POLITICS

Worried by the protracted strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Osun State chapter the state Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has set up a seven-man committee to urgently resolve the industrial dispute. The governor has also sent a briefing letter  to the…

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has urged Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to convey the message of the teeming populace about the hunger and starvation in the country to the President, saying the hardship is more alarming. The Emir made…

A fresh crisis has hit a faction of the Labour Party led by Julius Abure after its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, demanded the accountability of about N3.5 billion in party finances. Opara made this known during a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. According…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the immediate promotion of local government workers in the state with full financial benefits. The approval was given during a private meeting with principal officers of the 23 local government areas and the leadership for the…

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that Nigerians are currently suffering from what he described as “reckless policies” of former President Muhammadu Buhari. He recalled that he protested some of the policies that he said were designed to dehumanise the…

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for a National Assembly investigation into the approval of N500 million, the first instalment of a purported N1bn approval allegedly by President Bola Tinubu, for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on the New National…

Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 16 political parties will participate in the exercise. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on…

A former lawmaker who  represented Adamawa North in the Senate, Elisha Abbo, has been issued an ultimatum to establish his allegations of bribery receipt by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, or be prepared to face court…

A group, Yan Dangwalen Jihar Kano (the Kano Electorate), has written to the Kano State House of Assembly, seeking the review of the law establishing four additional emirates in Gaya, Rano, Karaye, and Bichi by the immediate-past administration of former Governor Abdullahi…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has again called for the amicable resolution of the ongoing strike action by the State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), expressing unhappiness about the hold-up in the justice administration due to the industrial…