The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Buhari administration of allowing the "mass looting of public funds to corruptly create a war chest for the APC to intimidate Nigerians and muscle the 2023 general elections."
In a statement released by its National Publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP alleged that...
First Republic politician who represented Imo West at the National Assembly, Senator Arthur Nzeribe is reportedly dead.
The longest serving Senator from Imo who was born on November 2, 1938, has been ill for some time.
A family source told The Nation that Nzeribe died on Saturday evening, May 7th.
Former US defence secretary, Mark Esper has revealed that his former boss, Donald Trump wanted the military to shoot Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House the month after George Floyd's death.
Trump's proposal to quell rioting in the city came as demonstrators filled the streets around the White...
There was confusion at the National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday as at least N43,000,000 reportedly went missing.
Our correspondent observed that the canopy under which the sale of forms took place was suddenly dismantled without explanation.
The party resorted to canopies due to the ongoing renovation/refurbishment works...
French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept out of power.
Centrist Macron was set to win around 58 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with...
Yemi Osinbajo, incumbent Vice President and presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra and presidential aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party, emerged as the most preferred presidential aspirants in the upcoming Nigeria general elections scheduled for February 2023.
This result is drawn from...
Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that his successor, Joe Biden, is humiliating the country, and told supporters he might run for re-election in 2024.
The 45th president tore into Biden during a ‘Save America’ rally in Selma, North Carolina on Saturday.
“Our children are being indoctrinated, our values are...
Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has welcomed the decision by the vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo to publicly declare to succeed his boss because according to the Rights group his availability offers Nigerian voters a fresh insight into the administration.
In a...
The FBI has started investigations into the handling of classified materials that were in the 15 boxes of material that were moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, Florida when Donald Trump left office in January 2021.
According to a Thursday night, April 7 report by the New York Times...
US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be deposed. He made a direct appeal to the Russian people during a speech in Warsaw, where he had met for talks with high-ranking Ukrainian officials on Saturday.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden...
The Senator representing Anambra North at the Senate, Stella Oduah yesterday stood as surety for the embattled former governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano after he allegedly embarked on a hunger strike.
Stella Oduah stepped in as a surety because of the stringent bail conditions that was given to...
Russian president, Vladimir Putin is allegedly hiding his Olympic gold-winning gymnast mistress with their four young children in a private chalet in Switzerland.
Alina Kabaeva, 38, who was once called 'Russia's most flexible woman', supposedly has four children with the 69-year-old Russian tyrant.
It is thought Putin has two sons and two seven-year-old...
Senior US senator Lindsey Graham called for “somebody in Russia” to assassinate President Vladimir Putin after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in a televised interview Thursday evening.
“How does this end? Somebody in Russia has to step up to the plate… and take this guy out,” the senator told conservative Fox...
As the 2023 Presidential election draws near, the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has threatened to mobilize its members to dump PDP if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wins the party's presidential ticket.
While visiting former President Olusegun Obasanjo last weekend, Atiku said there was no time he has ever...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan or my boss, as Anyim fondly calls him, didn’t mince words when talking about Anyim's impact during his time as the Secretary to the Government of the federation at his 61st-anniversary celebration. According to him, Anyim was instrumental to the progress he made as President...
Donald Trump is now back on social media with his new social media platform called Truth.
According to a tweet from his son, Donald Jr., Trump shared his first post on his upcoming social media platform Truth Social, writing: 'Time for some Truth!!!'
Trump's alleged post read: 'Get ready! Your favorite...
Former US president, Donald Trump has declared himself America's next president despite the 2024 presidential elections more than two years away.
Trump, America's 45th president revealed his dream to be the country's 47th President, as Joe Biden is the 46th president.
The billionaire businessman made the declaration on Wednesday, January 26...
US President Joe Biden will honour his electoral promise to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House has said.
This comes as Biden has been handed the unforeseen opportunity to nominate his own Judge to the US Supreme court after it was revealed...
Savanta ComRes has published some new polling on partygate. It suggests more than half of voters do not trust the Metropolitan police to investigate partygate, and more than half of voters think fines would be too lenient as punishment for breaches of the Covid rules.
