Politics

THE Kebbi State governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has approved the appointment of a former governor of the state, Saidu Dakingari, as this year’s amirul hajj and leader of the state delegation for the hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to probe the ongoing N15tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. As such, the House said it would set up an ad-hoc committee, which would investigate the project and submit a report within four weeks. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance […]

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has asked the Federal Government to address Nigerians’ sufferings caused by the fuel subsidy removal and increased electricity tariffs. Adams disclosed this while speaking during the 2024 edition of the Oke Ibadan festival, organised by the Olokun Festival Foundation, which was held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the call by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the State House of Assembly to institute an impeachment proceeding against the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is an invitation to anarchy. This is even as the Rivers State chapter of the Association […]

The 2023 House of Representatives candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency seat, Obinna Nwosu has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State. Nwosu made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Umuahia, the state capital. The Abia chieftain said he joined the party to […]

The Labour Party, LP, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus in the House of Representatives, and the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, have joined the criticisms against Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as Works Minister, Engr. David Umahi, took on former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over his opposition to the project. While the LP urged President Bola Tinubu and the […]

The Senator representing Ondo South and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Jimoh Ibrahim has suggested that certain ministers facing corruption allegations should be removed from the cabinet. Ibrahim, speaking during a Channels TV programme, Politics Today, disclosed this on Wednesday night and urged President Bola Tinubu to dissolve his cabinet and dismiss […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from removing its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum. The court, in a ruling delivered on May 3, with court documents made available to newsmen on May 8, restrained the respondents in the interim, from appointing, selecting, or nominating any person to replace  Damagum, […]

The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Osun State chapter, has sought for collaboration with the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, for joint campaign against electoral malpractices and violence in the forthcoming local government elections billed for February, 2025. The State Director, NOA, Bola Morgan stated this while paying an advocacy visit with her management team […]

BENIN CITY—Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, last week, drew the battle line between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a group known as the ‘Legacy Group’, which some people think is critical in the party, considering the role the members played in the governor’s re-election in 2020. The group, led by the National Vice […]