How Bafarawa Diverted N4.6bn from ONSA – Witness tells court
Jan. 31, 2024 A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of a former governor of Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa, Kassim Yusuf, on Tuesday recounted before Justice Yusuf Halilu of…
Court dismisses suit seeking to stop Fubara from re-presenting Rivers’ 2024 budget
Jan. 30, 2024 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the suit seeking to stop Gov. Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the N800 billion 2024 budget of Rivers. Justice Joyce…
Party Chairman, Two Others Arrested for Smuggling Arms into Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin, have arrested three suspected gun runners in Zamfara State. One of the suspects, Aminu Ibrahim, is alleged to be the Peoples Democratic…
Supreme Court: Jubilation in Delta as PDP, others celebrate Oborevwori’s victory
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and others in Delta on Friday in Asaba, felicitated with Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori on his Supreme Court victory which consolidated his election…
Reps minority caucus demands sanctions against Appeal Court justices over removal of Plateau lawmakers
Jan. 16, 2023 The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has demanded sanction of Appeal Court justices over the removal of Plateau lawmakers. Rep. Chinda Kingsley, the Minority Leader,…
Monica Dongban-Mensem: In God’s Name, Go!, by Chidi OdinkaluÂ
The three-person panel whom Monica Dongban-Mensem sent to Plateau State could not have wrought that amount of destruction without her active consent, if not instruction. It is simply inconceivable…
PDP lacks capacity to play role of opposition – APC
The statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of January 1, 2024, waving off President Bola Tinubu’s new year message is a testament to the party’s incapacity to serve…
Bye-Elections: PDP releases time table pegs Senate form at N3.5m, begins sale Dec. 28
Dec. 26, 2023 Ahead of the February 3, 2024 bye-elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released a timetable and schedule of activities for the contestants into Senatorial, House of…
Wike, PDP and price for perfidy, By Emeka Alex Duru
A recent piece credited to former Jigawa state governor and one-time foreign affairs minister, Sule Lamido, captured the hopeless state of affairs in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the…
Rivers: INEC receives letter from Assembly Speaker declaring 25 seats vacant
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received a formal letter from the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, officially notifying it of the…