POLITICS

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday, granted State Pardon and Mercy to 96 convicted inmates serving various sentences in Correctional Centres across state and empowered each of them with N100, 000. The State Pardon is in exercise of Section 212 (1)…

The Rivers State House of Assembly has ruled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law. The House of Assembly had convened an unscheduled sitting on Friday during which they observed that more than the…

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 general elections, Akin Osuntokun, has recommended that a member from the North should become the next chairman of the party. Osuntokun, who said this during a chat on Arise TV,…

The National Consultative Front (NCFront), a key caucus in the Labour Party led by Prof Pat Utomi, has joined calls for the postponement of the proposed contentious National Convention of the Labour Party  to allow for more consultations and the cooling of…

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has demanded major reforms to the nation’s security architecture and crackdown on illegal international adoption rackets involving Nigerian children. These were top issues at the Governors’ virtual meeting on Wednesday. On the security front, NGF members highlighted the critical…

Delta State Governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday cautioned traditional rulers in the state against shielding suspects involved in the killing of four military officers and 13 soldiers in Okuama Community of Ughelli South Local Government area of the state. Governor Oborevwori gave…

The embattled Labour Party chairman Julius Abure, has faulted the picketing of its party secretariats by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), describing it as an abuse of power. The NLC leadership had accused Abure of planning to hold an “illegal convention”. This, they…

The conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) has taken another turn as members of the NLC, on Wednesday, picketed the headquarters of the party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The union…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has reiterated his call on political parties to avoid situations that lead to the conduct of parallel primaries and the emergence of multiple candidates. Yakubu made the call at the first regular…

FOLLOWING the incessant land grabbing across Lagos State, the House of Assembly, yesterday, resolved to hold a public hearing to address the issue. Moving the motion under ‘Matters of Urgent Public Importance’, earlier, the lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency 2, Mr. Kazeem Olayinka, urged…