Politics

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, has said the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has no right under the law to withhold the state’s local government funds. Last week, the state chapter of the Association of Local Government Areas of Nigeria accused Fubara of withholding funds meant for the 23 LGs in the state. […]

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the election victory of Governor Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, APC. At Monday’s proceedings, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the APC and […]

Ahead of the September and November governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it would soon resume the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise in both states to allow eligible voters participate in the elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, at the second regular […]

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, signalled on Monday that he would probe the administration of his predecessor and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Hinted at plans to set up a judicial panel of inquiry soon to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the state before he assumed office. […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has appealed to Nigerians not to give up on the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), appealed while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Sunday, according to NAN report. He described Tinubu […]

Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, has directed the Ministry of Animal Health, Fisheries and Husbandry to collaborate with the Ministry of Land in the state to revoke the encroached land by a Rice Mills company in Birnin Kebbi. The governor stated this on Monday during a tour of ongoing projects in the State […]

The National Assembly is seeking amendments to the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 to bar top officials of the apex bank from partisan politics. Championed by the ex-lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Darlington Nwokocha before he was sacked from office by an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos in 2023, the amendment seeks to […]

Netizens across social media platforms – X, Facebook and Instagram, have lent their voices behind a recently conducted poll seeking their opinions on whether they’d support a presidential ticket of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and an ex-Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi. The poll follows the news of the visit made by Obi to the former VP […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun to keep dancing while he continues his good works in the State. Obasanjo made the remark at the inauguration of a VIP lodge in Osun Government House, on Sunday in Osogbo. He, however, told Adeleke, who is usually referred to as the “dancing governor”, […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has insisted that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress have forfeited their positions in the legislative body. Twenty five lawmakers loyal to the former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, […]