MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision to stay the execution of a Federal High Court judgment ordering the deregistration of the ADC and four other political parties. The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, had on Monday ordered the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who resigned her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress last week Monday, was on Wednesday officially received back into her former party, the Peoples Democratic Party. At a well-attended carnival-like event held at the party secretariat in Abeokuta, the state chairman of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, was on Wednesday acquitted by a London jury of six bribery charges, after a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official. Alison-Madueke was minister between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan. She stood trial charged with five counts of accepting bribes […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The presidency has mocked the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, over his recent interview. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, threw the taunt in a post on his verified X handle on Wednesday. He was reacting to Obi’s interview with […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Supporters of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have engaged a United States-based lobbying and advocacy firm to raise concerns about his ongoing prosecution by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The El-Rufai Support Group Association (ERSGA) announced on Wednesday that it had retained Vanguard Africa, an international […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United States and Iran have reached a peace agreement that establishes an “immediate and permanent” end to military operations across all fronts, including Lebanon. This development, announced by the mediator Pakistan, signals a significant step toward concluding more than three months of conflict in the Middle East. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Keir Starmer, has announced a total ban on social media for children under 16. Starmer said this on Monday during a press conference at Downing Street in central London, where he disclosed how social media platforms were making children unhappy and exposing them to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has officially named former Minister of Transportation and ex-Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as the party’s vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The announcement means Amaechi will run alongside former vice president Atiku Abubakar, on the ADC ticket in the next general elections. In a statement […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The other political parties the court directed the electoral body to deregister are the Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised the judgment seeking to deregister the African Democratic Congress and several other opposition political parties, describing it as a direct attack on Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the ADC, said the ruling was troubling and should concern every Nigerian who […] Read more
