NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable
NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable

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Wike denies striking deal with Tinubu to weaken PDP ahead of 2027

FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has rejected claims that he promised President Bola Tinubu that he would work to ‘hold down’ the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Mr Wike’s denial follows remarks by Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, last week, that the former Rivers State governor […]

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Dec 23, 2025 post

Wike promised to deliver PDP to Tinubu in 2027 – Seyi Makinde

OYO State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has claimed that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, promised to deliver the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Speaking at a media parley in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Tuesday, Mr Makinde said his grouse with Mr Wike started when […]

Nov 16, 2025 post

Turaki emerges as PDP chairman, blames judges for party’s crisis

THE crisis-hit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Mr Kabiru Turaki as its new chairman. Turaki, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), emerged as Chairman after delegates from 17 states across the country cast their votes to choose national officers. Mr Turaki is a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs. He was elected […]

Aug 31, 2024 post

Wike’s threat on governors supporting Fubara highlights PDP’s weakness

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, has threatened to “put fire” in the states of governors planning to take the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) structure in Rivers State and give it to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In a viral video seen on Saturday, Mr Wike, while addressing a group of supporters, said: “Let […]

Dec 20, 2023 post

Reactions as Wikipedia describes Emefiele as ‘Nigerian politician’

WIKIPEDIA has described the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, as a Nigerian politician, sparking reactions from public commentators. In its Godwin Emefiele page, the online encyclopedia describes Emefiele, born on August 4, 1961, as “Nigerian politician, economist and banker.” Wikipedia, which can be publicly edited by anybody, says: “In […]

Nov 11, 2023 post

Fraudulent elections: INEC, security agencies, politicians sabotaging Nigeria’s democracy

THE off-cycle gubernatorial elections were held on November 11 in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states. They were, however, impaired by violence, ballot box snatching, low voter turnout, vote-buying and brazen manipulations of election results by ignominiously fiendish politicians who are ready to destroy their states even if it means presiding over only a heap of […]