Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appealed for peace among politicians in the state. The governor made the plea on Thursday while commissioning some projects in the Okrika LGA of the state. He implored lawmakers in the state to put the welfare of citizens first and work towards peace to resolve the ongoing political crisis. Fubara…
Former president Muhammadu Buhari, has said that he will never leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Thursday, Garba Shehu, former spokesperson to Buhari, said he would never abandon the party that gave him the platform to become the country’s president. “I am an APC member, and I like to be…
The Secretary General of the Rev. Yakubu Pam faction of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Elder Sunday Oibe, has said that the purported election of Rev. Joseph Hayab, as the chairman of the association, is illegal, null and void. Oibe stated this at…
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced his resignation from the ruling party and defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai, in a statement on Monday on his Facebook page, cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of…
The Concerned Christian Youth of Northern Nigeria (CCYNN) has asked politicians to stop meddling in the affairs of the church. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Kaduna, Chairman of the group, Paul Katuka, alleged that some politicians were behind the current crisis rocking the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the…
A former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe is dead. Family sources said Okupe died on Friday morning in Lagos after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was aged 72. A medical practitioner and politician, Okupe served as special assistant on media and publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and later as senior special assistant on…
