Politics

  The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has rejoiced with Lieutenant General Alani Akinrinade (rtd ), on the occasion of his 84th birthday. Senator Akpabio, in a message signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, described Akinrinade as an enduring icon in the struggle to keep Nigeria one. According to him, Akinrinade’s role in keeping Read More

Senator Danladi Abdullahi Sankara has counseled Nigerians to have faith in the  Nigeria Project, support it with absolute patriotism for it to attain its befitting status  @ 63. Senator Danladi who represented Jigawa Northwest in the 9th Senate stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. He said Nigeria may not be where it ought to be Read More

JOSHUA EGBODO writes as the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, issued Ad hoc committees of the House of Representatives, October 3rd deadline, to turn in their reports and wind down probe of alleged malfeasance in some federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) Endless, fruitless probes? Investigation remains an integral part of parliaments all over the world, and attractive to the citizens when they Read More

  A northerner, Bashiru Saidu Muhammad, an indigene of Sokoto state, has been elected President of the Nigerian Youth in Diaspora (NYD). A statement on Tuesday by the organisation said the master’s student studying Accounting and Finance at London Coventry University scored 229 out of 1,230 of the total votes cast in a fierce contest held in Zurich, Switzerland. Announcing Read More

The governor of Abia state, Dr. Alex Otti, has been chosen by the management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) to deliver their 63rd anniversary lecture on Thursday, October 5, 2023. According to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Charles Igwe who disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing to mark the commencement of a week-long programme of event, said Read More

In a bid to unravel those behind  instigating terror and insecurity in the state, the Abia government has called on the security agents to arrest the alleged instigators of terror and insecurity in Abia state. The state government noted that its attention was been drawn to videos arising from two press briefings conducted by individuals suspected to have been hired Read More

  The Senate Tuesday blocked first termers from contesting for the positions of President or Deputy President of the Senate as Senator Abdulaziz Yari did in June this year during inauguration of the 10th Senate. Senator Yari (APC Zamfara West), had on account of being a member of the House of Representatives during the 6th National Assembly used his ranking Read More

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Monday, inaugurated 34 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 152 Special Assistants (SAs) in five local government areas in Edo South Senatorial District. Obaseki charged the appointees to be the bearers of truth and complement the government’s efforts at driving development in the grassroots. The governor said: “Election is coming and politicians will throw Read More

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D has approved the appointment of Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi as his Chief of Staff. The appointment, according to a press statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, takes effect from October 17, 2023. Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi is to take over from Mr. Read More

The Chairman, Senate Committee  on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC Ekiti South), in an interview with journalists on Friday last week, said  so far, so fair for Nigeria @ 63. TAIYE ODEWALE was there Most Nigerians believe that not much has been achieved by the country as an independent nation. What’s your take on this sir? Well, Read More

It was jubilation galore in the camp of the Labour Party as the House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Enugu dismissed the petition filed by Barrister Tochukwu Ozioko of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against a journalist, Mr. Harrison Ogara of the Labour Party (LP), representing Igboeze South state constituency, for lacking in merit. The three-man tribunal headed by Read More

A group, under the auspices of Abia Youths for Good Governance, has said the accusation against Abia state governor, Dr Alex Chioma Ott, of using Abia funds to sponsor Mr Peter Obi’s presidential litigation is false and malicious. Abia Youths for Good Governance made this defence, Monday,  in Umuahia during a press conference, noting that there is no iota of Read More

  A Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo on Monday lauded President Bola Tinubu over additional N35,000 to salaries of federal workers. Ambassador Ajadi in a statement he personally signed, tasked state governments across the country to also replicate the increment in state workers’ salaries. According to him, the gesture would go a long Read More

CHUKS NWEZE from Enugu writes that though the Labour Party and the Obidient Movement hurricane almost wrestled Enugu state from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 general elections, an emerging new twist is that the PDP is gradually resuming its stronghold of the state. It was like a bolt from the blues when the wave of the Labour Read More

Justice Omaka Elekwa, member of the Plateau State National and House of Assembly, Election Petition Tribunal, has Friday in Jos, frowned at some comments against the panel, just as he admonished lawyers, to always tell their clients the truth of what transpired in the proceedings of the tribunal. Justice Elekwa, said while responding to one of the respondent’s lawyer, soon Read More

The Christian Youths in Politics (CYP) on Sunday hinted that all is now set for its maiden ‘Peaceful Co-existence Conference’ billed for Lagos on October 28, 2023. Chairman of CYP Planning Committee, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, dropped this hint while addressing a press conference. According to him, the conference was part of CYP efforts to ensure speedy peaceful co-existence among Read More

Business mogul, Engineer Arthur Eze, has called on the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to step up efforts to ensure that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is released. Eze, who was the chairman of the grand finale of 2023 Igbo Day celebration held at Okpara Square, Enugu expressed the belief that Kanu’s release would Read More

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said that with the steps so far taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since May 29, 2023, Nigeria can be described as a country currently on track for economic recovery and advancement. Obasa said this in a congratulatory message to Nigerians on the occasion of the Read More