This comes as Sue Gray’s...
Former US president, Donald Trump has criticized President Joe Biden, saying the country is so badly run, he never knew things would become so bad.
During an exclusive interview with Fox News, on Thursday January 20, exactly one year after Joe Biden was inaugurated, Trump reflected on the first year...
Gary Chambers, a man who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate representing Louisiana, has posted a new video announcing his campaign.
In the video released Tuesday, January 18 on his YouTube channel, Chambers is seen smoking marijuana in an outdoor leather armchair.
"Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for...
Pleas to grant leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu a presidential pardon, has been shut down by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Though President Buhari had in November 2021 promised to consider the request of some leaders from the South East region to release Kanu who is facing treason charges...
ormer US President, Donald Trump would beat current President Joe Biden by six points if the 2024 presidential election were held today, a new poll has revealed.
The poll from Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 44 percent of Americans would vote for Trump and 38 percent would vote for...
A Belarusian court has sentenced Sergei Tikhanovsky, an opposition presidential candidate who was jailed ahead of last year’s disputed election, to 18 years in a maximum-security prison.
Tikhanovsky, 43, is a popular YouTube blogger who criticized strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko and helped galvanize last year's protests against his rule. Authorities...
“As was the case when President George W Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anaesthesia,” White House Press...
The United States has excluded Nigeria from its list of religious violators.
In a statement by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Wednesday, November 17, the US blacklisted Russia, China, and eight other countries as countries that limit freedom of people to practise their religion.
The communique listed the...
Senator Andy Uba Campaign Organization has rejected the result of the just-concluded Anambra state governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ambassador Jerry Ugokwe, the group alleged that the candidate of the APC “Senator Andy Uba is a victim...
The Chinese communist party on Thursday, November 11 held a key meeting where they approved a rare “historical resolution” that will ensure Chinese leader, Xi Jinping stays in power for the rest of his life.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the landmark resolution places Xi alongside former leaders...
Former US President, Donald Trump told the Republican National Committee chairman that he was leaving the party to create his own new political party, according to a new book by ABC's Jonathan Karl.
Trump, who had said "he didn't care" about destroying the Republican party, ultimately backed down after party...
Immediately upon retirement as CBN Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo in his quest to become the Governor of Anambra State joined the then ruling party at the Federal level PDP where he emerged third in the 2010 Anambra Guber election won by Peter Obi.
Realising APGA had Anambra as the...
Umar stated this on Sunday while making a presentation after the result for Aguata local government area was declared. He, however, did not state why there was no election in Ihiala.
The collation officer for the Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, Ahmadu Umar has claimed there was no...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday, November 7.
Announcing this to newsmen, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr NwachukwuOrji, said this is to enable those who could not cast their votes today, Saturday, November 6, due to the malfunctioning of...
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kabiru Gaya has given the electoral commission a nod to transmit the November 6 Anambra State governorship election result electronically.
Gaya said this while addressing reporters after the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters and INEC met with...
Media practitioner and former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Momodu, the publisher of Ovation magazine, announced the development in a statement released on Friday, October 29. In his statement, Momodu apologized for working towards the election of President Buhari in 2015.
The statement reads
“It is...
Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has made an appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to negotiate with the Igbos over the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to push for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Mbaka made the appeal while addressing members...
Thirty-four thousand police personnel deployed for the Anambra governorship election have arrived the State.
CP Echeng Eworo Echeng, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, disclosed this in a statement, where he assured voters of their safety when they go out to vote.
Echeng in a press briefing said the personnel and other...
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the ambassadors of 10 countries, including the U.S., France, and Germany, to be declared "persona non grata" after calling for the release of jailed Turkish activist, businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala.
The move comes a few days after Turkey summoned the ambassadors of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims ordering a to sit-at-home order across the Southeast region on October 18, 19, and 21 for its leader, and one year anniversary of #EndSARS protest.
In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB warned those behind the rumour...
The Supreme court has affirmed the candidacy of Professor Chukwuma Soludo as the Governorship candidate of APGA in Anambra governorship election come 6th November 2021.
