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Senator Kawu’s Supporters Desert Him, Return To NNPP

10.05.2025

Hundreds of supporters of Senator Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South Senatorial District, have distanced themselves from his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring their continued loyalty to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya movement. The supporters, who stormed the Miller Road residence of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, said...

Utomi Opens Up On Not Seeking Political Appointment Again

10.05.2025

Ahead of the 2027 general election, a Professor of Political Economy and chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Pat Utomi, has revealed that he won’t seek any political office in Nigeria again. Utomi made the declaration on Friday, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to the political analyst, he won’t accept any appointment or...

How ‘Connecting To The Centre’ Drives Defections In Delta

10.05.2025

Preamble: The more you look into politics in Delta State, the less you see the intrigues surrounding its dynamism. Who could have believed that the Big Heart State, without been keenly contested and won by an opposition political party, would willingly submit to superior political force? It has happened. It was like a dream....

Anambra Guber: I’m The Only Aspirant That Can Help Apc Defeat Soludo –Ozigbo

10.05.2025

A leading contender for the Anambra State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket, Valentine Ozigbo, has raised concerns over the party’s primary election held on Sunday, April 6, which produced Nicholas Ukachukwu as the candidate. In an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Brief monitored by OLADIPUPO AWOJOBI, Ozigbo explained why he left the Labour Party...

Again, Rivers Women Insist On Fubara’s Return May 29

09.05.2025

The Rivers Women Prayer Group has once again called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to restore full democratic governance in Rivers State and ensure the reinstatement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara ahead of May 29. In a statement jointly signed by Dr. Vivian Ige-Elenwo and Chikodi Okpara, the group urged the federal government to lift the...

Turnah Led PDP Approves Salary Increment For Party Officials

09.05.2025

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by George Turnah in Bayelsa State, has approved an improved harmonised salary structure for all categories of party officials from the ward to the state level in the State. The harmonised salary structure was contained in a communique issued on Friday at the end of the State Working Caretaker...

Choice Of APC Running Mate Unsettles Party

09.05.2025

A brewing dispute has emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State over the selection of a running mate for gubernatorial candidate Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu. Longtime party stalwarts are voicing concerns that the choice may bypass the cadre of founding members who trace their roots to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Ukachukwu,...

Issues Over Shrinking Space For Women In Parliament Will Special Seats For Women In Parliament Break The Glass Ceiling?

09.05.2025

FELIX NWANERI writes on the move by the National Assembly to address underrepresentation of women at the federal and state legislative houses through creation of extra seats that will be exclusively reserved for them It is indisputable that more women are actively getting involved in policy decisions and implementation in their respective countries. However, the...

Emergency Rule: Rivers People Feel Marginalised In Their Own State –Epelle

09.05.2025

Jake Epelle is the Chief Executive Officer/Founder of TAF Africa. In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on recent developments in Rivers State, actions of the state’s sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, and other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU writes What are your thoughts on the state of emergency in Rivers State and the activities of...

Group Supports Ex-IGP Adamu’s Declaration

09.05.2025

A coalition of formal and informal traders under the Allied Group of Nasarawa Professionals (AGNP) has declared its strong support for former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, following his official declaration to contest the 2027 Nasarawa State governorship election. In a statement issued on Friday from its State headquarters in Keffi, the group described Adamu’s entrance...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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