POLITICS

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that the state government is working to provide effective measures to help ameliorate the economic hardship on residents of the state. Sanwo-Olu stated that this administration would provide a flexible working hours schedule for civil servants,…

The Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has been declared winner in an Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) parallel election. Thursday’s declaration happened at a location different from the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium venue of the main PDP primary election. Earlier in the day…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has condemned the “humiliating” arrest of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. Obi, in a string of posts on X (formerly Twitter), described as “pinnacle of rascality”, the manner at…

The Labour Party (LP) has decried the arrest of its national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, by a combined team of police officers and operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State. The national publicity secretary of the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has berated the State Security Service, SSS, for calling on the union to shelve its planned strike. The NLC insisted that the planned nationwide protests against the prevailing economic situation in the country, slated for February 27 and…

President Bola Tinubu has ruled out ‘zoning’ as a criteria for the inconclusive All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Edo State. Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after meeting with the President at…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to drop the treason and terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), just as the President did by voiding similar charges against Yoruba activist,…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has asked the Federal Government to end the inconsistency in duty charges by the Nigeria Customs Service. Obi made this call in a statement via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday. The Labour…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared last Saturday’s Edo State governorship primary election inconclusive. The exercise produced three factional governorship ‘candidates’ following violence and controversy that trailed the conduct of the exercise in Benin City last…

Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has terminated the contract for nine roads in the slum area of Okpoko in Ogbaru local government area awarded to NBHH Engineering Company for non performance. Soludo, during a visit to the area on Tuesday, which he…