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*Would Clinton, Obama, Lula, Others Have Emerged If Their Nations Adopted Similar Approach?, He Queries By Felix Durumbah,Abuja Former Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Osita Chidoka, has taken a hard look at the cost of political party nomination forms in Nigeria and returned a verdict that it is a design to exclude many persons. Seriously querying the current situation where parties charge tens and hundreds of millions of Naira for the forms, he wondered how,for instance, a worker who earned a minimum wage of ₦70,000 could afford the forms. Doing simple maths, Chidoka stated that it would take such…

The ruling All Progressives Congress selected a new slate of national officers during its National Convention at Eagle Square, Abuja. Leading the newly elected officials is Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, who was chosen as the party’s National Chairman. He will be assisted by two Deputy National Chairmen: Ali Bukar Dalori representing the North and Dr. Benjamin Obi Nwoye representing the South. Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru secured the role of National Secretary, with Prof. AbdulKarim Abubakar Kana appointed as Deputy National Secretary. Murtala Aliyu Kankia was named National Legal Adviser, while Uguru Mathew Ofoke assumed the position of National Treasurer. Amb. Haruna…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Ahead of today's national convention of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) holding in Abuja, Dr. Ben Nwoye has emerged as the consensus candidate for the position of Deputy National Chairman (DNC), (South), of the party. Nwoye, a former elected and immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in Enugu State, was widely regarded as the frontrunner for the position zoned to Enugu State. His emergence followed consultations reportedly guided by a directive from President Bola Tinubu, a source at the party’s National Secretariat, who craved anonymity, told People&Politics. According to the source, "The issue…

*Reps Deputy Speaker, Govs, Ministers, Former Senate President, Others Dazzle In Glittering Array Of Heavyweights By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East Zone, has successfully concluded the zonal congress of the party, with an eight-member zonal executive emerging by consensus. The congress, which held on Wednesday at the newly revamped Hotel Presidential, Enugu, witnessed a mammoth turnout of party leaders, delegates, and party faithful from the five states of the South-East. Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru's motion for the dissolution of the old zonal executive was seconded by the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Senator…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Foremost Nigerian vehicle manufacturing company, ANAMMCO, has stormed the ongoing 37th Enugu International Trade Fair with the trucks market leading brand, Howo trucks. Head of Operations, ANAMMCO Motors & Parts Ltd, Mr Benneth Ejindu, who addressed newsmen at the Enugu International Trade Fair pavilion, highlighted the recent cooperation between ANAMMCO Motors and Sinotruk with the objective of the offering of Howo trucks and services across ANAMMCO sales and service networks. "Howo brand of commercial vehicles needs no elaborate introduction due to its consistence dominance of the Nigerian truck market. Howo trucks have a wide range of…

*Celebrates IWD 2026 Mandate Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Affairs Secretariat (WAS), Hon. (Dr) Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi has reiterated the importance of justice to, and rights of, Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs). Benjamins-Laniyi, who was represented by Head, Women Affairs Department at the Secretariat, Mrs Aina Sanni, spoke during the celebration of International Women's Day, IWD 2026, with 250 PWDs at Bamishe community, Kuje Area Council of FCT. These were contained in a statement made available to People&Politics by Deputy Director, Information, at the Secretariat, Josie Mudasiru JP. People&Politics notes that a Secretariat in FCT Administration (FCTA)'s structure is a…

Four suspects have been arrested by the police for allegedly using the name of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, to defraud a military officer of the sum of N150 million. One Yashim Kajang, said to be of 3 Martin Elegoma Street, Nigeria Army Post Housing E, Phase 1, Kurudu, FCT, was arrested on Tuesday, 24 March, 2026, for allegedly defrauding one Major General A K Ibrahim (rtd) and many others, of the sum supposedly for transaction on a land at high brow Guzape II Cadastral Zone, Abuja. He allegedly lured the victims into believing that he worked…

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction  and sentence of Osamudiamen Philip Ikilo for fraud.The convict was arraigned on one -count charge of stealing  before Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge,  setting the stage for trial.T Osamudiamen Philip Ikilo (m) was sometime in March 2024 alleged to have stolen Bitcoin worth the sum of $19,400 (Nineteen thousand, four Hundred United States Dollars) belonging to one Cynthia Imade Alile by fraudulently converting the said sum to…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said death toll rose in the trailer/tricycles accident that happened in Beere, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday. According to an updated report from the state Sector Commandant of the FRSC, Mrs. Rosemary Alo, on Wednesday, two of the victims who were earlier hospitalised had died while receiving treatment, raising the total number of fatalities to four. Recall that an articulated vehicle reportedly lost its braking system on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a number of people, while others sustained injuries. The vehicle, according to eyewitnesses, was a fuel-laden tanker…

*Blow-by-Blow Account Of How Residents Fled For Precious Lives *…Desert Area Of Violence *What Parents, Shop Owners, Others Did *Implications On Housing *Police Speak By Felix Durumbah, Abuja It was a sight to behold yesterday. News of the clash involving suspected armed Fulani herdsmen and a farmer, the latter backed by local vigilante, in Aso A, near Mararaba, the commercial hub of Nasarawa State, showed up the level of fear of herdsmen in the area. Aso A, a newly developing community of several thousands of residents,was the scene of the violence reportedly sparked by a young Fulani man who was…