in the conflict involving commercial drivers…
The Buhari-led administration comes to an end in barely two months. Senior Special Assitant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has assured that Nigerians will yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television, Shehu frowned at the level of criticism the current administration has…
The founder of NairaLand, Seun Osewa apologizes to the Igbos over an advert placed on his platform concerning the just-concluded elections. Seun apologizes to the Igbos via his website, over a political advert that was made on his page. The advert stated, “Lagos can never be run from Anambra; go and vote.” He insists that his platform should have had…
