Politics

President Bola Tinubu will not withdraw the tax reform bills already sent to the National Assembly, says Bayo Onanuga, his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. Onanuga said this in a statement on Friday in reaction to the recommendation by the National Economic Council that the bills be withdrawn for …

The Rivers State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has commenced sitting to address petitions filed by aggrieved political parties against elected council chairmen. The tribunal, led by Chief Magistrate Betty Sunny-Hart, granted a motion exparte filed by Kenneth Alee-Kpea, chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Gokana Local Government …

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 …