By Adekunle Williams Ikeja, Sept. 4, 2023 The Lagos State House of Assembly will on Tuesday, begin screening of the second batch of 18 commissioner-nominees sent by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the state on Monday. The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, made this known at plenary. Obasa urged the screening committee …
Read More »The wind that blew Dapo Abiodun’s rump By Festus Adedayo
September 3, 2023 Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly celebrated. It is a historical drama which reflects proceedings of the 19th century reign of the heroine, second Iyalode (Queen of women) of …
Read More »Job racketeering committee asks ICPC to investigate extortion allegation
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, Aug. 31, 2023 The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) has written to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), urging it to investigate allegations of bribery and extortion made against the lawmakers. …
Read More »Akpabio, Obi, Soludo bid late Sen. Okonkwo farewell
By Monday Ajogun Ojoto (Anambra), Aug. 30, 2023 Sen Annie Okonkwo, who died in the United States on June 8, was buried at Ojoto, Idemili North Local Government of Anambra on Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. He was aged 63. Our correspondent, who covered the burial, reports …
Read More »Pro-Labour Party journalist escapes kidnap attempt in Enugu
Unidentified men who claimed to have come from the Enugu State Police Command last Friday tried to seize Mr Ikem Okuhu, a veteran journalist and public relations expert, at a funeral in Umabor, Eha Alumona, Nsukka LGA of Enugu State. Eyewitnesses have testified that youths present at the funeral confronted …
Read More »Imo guber : Okorocha’s Rescue Mission, Araraume’s Destiny group endorse PDP’s Anyanwu as party inaugurates campaign council
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Aug. 29, 2023 Imo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its campaign council ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council was inaugurated by the party’s Chairman, Mr. Charles Ugwu, in …
Read More »Abia at 32: Adighije advocates science, technological transfers to build modern industries
By Deji Abdulwahab Abuja, Aug. 28, 2023 Sen. Chris Adighije has urged Abia Government to come up with robust mechanisms that will ensure 21st century science and technological transfers, to build modern industrial complexes in the state. Adighije gave the advice in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday while …
Read More »Lawmaker urges Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu as gift to Ndigbo
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, Aug. 28, 2023 Rep. Amobi Ogah (Labour Party-Abia) has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu as a gift to the people of South Eastern Nigeria. Ogah, member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia in the House of Representatives, made the appeal in a …
Read More »Lamidi Apapa’s Chairmanship claim is false – Labour Party; Insists that Athan Achonu is party’s Imo guber candidate (Read full text of statement here)
By Angela Atabo Abuja, Aug. 25, 2023 The Julius Abure-led Labour Party(LP) says the claim by Lamidi Apapa that the court has affirmed him as the authentic National Chairman of the party is false. Malam Umar Farouk, the National Secretary of the LP said this at a news conference in …
Read More »Gloom in APC as Election Tribunal reserves judgment in Omo-Agege’s petition
There was palpable disquiet in All Progressives Congress (APC) as the election petitions tribunal, sitting in Asaba, Delta State, Thursday, August 24, 2023 reserved judgment in the petition filed by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege challenging the victory of Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, Governor of Delta State in the gubernatorial election of …
Read More »Ensure domestication of FoI Act in Akwa Ibom, NUJ urges Assembly Speaker
The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Akwa Ibom State Council, Comrade Amos Etuk, has appealed to the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to expedite action towards the domestication of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act in the State. Etuk made the appeal when he led members of the …
Read More »Trouble in Lagos as State Assembly rejects 17 commissioner nominees, confirms 22
By Adekunle Williams Ikeja, Aug. 23, 2023 The Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected 17 commissioner nominees of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, including former commissioner for health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and former commissioner for information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho. The lawmakers, however, confirmed 22 other commissioner nominees of the governor. The …
Read More »Sen. Ita Enang honoured at home (See pictures)
The Ibiono Ibom people of Akwa Ibom have rolled out their drums to celebrate and honour their son, Sen. Ita Enang, for attracting several development projects to the community. Enang, is a former member of the State House of Assembly, former member, House of Representatives, Senator, former Senior Special Assistant …
Read More »Peter Obi leads LP rally for LG election in Edo
By Usman Aliyu Benin, Aug. 21, 2023 Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, on Monday in Benin, led a mega rally for the party ahead of the Sept. 2 Local Government Area election in Edo. Addressing the teeming party members who …
Read More »COPDEM condemns arrest of political activist, Chigozie, demands his immediate release
Coalition for the Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) has condemned the arrest of Mr. Chigozie Ifeanyichukwu, who is the Convener of “UpNorth Ambassadors for Peter Obi’ by security agents in Abuja. In a statement signed by Spokesman of COPDEM, Danjuma Garba, the frontline democracy campaign organisation said Chigozie was arrested on …
Read More »Bayelsa guber poll: Sylva consults Jonathan over ambition
Seventy-six days of APC government: From darkness to gross darkness! By Balogun Akin Osuntokun
After over seventy-six days in office, what are Nigerians getting and how are they faring: unplanned and ill-thought removal of fuel subsidy and unification of exchange rates; uncoordinated and confusing policy announcements; exponential increase in the prices of all goods and services especially food and other basic consumables; decline in …
Read More »Obi, Atiku, Tinubu: Judgment Day beckons By Festus Adedayo
August 13, 2023 The Nigerian Presidential Election Petition Court has reserved its judgment. Apprehension and expectation are playing hide and seek in the air. Judgment Day is here. Theologians, writers and musicians have painted poignant colours of the judgment day. From the 1998-direct-to-video film of John Terlesky with that same …
Read More »Imo guber: Uzodimma unveils female running mate, Mrs. Ekomaru
By Peter Okolie Owerri, Aug. 12, 2023 Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Saturday unveiled Mrs. Chinyere Ekomaru as his running mate for the November 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling took place at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri. …
Read More »Tribunal reserves judgment in petitions against Sanwo-Olu’s re-election
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Ikeja, Aug. 12, 2023 The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in two petitions against the election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. The three-man tribunal led by Justice Arum Ashom, on Saturday, said it would communicate the date for the …
Read More »LP’s Eradiri will end Bayelsa’s years of suffering, running mate assures
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (Retd) has assured the people of the state that the party’s Governorship Candidate, Engr. Udengs Eradiri will end their many years of suffering caused by bad leadership. Nathus said this recently, shortly after Eradiri officially presented …
Read More »The Governor of Enugu State By Chuks Iloegbunam
There is this social media skit on democracy that is forever entertaining. In it, a teacher tells his students that, despite Abraham Lincoln’s classic definition, democracy was actually “the government of some people by some people and for some people.” Government, stressed the teacher, was for those with “bastard money.” …
Read More »Obi-Datti Campaign Organization knocks Economist Intelligence Unit
The Peter Obi-Ahmed Datti Campaign Organization has lashed out at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for its political prediction on the eventual outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election, stressing that the report is “yet another transactional work poorly done.” In a statement by Diran Onifade, Head of its Media, the …
Read More »Atiku in court as parties adopt final addresses
By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, Aug. 1, 2023 The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, was at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Tuesday as parties were set to adopt their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the adoption of …
Read More »House of Representatives unveils six-point agenda
The 10th House of Representatives has unveiled a six-point agenda for its current session. The six-point legislative agenda has been listed to include: to drive progress, prosperity and inclusivity across the country. Representative Julius Ihonvbere, the House Leader and Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Legislative Agenda, announced the agenda …
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