POLITICS

The Chief Whip of the Senate and senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has rejected the recent hike in electricity tariff. He described the timing as wrong, maintaining that Nigerians are yet to recover from the removal of fuel subsidy. The Federal Government, through…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the men working with President Bola Tinubu of pushing the economy into deeper crisis even as he said reforms being introduced by the administration lacked human face. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

The panel set up by the Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of gross misconducts levelled against the embattled deputy governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, as part of the impeachment processes initiated against…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appointed Amb. Maureen Tamuno as the new Managing Director of Abuja Investment Company Limited. Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister, who disclosed this in a statement in…

Nine out of the 16 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers have been sworn-in by the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan. The swearing in ceremony took place in the early hours of Friday in Jos. It was gathered the member from…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, alleged that Governor, Siminalayi Fubara was plotting to use the court to declare the state House of Assembly illegal. The claim by the opposition party came amid the renewed impeachment threat against…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says any changes to the list of caretaker committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, not in line with the initial agreement, will not be accepted. Governor Fubara spoke on Thursday at the groundbreaking…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had warned the Federal Government against the implementation of the proposed 300 per cent hike in electricity tariff. NLC cautioned that plunging Nigerians into more hardship amidst the current hunger and hike in food prices will be disastrous. Labour…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation…

A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ali Chiroma, is dead. Chiroma died on Tuesday night at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State after a brief illness. He died at the age of 91. President Bola Tinubu has since sent…