PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's official spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu has dismissed suggestions that the next inspector-general of police must come from the southeast geo-political zone as a matter of course in line with Nigeria's zoning principle.
Last month, President Buhari replaced all his service chiefs, appointing new...
FORMER Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has accused his successor Abdullahi Ganduje of removing the Emir of Kano Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi from office because he felt threatened by his intellectual clout.
On March 9, Governor Ganduje removed the emir from office and replaced him with his cousin Alhaji Aminu Ado...
INDICATIONS have grown that Ebonyi State's Governor Dave Umahi will seek the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023 after President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina appeared to endorse him.
Currently the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Governor Umahi, 57, defected...
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed suggestions that the recent visit by leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to President Goodluck Jonathan will result in him defecting as standing as their candidate.
Last month, some APC governors and party leaders visited Dr...
GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has distanced himself from those advocating for the zoning of the presidency to the southern half of the country in 2023 saying Nigerians should elect the best person for the job irrespective of where they are from.
With 2023 fast approaching, jostling for the presidency has already...
FOREIGN military mercenary armies who helped contain the Boko Haram insurgency in the dying months of Jonathan era have vowed never to return to Nigeria again even if asked to by the government after the shabby way they were treated.
Last weekend, Boko Haram beheaded 43 farmers in Borno State, prompting calls for the...
WORKS and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has urged his party the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour its zoning formula when picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between...
MEMBERS of the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (NEPD) have asked Nigeria's two leading political parties the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to both zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the southeast.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a...
PAN-Igbo socio-political organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has warned that as many as three governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the southeast geo-political zone will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) soon.
According to OYC, they are likely to do this because the PDP is nor...
NIGERIA's presidency has welcomed the planned defection of the Ebonyi State governor Dave Umahi to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in what is seen as the first step in his bid to run for president in 2023.
Currently the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Governor Umahi, 57, was first elected in 2015 on...
