POLITICS

The Kogi State government has called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what it described as a “witch hunt” of the immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello. A statement by the Commissioner for Information in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo on Friday,…

Forty-eight hours after the resignation of suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP Bauchi Central) as Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua (APC Katsina Central), emerged as the new Chairman. Yar’Adua’s emergence as the new Chairman of the NSF was a sequel…

The Executive Chairman of the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Ayodele Subair said about fifty taxes will be cut down to a single digit. Subair disclosed this in an interview with Arise Television. According to Subair, the tax policy will be implemented sometime during…

The Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, demanded the resignation of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to allow an independent investigation into the alleged padding of the 2024 budget to the tune of N3.7tn. The budget padding allegation was raised by the Senator…

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday, declared support for suspended Senator Abdul Ningi, saying his integrity is praiseworthy. Mohammed, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Ningi said “made it clear that I stand firm in our support for Senator Abdul Ahmed…

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, is of the opinion that the Nigerian Senate still owes the people some explanations as regards the budget padding scandal rocking the Upper Chambers at the moment. Obi said…

In a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians, controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed willingness to facilitate comprehensive discussions between the Federal Government and bandits. Sheikh Gumi urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration not to repeat the mistake made by…

The impeachment saga of the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, continues as the state House of Assembly says it will resort to substituted service to serve the impeachment notice. The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, announced…

Following the collapse of a five-storey building in Onitsha on Sunday, the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered that all ongoing building projects in Onitsha be subjected to integrity tests. Recently, another two-storey building in Ochanja Market in Onitsha had also…

Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party (LP) has appealed the March 6, 2024 judgement of the Court Of Appeal in Abuja which affirmed Julius Abure as the Chairman of the party. A spokesman for the Apapa group within the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, at a…