Politics

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has signed into law Seven Hundred and Fifty Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty-Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (750, 282, 200, 000) only for the 2025 fiscal year. The Governor while assenting to the bill commended the Abia State House of Assembly lawmakers for …

The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kayode Ajulo, issued the directive on Friday in a statement released in Akure, expressing concern over the high number of state assets in private hands one year after Akeredolu’s death. The Ondo State government has warned associates of the late Governor …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deplored the recent stampedes arising from a scramble for foodstuff in some parts of the country. No fewer than 60 persons, mostly children, died in stampedes that occured in Ibadan, Abuja and Okija between Thursday and Saturday. In a statement on Sunday by the …

A senatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Patrick Ubajaka, has declared interest in running for the senatorial position for the Anambra South Senatorial District to fill the position left vacant by late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah at the National Assembly. The seat, left vacant at the …

National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, South East, Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu, speaks with DANIEL AYANTOYE on the controversy trailing the appointment of the board and management of the South East Development Commission and the insinuation that the Igbo are being marginalised by the President Bola Tinubu administration You …

  A former parliamentarian who represented Ife Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives in the 7th Assembly, Hon. Rotimi Makinde has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s tax bills, adding that in the long run Nigerians would praise the President’s legacies.    Makinde in a statement made available …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the party’s target is to capture Rivers State in 2027. Ganduje stated this while inaugurating the newly elected executive committee of the party in the state, led by Chief Tony Okocha in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on …

The Arewa youth leader also criticised some state governors for their lack of creativity and initiative in generating revenue within their states. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), a northern Nigeria socio-cultural group, has stated that the northern people regret voting for President Bola Tinubu in 2023. The President of …

…as Methodist Archbishop advocates for Muslim governor in 2027 Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos during the 22nd annual Christian Thanksgiving of the Assembly on Friday. The Speaker of the Lagos State …

It was a significant win for Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as the Appeal Court in Abuja overturned all orders barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) from disbursing funds to the state government. The three-member panel, led by …