This comes after over two hours of fierce legal battle by lawyers on Thursday, October 14, in Abuja.
The apex court also upheld the judgement of...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune takes on Macron, demands full respect from France following a diplomatic row over visas and disrespectful comments from Paris about Algeria.
This comes after dwingling French influence in Africa.Looks like France still has the colonial hangover and has forgotten that Algeria is a sovereign state and...
Austria’s Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz on Saturday October 9 announced he is stepping down from his position following pressure on him to resign after he was implicated in a corruption scandal.
Sebastian Kurz and nine of his associates have been accused of using public money to pay to manipulate polls and to secure...
A final list of candidates for the Anambra Governorship election has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye who made the announcement on Thursday October 7, said 18 registered political parties will be participating in the election.
Okoye also revealed...
The United States has warned China to stop its 'provocative' military flights near Taiwan after they sent about 100 military planes, some of them capable of dropping nuclear bombs, into the island's air defense zone over the weekend.
Taiwan's defense ministry said that China's air force sent 39 aircraft to the zone...
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Phillippines on Saturday October 2, announced that he is retiring from politics.
Pirior to the announcement, Duterte had been expected to run for vice president. He is not eligible to run again for president as the constitution sets a single-six-year term limit for the president.
Making the announcement...
Guinea's coup leader, Mamady Doumbouya was on Friday October 1 sworn in as the country's interim president.
Doumbouya who led the overthrow of President Alpha Conde on September 5, was sworn in by the Supreme Court head, Mamadou Sylla, for a transition period of unspecified length. The former French legionnaire, 41,...
Ex. French president, Nicolas Sarkozy was on Thursday, September 30, sentenced to a year in jail after being found guilty of illegally financing his 2012 re-election campaign.
The 66 year old, was accused of having spent about €22.5 million almost twice the maximum legal amount for his 2012 reelection campaign. But...
The Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have narrowly won the country's federal elections, beating the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.
According to preliminary results, the SPD secured 25.7% of the vote, while the ruling conservative CDU/CSU bloc gained 24.1%.
Meanwhile, The Greens party achieved the best result in their party's...
Ex US President, Donald Trump could reportedly face multiple criminal charges over his phone call to Georgia officials asking them to 'find 11,780 votes' to help him overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election win.
In a report by Brookings Institute think-tank, it claimed that 'the Georgia electoral process and vote count was...
France has agreed to resend its ambassador to the US back to Washington after US President Joe Biden spoke for the first time Wednesday, September 22 with French President Emmanuel Macron following the fallout over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
In the call, Biden acknowledged missteps in...
America’s oldest ally, France, took an extraordinary step on Friday September 17, recalling its ambassador to the United States and Australia.
The relationship between the US and France conceived in 18th century revolutions us now at a tipping point after the U.S. Australia and Britain shunned France in creating a...
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has highlighted the danger of climate change while calling on his government officials to deal with food supply issues in the secretive state.
Weeks of drought followed by heavy monsoon rains have damaged crops this year in the country while last year Typhoons badly impacted vital...
Former US President, Donald Trump has continued criticizing his successor, Joe Biden on his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal by claiming that Biden is evacuating terrorists from the airport in Kabul to other countries while leaving Americans stranded in the country.
Trump made the comment about Biden on Tuesday afternoon,...
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo has issued his farewell address to constituents two weeks after announcing his resignation over sexual harassment allegations.
Recall New York attorney general’s office released the findings of an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations made aginst Cuomo last month. The report found that Cuomo allegedly...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has called on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to drop his presidential ambition.
Anaedoonline.ng reports that Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, is reportedly plotting to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, though he is...
Former UK prime minister, Tony Blair has blasted US president, Joe Biden’s ‘imbecilic’ decision to leave Afghanistan.
According to Tony Blair the US' military exit was not in the West or Afghanistan’s interest.
Blair who took the UK to war in the country 20 years ago, called the pull out ‘tragic,...
The UK has frozen assets and imposed travel bans on seven Russian nationals linked to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.
Navalny - a staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin almost died from a nerve agent attack last year.
He and his team accused Putin of ordering the...
