Politics

The leadership of the Labour Party has disowned the former National Treasurer of the party, Ms Oluchi Oparah saying she’s not the current National women leader of the party. The party started this on Thursday in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, noting that Ms Oparah …

The House of Representatives has advanced a bill to its second reading, aiming to mandate the inclusion of specific portfolios in the nomination lists for Ministers and Commissioners submitted by the President and State Governors. Leading the debate, Okechukwu Dibiagwu highlighted that attaching portfolios to nominees would allow lawmakers in …

A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, on Monday, pleaded with the 774 local government chairmen across Nigeria to appoint supervisors on matters relating to Persons with Disabilities. Bankole said the recommendation if implemented, would ensure the inclusion of PWDs at the grassroots level, particularly …

Despite its significance to progress and development at the grassroots, local governments in the country have been treated as personal estates of governors, who have shown little or no regard to that tier of government. In this report, DIRISU YAKUBU examines the conduct of council polls in recent times and …

Ahead of the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, several groups within the All Progressives Congress have declared their support for the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Benson Akingboye. The groups, comprising Ondo Patriots, Ondo APC Solidarity Group, Jagaban Coalition, and APC Youth League, stated they are backing Akingboye as …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent remarks made by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, regarding the APC’s intention to “capture” Ondo State and, by extension, the entire South West region, warning it’s impossible to capture the zone. The PDP in a …

The move comes in direct defiance of a Federal High Court Abuja order that bars the PDP from removing its acting national chairman, Umar Damagum. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed, has initiated a legal action at the Zamfara High Court, seeking an ex-parte …

The Edo State Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday, called on banks to halt the granting of loans to the state government during the transition period. He also raised concerns over the alleged looting of government funds and properties by officials of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. In a statement released …

Obiora Ifoh is the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party. The spokesman opened up to ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS on the crisis rocking the party, the alleged threat to sanction former LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Governor Alex Otti over the contentious Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee and reaction to the loss …

The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the All Progressives Congress-led state government denied its members permission to a venue to start their campaign ahead of the November 16 governorship election. The opposition party said it had earlier applied for the usage of the popular …