POLITICS

A member of the House of Representatives Dennis Idahosa has emerged as the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Edo State Governorship election. Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State who is the Edo State Governorship Primary Election Committee Chair declared…

Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday disbursed a total sum of Five Hundred and Eighty Eight Million, One Hundred and Five Thousand Naira only (N588, 105,000.00) to 19,720 beneficiaries of Imole Osun Cash Grant Scheme. An additional Sixty Thousand identified poor segment of the population are to receive ATMs of their bank accounts to facilitate their access to such grants. In continuation of his administration’s…

The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday said the twin monsters of insecurity and poverty are putting Nigeria on edge especially the Northern region of the country. Sultan Abubakar, who spoke at the…

The Labour Party presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Thursday said the party will give a transparent account of funds realised during the campaign process. Obi stated this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, amid the fresh…

The Labour Party (LP) has suspended its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, for six months. The party’s spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, announced this at a conference at the LP national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the suspension is with immediate effect. Ifoh said…

Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, has been sworn in for a second term in office. He took his oath of office at 1:58 pm on Wednesday at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, the state capital. Both Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that some hoodlums disrupted the re-run election in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency. The commission stated this via a tweet posted on its X handle Wednesday. It added that though no lives were lost in the…

The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government to reduce foreign trips for seminars and conferences by ministries and agencies as well as regulate religious pilgrimages as part of measures to halt the continued downward…

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, as its Chairman. The BoT, at its 76th Meeting on Tuesday, also confirmed a former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi as Secretary “in line…

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation. The opposition governors also decried the free fall of the naira and its attendant consequences,…