There are strong indications that some former ministers of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari will move en masse to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). A senator in the ninth Assembly, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said at least 10 former members of the Buhari cabinet were moving to the SDP. ‘What they’re waiting for is the finalisation of …

A former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter dated 16 December, 2024, addressed to the Ubandawaki Ward chairman of the party in Ilorin,the Kwara State capital, Abdullahi described the decision as a “difficult conclusion’ but the only ‘tenable option”. “I write to formally resign …

Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, collapsed outside the courtroom on Thursday at a Federal High Court, Abuja, due to ill health. It was reported that Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called. The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho shortly when he was called to …

A former Minister for Defence, Mr. Adetokunbo Kayode has urged the Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa to remain focused and concentrated on the best way to move the state forward. Aiyedatiwa became the governor following the death of the former governor, Rotimi Akeredolu last 27th December, after a protracted illness. Since he was sworn in, Aiyedatiwa has been making …

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Nduese Essien said what has been practiced in Nigeria since 1999 is not the presidential system of Western democracy, but a modified form of democracy by the system’s operators. He added that the presidential Western-style democracy has not failed in Nigeria, adding that it has not been practiced according to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, disclosed that following petitions received by the commission, some former governors, former ministers and some ministry officials are under investigation, adding that details of their involvement will soon be made public. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, also disclosed that the EFCC has recovered N27 billion and $19 million in three …

Heavily armed men, suspected to be kidnappers, invaded the residence of a former Minister of Information, Malam Labaran Maku at the weekend, and left three security guards seriously injured. The suspected kidnappers, who shot sporadically into the air, forced their way into Maku’s residence in Ola, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, around 7:50 p.m. One of the security …

Paraguayans on Sunday elected a president from the rightwing party in power for nearly eight decades, rejecting a center-left challenger who had railed against endemic institutional corruption. Economist and former finance minister Santiago Pena, 44, took the election with more than 42 percent of the vote to continue the hegemony of the conservative Colorado Party, results showed. Sixty-year-old challenger Efrain …