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Three Senators belonging to the All Progressives Congress have resigned their membership of the ruling party. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). Whilst Babba Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Gumau, on the other hand, defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party. The notice of their resignation and defection was contained in three separate letters read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday. Babba Kaita’s letter read, “As Senator representing Katsina North Senatorial District, I write to formally notify you…

The Senate on Tuesday named the lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Philip Aduda, as the new Minority Leader of the Senate to replace Senator Eyinaya Abaribe. Senator Chukwuka Utazi was also named as the Senate Minority Whip to take over Aduda’s former position. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced the appointments while reading two separate letters signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Samuel Anyanwu. Recall that the seat of the Minority Leader became vacant following the defection of Senator Abaribe (Abia South) from the PDP. Details later…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye – Ondo State; Odo Udi – Rivers State. The Senate has, however, not fixed a date yet for the screening exercise. Details later.

Ned Nwoko, husband to Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels. has stated that Peter Obi cannot become the president of Nigeria because he does not have the structure to rule Nigeria. Speaking in an exclusive interview with BBC, Nwoko said Obi is a good man and has youths and people who have been campaigning for him in the last two months, but the Labour party does not have the structure to rule Nigeria. He added that the population of the country is on the rise and the Labour Party cannot handle the issues in the country. He also said Obi shouldn’t have…

The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll, has denied a viral statement attributed to him on social media endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The statement posted several times across different social media platforms had chided the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. But in a statement on Monday, the chief of staff to the deposed emir, Munir Sunusi Bayero, said the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor did not author the article. The statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to…

A socio-political group, Coalition for Arochukwu Progressives Initiative has lambasted one Onny Igbokwe for trying to blackmail Chief Daniel Okeke - the APC House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election. The group described the malicious publication against Okeke by Onny Igbokwe as a failed hatchet job describing Igbokwe and his group as "detractors". The Deputy Director General of the group, Prince Kalu Kalu in a statement on Monday evening in Umuahia warned Igbokwe to retract his statement or face the wrath of Arochukwu/Ohafia youths. Part of the statement reads: "Igbokwe and his group should…

The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State command, has ordered upcoming singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, to report himself at the nearest police station, over a video clip circulating on social media, where he organised some youths to beat up a young man. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Monday, the police said that the incident happened somewhere within the state about two days ago. Oyeyemi explained that the young man was inflicted with bodily injury as a result of the beating. The PPRO described the act as barbaric, unruly, and unbecoming of Okikiola, who was…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on 30 June 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) today granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.” In the…