POLITICS

The Peoples Democratic Party has appointed executives whose tenure has expired as caretaker committees for their respective states, local governments, and wards. Recall that National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, during a meeting of the National Working Committee with state chairmen on Tuesday hinted…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra State. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said…

Six members of the Labour Party (LP) in the Enugu State House of Assembly have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They made their defection known on Thursday in Enugu in a letter read by the Speaker, Chief Uche Ugwu, during…

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Labour Party (LP) said it has stepped in to steer the affairs of the party following the expiration of the tenure in office of the immediate past National Working Committee (NWC) led by Julius Abure. A…

Despite the opposition of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Julius Abure has been re-elected as the National Chairman of Labour Party for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates. The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia…

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has nominated 12 new commissioners. Recall that Aiyedatiwa had in February,this year, appointed six commissioners and three special advisers. The names of the 12 commissioner-nominees have been forwarded to the House of Assembly for confirmation. A statement by the governor’s…

In a bid to bolster food security, the federal government plans to set up a robust military presence in the Lake Chad Basin area. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum revealed this after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday. The…

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned against what he termed as deliberate efforts by some individuals to drag his name in the mud, saying his silence should not be taken for cowardice. Adams, while speaking on the controversy generated by…

Elder statesman Pa Edwin Clark has faulted the invasion of his country home in the Kiagbodo area and that of his father in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by the military over allegations of harbouring one of the…

Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, has said that the state has become the epicenter of the banditry crisis plaguing northern Nigeria, and resolving the insecurity there was crucial to bringing peace to the entire region. He disclosed this to State House correspondents on…