POLITICS

Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has taken a swipe at the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 election in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, over the statement credited to him on the recent killing of soldiers…

The Delta State Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2024, has scaled through all the legislative procedures at the floor of the State House of Assembly. The voluminous bill, sponsored by the Member Representing Ika North East in the House, Hon. Marylyn Okowa-Daramola, was read…

The Edo State House of Assembly, during plenary on Tuesday, passed a resolution directing the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to look into the allegations brought up against the embattled deputy governor of…

Embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says some government officials are profiting from the insecurity ubiquitous in the South-East geopolitical zone. Kanu made this known on Tuesday after he was denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako of…

The Abia State House of Assembly has passed into law, H.A.B 11: A Bill for a ‘Law to Repeal The Abia State Governors & Deputy Governors Pensions Law No 4 of 2001 and for other Matters Connected Therewith’ sponsored by the Majority…

Major cracks have emerged in the fold of Labour Party (LP) and its affiliate, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as the party has asked the President of the NLC, Mr. Joe Ajaero, to resign his position and contest for the chairmanship position…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who was suspended for three months over his allegation of budget padding. Ningi, the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, was suspended for three months over an interview in…

The court case filed by the Abia State government two years ago against the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, (MOUAU) for non remittance of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax will be withdrawn. This was made known by Governor Alex Otti while…

A former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday highlighted the crucial role of the political party in ensuring good governance, saying the government belongs to the party. Fashola said this in an interview with newsmen at the Eko Hotels…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has described the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Dr Mohood Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, as a cerebral monarch and an amiable personality. He made this statement at the late monarch’s Alli Iwo compound…