Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
The Senate has warned suspended Kogi lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to desist from forcefully resuming her legislative duties on Tuesday until the expiration of her suspension. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu gave the warning in a statement issued on Sunday. While insisting that no valid court order mandates her immediate recall, Adaramodu emphasised that the Senate remains committed to due process and the rule of law. He said, “The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wishes to reaffirm, for the third time, that there is no subsisting court order mandating the…
Nollywood actor Timini Egbuson has dismissed widespread assumptions that he is a womaniser, saying his lifestyle and work schedule don’t allow room for such a narrative to be true. Speaking on The Culture League podcast alongside footballer Victor Boniface and comedian Bovi, Timini revealed that he has been “technically single” for the past two to three years due to his demanding career. He explained that his typical day is spent on set, often wrapping up exhausted by 11 p.m., leaving him with no time or energy for romantic pursuits, let alone juggling multiple partners. “I admire my friends who can…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, CFR has called on Nigerians to actively participate in the constitution review process, demanding transparency and accountability from lawmakers and other public office holders. Speaking at the Constitution Review Public Hearing in Owerri, the centre serving Imo and Abia State, Kalu emphasized the importance of citizens’ engagement. The public hearing is a part of the ongoing efforts to review and amend the 1999 Constitution, with stakeholders and citizens contributing their ideas and suggestions to shape the country’s future. The public hearing is also taking place simultaneously across the southern…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has dismissed claims that former Governor Kayode Fayemi is plotting to destabilise the party or lure members away through a secret stakeholders’ meeting. The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, in a statement on Sunday, dismissed the report in circulation, stating that it was a fabrication by rumour peddlers bent on creating internal strife. “We are not perturbed. We are now in a season of propaganda, characterised by spewing of lies and telling half-truths to confuse the people. “Any busybody who yearns to know what is happening in our party is free…
The lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, has resigned his membership from the party. This development came amid growing rumour over a plan by Governor Ademola Adeleke to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter dated June 12, 2025, and addressed to the PDP party chairman in Ward 4, Obokun Local Government of Osun State, Fadahunsi, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Industry, said his decision to resign was taken after…
The Kaduna State Police Command has stopped a planned rally by supporters of the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, scheduled to hold in honour of his birthday in the state. It warned to take necessary legal action against any individual or group found violating this directive. The Command said that intelligence information at its disposal revealed that certain criminal elements are planning to infiltrate and hijack the proposed rally, using it as a platform to cause disruption, incite violence, and disturb the prevailing public peace in the state. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir…
The Labour Party faction led by Julius Abure has described today’s National Executive Committee meeting of the other faction as illegal. The party said this in a statement by its National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim on Friday. It said the outcome of the NEC meeting was “inconsequential, null and void.” The statement reads: “The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to yet another illegal gathering of some suspended members of the party parading themselves as members of the party’s National Executive Committee. Ordinarily, we didn’t think we should make any comment as regards to this…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has issued a strong warning to the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, cautioning him against entering the state without prior notification and approval. Governor Okpebholo’s warning marks the second time Obi has been cautioned by an All Progressives Congress, APC-led state over visits, including those reportedly for humanitarian purposes. Addressing a gathering of political supporters in a video that has since gone viral on social media, the governor made it clear that Obi’s security would not be assured should he enter Edo State without officially informing the state government
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture. President Tinubu approved the appointment today, along with seven others. In a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, and posted on his verified X handle, some of those appointed will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies. 53-year-old Muhammad Babangida is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, slated October 10 to rule on a motion that is seeking to stop the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, in the application he filed through his team of lawyers led by a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, is praying the court to discharge and acquit him of the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government initiated against him. The embattled IPOB leader maintained that the federal government failed to…