POLITICS

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…

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…