Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
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…
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, has freed an 18-year-old mentally challenged inmate and 122 others during her 2nd quarter, 2025, tour of the Medium Security Custodial Centres (MSCCs) in Ikot Abasi, Eket, Ikot Ekpene, and Uyo. The Chief Judge also called on officers at the Correctional facilities to ensure that hygiene is maintained to reduce the spread of communicable diseases. Justice Obot emphasized the significance of jail delivery in safeguarding justice and fundamental human rights stressing, “This exercise aligns with the constitutional mandate of the judiciary to ensure that no person is unjustly detained without…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on Nigerians to stop abusing the naira, warning that acts such as spraying and stamping on the national currency are not cultural practices but punishable offences under the law. Olukoyede made the remarks on Friday in Lagos during a stakeholders’ sensitisation programme. Describing the naira as “a symbol of our sovereignty,” the EFCC boss expressed concern over the continued abuse of the currency, particularly at social gatherings where it is commonly sprayed, mutilated, or stamped. “Nobody who works hard to earn money will go out…