By Ijendu Iheaka, Aba/Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom, Umuahia/Nicholas Obisike, Aba (Abia) Jan. 13, 2024 Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State says he will now settle down and rebuild Abia because his distractions were over with the Supreme Court affirmation of his victory in the 2023 polls. Otti made the declaration at the …
Read More »Supreme Court judgment: Police record zero crime during celebration in Kano – CP
By Aminu Garko Kano, Jan. 13, 2024 The Police Command in Kano State, said it recorded zero crime associated with the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the victory of Gov. Abba Yusuf. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usaini Gumel, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria …
Read More »Why Obasanjo visited Iwuanyanwu – Ozichukwu Chukwu; Says ‘Imo will overcome’
Former National Vice Chairman and Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East geo-political zone, Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, granted some journalists an interview on the recent visit of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to the Ohanaeze President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The political leader, who is now a member of the …
Read More »Bye-election: 12 candidates jostle for Gbajabiamila’s seat in Surulere
INEC officials with stakeholders at a Stakeholders’ Meeting held on Thursday at INEC headquarters office in Lagos ahead of Surulere Federal Constituency I bye-election. By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, Jan. 11, 2024 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, says 12 candidates of different political parties will be contesting …
Read More »Current economic reality demands 60% cut in overall cost of governance not just on travel – Peter Obi
Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general election has asked the federal government to go beyond the 60 per cent cut in travel allowance of officials and cut the cost of the entire governance by 60 per cent insisting that the current …
Read More »2023: Peter Obi, Edeoga greatest casualties of electoral fraud in Nigeria
… Party appoints Enugu gov’ship candidate member electoral reform committee … I’ll never come to terms with the final judgement against me – Edeoga National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure has identified the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi and Enugu …
Read More »Labour Party slams Okupe; Calls him a political harlot, opportunist
Labour Party (LP) has described Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council as a political harlot who finds it easy to jump from one party to another in search of “where food is ready.” The party, which was reacting to Okupe’s resignation from the LP, said …
Read More »Adebanjo emerges LP candidate for Surulere bye-election
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, Jan. 7, 2024 Mr. Adeola Adebanjo, an engineer, has emerged the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Feb. 3 bye-election in Surulere Federal Constituency I in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo defeated two other aspirants in the primary …
Read More »South-South govs corrupt, embezzle 13% oil derivation funds – Pa Edwin Clark; Bashes Buhari
Foremost elder statesman from Nigeria’s South-South, Pa Edwin Clark, has accused the South-South governors of corruption and embezzlement of 13% oil derivation funds allocated to their states. The 96-year-old former federal commissioner of communication under the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon and a Commissioner in the old Midwestern Region …
Read More »Na’Abba: Nigeria has lost a true democrat – Utomi
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Kano, Jan. 5, 2023 A renowned Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Friday, described the death of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’abba, as a great loss to the entire nation. Utomi said this when he paid a condolence visit to …
Read More »We succeeded where our opponents never gave us a chance – Gov. Adeleke
● Adeleke will do second term – Oluwo of Iwoland OSOGBO Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has attributed the achievements recorded by his administration in 2023 to divine guidance, saying his government’s recorded successes trumped the expectations of his political opponents. Governor Adeleke disclosed this on Tuesday at …
Read More »Supreme Court has laid to rest issues of factions in Labour Party – Abure
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Barrister Julius Abure has said that issues bordering on factions in the party have been laid to rest by the judgement of the Supreme Court which emphatically stated that a dissident group led by a former Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa lacks …
Read More »Obasanjo sent aircraft to IBB to beg me to step down for Buhari in 2007 – Sani Yerima says on Inside Sources
Fresh facts have emerged on how former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Nigerian Leader, General Ibrahim Babangida worked for the emergence of the then General Muhammadu Buhari as the candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the build-up to the 2007 presidential …
Read More »S’West Governors visit Akeredolu’s family, promise to constitute joint burial committee
By David Adeoye Ibadan, Dec. 29, 2023 Four Governors from the South-West zone, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the former of Ondo State, Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu who died on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governors included: Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Dapo …
Read More »Tinubu to APC chiefs: We must deliver on quality education for all Nigerian children, jobs for youths
President Bola Tinubu has said that democracy must be progressive and inclusive with a primary focus on pragmatically addressing poverty through the provision of job opportunities for youths and quality education for all Nigerian children. Receiving members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), on …
Read More »PDP insists on declaring 26 defected Rivers lawmakers’ seats vacant
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Dec. 28, 2023 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday insisted that the 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) were no longer members of the state legislature. PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told the …
Read More »Aiyedatiwa sworn-in as 19th Governor of Ondo State
Aiyedatiwa taking oath of office By Segun Giwa Akure, Dec. 27, 2023 The Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olusegun Odusola on Wednesday evening swore in Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the 19th governor of the state. Aiyedatiwa, who was Acting Governor, assumed the position of Governor following the death of Gov. …
Read More »Akeredolu’s death leaves void that transcends State borders – Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Wednesday received the passing of his brother Governor of Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu with rude shock and sadness, lamenting that the deceased’s death has left a vacuum that goes beyond State borders. Governor Akeredolu reportedly passed on, Wednesday, while receiving treatment outside …
Read More »Adeleke extols Makinde on birthday; Says ‘We share common vision, goals’
OSOGBO– 25/12/2023 Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated his counterpart in Oyo state, Engineer Oluseyi Makinde, on the occasion of his 56th birthday, acknowledging his leadership style, characterized by humility, inclusivity, and sense of purpose. Governor Adeleke in a statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, his Spokesperson, noted …
Read More »Why is Oshiomhole so obsessed with Fayemi? By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Former Edo State Governor who graduated to become the chairman of the country’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, always manufactures good copy for journalists. The latest grandstanding release from the stable of Oshiomhole is that former Ekiti State Governor who doubled as the chairman …
Read More »LP Chairman, Abure, says political class is truncating will of God for Nigeria
Tasks leaders to make the country a better place to live The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure has called on Nigerians to let the lessons learnt from the birth of Jesus Christ guide our lives individually and collectively in order to make the world a …
Read More »The ‘Af’eyinpin’ran’ intervention in Rivers By Festus Adedayo
December 24, 2023 After President Bola Tinubu intervened in the seismic crisis that rocked oil-rich Rivers State last week, one thing and two people unraveled. By their unraveling, pretentious veils were lifted off their faces. They were, the president himself, the nature of Nigeria’s presidential democracy and the governor of …
Read More »Rivers elders sue Tinubu, Fubara, INEC, others over signed agreement
By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, Dec. 22, 2022 No fewer than six elders in Rivers have dragged President Bola Tinubu and others to the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly compelling Gov. Siminilaya Fubara to sign what they describe as an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, in the process sighted by the …
Read More »Supreme Court affirms Governor Peter Mbah victory
By Ebere Agozie Abuja, Dec. 22, 2023 The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu state. Justice Mohammed Garba, who delivered the lead judgement described as mere allegation the statement that Mbah did not possess the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) certificate, which is …
Read More »Kwankwaso after the Supreme Court By Azu Ishiekwene
In the last one and a half decades, Rabiu Kwankwaso has been the most charismatic politician out of Kano after the passing of Abubakar Rimi. Kwankwaso is not just charismatic; he is consequential, with a cult-like following that responds twice, even when he calls once. He is facing yet another …
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