Politics

He denied the allegations against him and said that he was fully prepared to cooperate with any investigations to clear his name. The former candidate of the Delta State House of Assembly for Aniocha South State Constituency on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Harrison …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday told journalists that President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve their planned nationwide protest. Idris disclosed this to journalists after a meeting with President Tinubu at Aso Rock presidential villa. The Minister said Tinubu does …

The Kogi State Government on Sunday advised residents of the state to shun any violent protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, gave the advice in a statement he issued in Lokoja on Sunday. He urged the residents to rather join the Not+My-State Movement Against …

The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Saturday’s local council poll in the state. The Chairman of the Commission, Jossey Eze, announced the results of the poll in the state capital, Abakaliki. He said the APC won all the 13 …

L-R: Mrs. Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila On November 19, 2020, Shehu Shagari Way, a stone’s throw from the National Assembly, was the stage for a tragedy that would forever alter the lives of Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu, her daughter and seven-day-old baby. Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a hardworking newspaper vendor from …

The Peoples Democratic Party or PDP, has mocked Comrade Philip Shaibu, who’s the deputy governor in Edo State, for returning to the All Progressives Congress or APC describing him as a saboteur who was sent to derail its party’s governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo. Shaibu had knelt before ex-governor of …

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, (CNPP) has rejected the planned sale of nomination forms by the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC) ahead of the October 19th Local Government election. The Kogi State CNPP Chairman, Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi in a statement on Thursday, condemned in totality the alleged purported …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rose from their meeting in Enugu yesterday, warning against any presidential interference in the forthcoming off-season governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. Speed Painting, like medicine, leaves no room for error — Dr. Ojeabuo, A Speed Painter0:00 / …

The proposed amendments target Sections 7, 135, 137, 180, and 182 (1) of the 1999 Constitution. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the first reading of a bill proposing amendments to the 1999 Constitution to introduce a single six-year term for the offices of the President, state governors, and …

Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai corruption. We learnt that Falana will lead a battery of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption on Thursday in Kaduna. Earlier in July, the Kaduna State …