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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the children of Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will disown him if his antics in the party are revealed. Wike spoke on Friday in a media chat in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state. The Rivers governor, who has been […]

Mike Ozekhome, senior counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says his client is now a free man and should be allowed to go home. Ozekhome said this in reaction to the judgment of the appeal court which discharged Kanu of a seven-count charge preferred against him by […]

The Labour Party (LP) says it will review the list of members for its presidential campaign council. Julius Abure, LP national chairman, announced the development on Thursday while reading a communique at the end of the party’s expanded national working committee (NWC) meeting, held in Abuja. The campaign council list has generated […]

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to call off their eight-month strike. The national executive council (NEC) of ASUU resolved to suspend the industrial action during its overnight meeting from Thursday to Friday. Chris Piwuna, vice-president of the union, confirmed the suspension to BBC. A memo […]

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the federal government will explore “all available options” to determine the terrorism charge it preferred against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu was re-arraigned on an amended 15-count charge. On April 8, the judge struck out eight of the 15 counts […]

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not suspended its presidential campaign for the 2023 election. According to a statement issued by Muhammad Bello, Tambuwal’s media adviser, the governor said this on Thursday in Lagos. There have been reports that the main opposition party has suspended its […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), must resign before the 2023 presidential election.  The Rivers governor said it will be “foolish” to expect Ayu to resign after the general election. According to a statement issued on Thursday by Kelvin Ebiri, Wike’s special […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared support for the candidacy of Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At a meeting with some members of the PDP on Wednesday night, Jonathan addressed Okowa as Nigeria’s incoming vice-president. The meeting was attended by party stalwarts, including Bala Mohammed, governor of […]