Author: David Akonuche

STRONG indications have emerged that more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may move to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general election. This newspaper gathered that moves by the PDP governors to dump their party may not be in connection with lingering and unresolved crisis in the party, especially with the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party and also in some states and zonal levels. According to a source, the prelude to the defection is the fact that while some governors have begun visits to President Bola Tinubu in…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has justified the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration and labelled it a “necessary” move to secure the country’s future Tinubu declared an end to the subsidy regime during his swearing-in ceremony in May 2023, leading to a hike in the cost of the essential commodity. There were protests and condemnation of the move which critics say has triggered untold hardship on the teeming masses. But during his visit to Enugu State on Saturday, Tinubu defended the bold move and said it was needed for a better Nigeria. “You are all a member of one big,…