General

Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, former spokesman to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has left the All Progressives Congress (APC).  In a statement issued on Monday, Tanko-Yakasai said he is leaving the party with immediate effect. Tanko-Yakasai was sacked by Ganduje in February 2021, for making “continued unguarded comments” and criticising President Muhammadu Buhari. […]

A federal high court has struck out an application brought by David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, and his deputy, Eric Igwe, seeking to stay execution of the judgment that sacked them from office. Inyang Ekwo, the judge, had on March 8 sacked the governor and his deputy from their offices over their defection […]

Austin Avuru, former chief executive officer of Seplat Energy Plc, says 80 percent of Nigeria’s oil production is lost to oil theft. This is coming amid an assertion by Tony Elumelu, chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc that Nigeria is “losing over 95 percent of oil production to thieves”. […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will formally declare his intention to run for the office of the president on Wednesday. Last week, a group known as Northeast Business Community paid for Atiku to secure the nomination and expression of interest forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The amount of both forms was […]

Bukola Saraki, former senate president, says some of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopefuls from the north are ready for a consensus candidate. TheCable had reported that the PDP will hold its national convention on May 28 to elect a presidential candidate, while the governorship primaries will take place on May 21. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the current socio-economic challenges in the country are likely to lead to agitations worse than the 2020 #EndSARS protest. In a statement issued on Sunday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s “failure” to address the issues “is akin to kneeling on the necks of Nigerians”. […]

Nigerian politics is a game of mud-slinging, name-shaming, and other antics that can only be endured by a few thick-skinned individuals with the impregnable character to navigate the cesspool of drama without slipping. These select individuals are innate politicians. They thrive in the stench of the fermenting chaos and launch relentless tirades of ripostes […]

Ali Modu Sheriff, a former governor of Borno state, says he will no longer contest the national chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Sheriff said his decision was due to the party’s zoning arrangement, which ceded the office to north-central. He, however, added that he […]