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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to promote the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Momodu, in a riposte to Wike’s criticisms of him on Politics Today programme Monday, asked Tinubu to put aside any political benefit he wants to get from Wike in the 2027 polls and put him where he belongs. “My appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that no matter what you are expecting to gain from Wike in 2027, Wike is not the kind of character you should promote; he is not the…
He also said that they lacked the moral authority to offer meaningful political change. Amakiri, who made a guest appearance on The Morning Brief on Monday, described the coalition as a recycled group of political elite whose past performances had contributed to Nigeria’s leadership crisis. “I have a problem, and it is whether 85 per cent of people in that coalition have the moral justification to tell us about a coalition that will liberate the Nigerian people from the political leadership quagmire we find ourselves in. Nigeria is in an emergency need of political leadership substitution. “Eighty-five per cent of them are people who belong to…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved an increase in the monthly state allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from ₦5,000 to ₦20,000. The increase will take effect from August 1, 2025. The governor made this announcement during the second day of the state delivery meeting on Friday, July 4, 2025, at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo. He explained that the increment was to support the Federal Government’s ₦77,000 monthly allowance, helping corps members meet their basic needs.“Over 10,000 corps members are posted to Akwa Ibom annually. We must continue…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has launched a scathing rebuttal against his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, declaring that the ex-transport minister lacks the political direction and integrity required to earn respect or claim any seniority over him. He [Amaechi] does not even know his left from his right politically. So, how can he claim he made me? It’s unfair,” Wike said during a guest appearance on Politics Today. The FCT minister’s comments came in direct response to Amaechi’s claims on the same programme a day earlier, where the former minister said he…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed rumours suggesting his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting he remains a loyal member and the party’s leader in the state. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Governor Ademola Adeleke — who defeated APC candidate Gboyega Oyetola in the 2022 Osun governorship election — clarified his political stance amid growing speculation over a possible defection. “Over the last few hours, I have been inundated with calls regarding rumours of a possible defection. I want to assure the good people of Osun State and Nigerians at large; I remain…
The Rivers State Women Association of Nigeria (RIVSWAN) has condemned what it described as an “unwarranted and malicious attack” by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, against former First Lady of Rivers State, Dame Judith Amaechi. The group, through its acting president, Ichechi Welendu, was reacting to a recent claim made by the FCT Minister on a national television programme, where he alleged that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was paying Dame Amaechi ₦4 billion monthly to train Niger Delta women. In a strongly worded statement, RIVSWAN described Wike’s claims as “baseless falsehoods driven by bitterness,…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the Federal Government to release the report of the forensic audit carried out on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Wike made the call during an interview on Politics Today on Friday, while speaking on the performance of a former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as a Minister of Transport under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. He claimed the report was shelved to protect those who might be indicted in any form of fraud. The forensic audit initiated by the Federal Government in 2021 investigated…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the review of the 1999 Constitution being embarked upon by the National Assembly will guarantee the evolution of a more just, united, and forward-looking federation. Akpabio made the remarks while declaring open the South-South Zonal Public Hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The exercise is expected to be held simultaneously in five geopolitical zones across the country. A statement by the Special Assistant on Media/Communication to the President of the Senate, Anietie Ekong, quoted Senator Akpabio as saying, “Today’s event is not…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has berated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, saying that he does not know why Wike disrespects him. Amaechi, who disclosed this on Politics Today on Thursday, dared the minister to take a walk with him from Abuja to Port Harcourt to prove his popularity. He said, “Let the Minister of the FCT come, let’s take a walk from the airport to Port Harcourt, no police, no army, nothing, just the two of us. “I don’t know why he doesn’t respect people like us; I am older. I brought him…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is frustrating the efforts of opposition political parties to form a formidable force against the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections. Amaechi, a former Minister of Transport and a member of the opposition coalition on the platform of the African Democratic Party, stated this on Politics Today on Thursday. “Every member of the opposition who belongs to the coalition is a member of the ADC. Are we stopping at that? The answer is no. I head a committee with the mandate of…