Category: Politics

The minister of art, culture and creative economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa declared she did nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while undergoing the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.Musawa who spoke on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme when questioned on how she became a minister without an NYSC...

Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, and has instead been appointed as the prime minister’s envoy for nations and regions.Morgan McSweeney, the party’s former campaign director who masterminded July’s election landslide, will replace her as the prime minister’s chief of staff.Ms Gray revealed to support the Prime...

JD Vance was best known as a chart-topping author a few years ago. Now he’s a Republican senator, Donald Trump’s running mate and possibly the next US vice-president. Here’s all you need to know about him.A memoir about his difficult upbringing made him famousHillbilly Elegy drew on Vance’s childhood in Ohio and Kentucky, shining a...

According to experts, about 240 million people are eligible to vote in this year’s US election, but only a relatively small number of them are likely to decide who becomes the next president, as its believe there are only a handful of so-called “swing” states that could plausibly be won by either Democrat Kamala Harris...

French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed that 88 predominantly French-speaking countries have collectively called for an “immediate” ceasefire in Lebanon.Speaking at the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris, Macron added that the group had approved an international conference to support Lebanon, which will take place later this month.According to the French president: “We expressed our solidarity...

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, has orderedThe Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in Rivers state.This was contain in a statement released on Monday by the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko.The order came in 24...

Kenneth Okonkwo, Labour Party spokesperson in 2022 presidential campaign has urged Nigerians not to be loyal to any politicians or party, who is not confident to defend his vote, fight injustice or go extra mile for the nation.Okonkwo said this in a video interview while hailing Rivers State governor, Siminalayi fubara whose audaciousness of standing...

The Republican candidate in the presidential election Donald Trump has returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt in July, as supporters on Saturday gathered for the rally, which came just a month before the November 5 electionReferring to the assassination, Trump told the crowd: “Exactly 12 weeks ago this evening, on this very ground,...

The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno has designated the office of the First Lady to his daughter, Mrs Helen Eno Obareki.Governor Eno made this known when the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu paid him a condolence visit on Friday, following the demise of his wife Pastor Patience Umo Eno.Obareki, stating, “It...

Explosives destroyed buildings and others property at the Tony Okocha-led secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The gate of the secretariat and the doors were shattered by the explosion which happened Saturday morning while local government election is taking place in the state.Windows shattered by the...