POLITICS

The Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has approved the composition of Kano and Kogi states Caretaker Committees to run the affairs of their respective chapters for a period not exceeding 90 days. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed in a…

Following the commencement of impeachment notice against deputy governor Philip Shaibu by the Edo State House of Assembly, the embattled deputy governor who is currently having a running political battle with Governor Godwin Obaseki, has approach the court in Abuja to obtain…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says his administration is currently working out a permanent solution to end open grazing in the FCT. Wike stated this while receiving the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Pieter Leenknegt, at his office in Abuja. He…

Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended four local government chairmen from office for alleged misconduct. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Local Government oversight visits to the 27 councils of the state at plenary yesterday. Presenting the…

A former national vice chairman, (North-west) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman has urged the founding leaders who championed the merger negotiation to produce the party in 2013 to call President Bola Tinubu to order for running a ‘closed government’. Prominent…

The Edo State House of Assembly, during plenary on Wednesday, commenced proceedings to impeach embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu. The majority leader of the state house of assembly and member representing Ovia North East 1, Charity Aiguobarueghian, announced this during…

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the widow of the late former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tackled her late husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu-Aruna, for supporting the governorship aspiration of incumbent governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Mrs. Akeredolu-Aruna was the former Deputy Chief of Protocol in the…

The 2023 Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says it is “an absolute failure” that successive All Progressives Congress (APC) governments in the state completed “16km” of the 27km Blue Line Rail for 16 years. The LP…

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria for raising the Monetary Policy Rate by 22.75 per cent. Obaseki contended that the decision is not the answer to the ongoing economic challenges in the country. He supported boosting…

The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos…