Two members of the House of Representatives have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, Ephreaim Nwuzi, who represents Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of Rivers and David Abel, representing Gashaka/Kurmi/Sardauna Federal Constituency of Taraba, made their decision known in separate letters directed to the Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila. The letters were read on the floor of the house during plenary on Tuesday. They cited their reasons...

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has urged the Nigeria Army to up the game in the fight against Boko Haram. Zulum, who appeared as a special guest of honour at the 2020 joint Chief of Army Staff Conference held in Maiduguri, Borno State, said that the military must change the narrative to achieve victory in the war against insurgency. The Nigeria Army being the flagship of the nation’s military, has all it takes to win...

Chief Ben Etiaba, a chartered accountant of immense reputations, investor, thought leader and former President of the prestigious Enugu Sports Club; has mobilized support of Anambra people resident in Ondo state, for the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in the soon coming Ondo state gubernatorial election. In a meeting at the Igbo Hall built in the year 1957 in Akure the capital of Ondo state where Anambra people gathered, Chief Etiaba rolled out the unrivalled...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday urged Nigerians to be patient with any law of the land that they are not convenient with. He asked that aggrieved Nigerians should “engage the process in line with democratic practices.” The President made this position known at this opening of the two-day joint executive-legislative leadership retreat, which was themed, ‘Promoting effective executive-legislative partnership, finding a middle ground’, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari added that the process of...

An elder statesman, Alhaji tanko Yakasai, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari, lacked the constitutional power to restructure Nigeria. On Monday, he advised those clamoring for restructuring to channel their energies by ensuring that their representatives in the state and National Assemblies perform that statutory functions, by providing necessary legislative structure needed to restructure the country. Yakasai who spoke with journalist in Abuja said, “The President does not have the powers to restructure Nigeria. “He...