JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has engaged in high-level talks with top diplomats from Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark to bolster multilateral relations and strengthen ties between Nigeria and the Nordic countries. The meeting, held in...
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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu over #Endbadgovernance protest was constructive and in good faith. The governor gave the position in Bauchi on Wednesday, before the commencement of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting. “I spoke constructively as an...
The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing to the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill, 2024. Fagbemi, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser (Media) Kamorudeen Ogundele on Tuesday in Abuja. said:” by this historical assent, the yearning of...
Daughter of a Benin High Chief, Gabriel Igbinedion, Ms Omosede Igbinedion, has formally tendered her resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Igbinedion announced her resignation in a letter dated Aug. 11, which was addressed to Mr Lucky Edosomwan, Chairman of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The efforts of the immediate past Governor, Samuel Ortom to stop the probe panel from investigating his Government failed 13 months after the panel was set up by the Governor Hyacinth Alia led government of the state. A statement by the Principal...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Federal Government to address disparity in the salaries of workers in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government. SDP National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, made the call on Monday in Abuja at programme organised by the party to commemorate...
The political drama in the All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Rivers State has taken an interesting twist as the state high court on Monday sacked the caretaker committee chairman, Tony Okocha. Justice Sika Aprioku, instead, nullified the sack of Emeka Beke as APC chairman and reinstated him....
Edo State Government has accused Comrade Philip Shaibu, of impersonating Marvellous Omobayo as the deputy governor of the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare on Monday in Benin. The state government alleged that Shaibu had been...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says that it did not divert funds to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Edo. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the claims are fabrications by mischief makers. “NDDC...
An explosive device has been detonated at the secretariat of the Action People’s Party (APP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The explosion which reportedly occurred at midnight shattered the glass on the window near the impacted area. The Rivers State Police Command has deployed two security vehicles and...
Rep. Ado Doguwa (APC-Kano State) has pledged to reclaim Kano state for the All Progressive Congress (APC) and deliver in 2027 This will be possible if he is appointed Director-General of the 2027 APC Campaign Project in the state. In a statement on Sunday, Doguwa promised the leadership...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the forthcoming governorship election in Edo will be a referendum in favour of the party and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Ologunagba described the fellowship,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reviewing the various concerns about the Supreme Court judgment that granted fiscal autonomy to Local Governments (LGs) in the country. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said this during a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba was...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged state governors to be sincere to President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to end economic hardship in the country. Oyintiloye said that the sincerity of the state governors to the Renewed Hope Agenda of the...
The crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has deepened as the Dr Mustapha Inuwa-led faction went ahead with its congresses, despite an alleged Court Order. Reacting to the development, a chieftain of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Aminu-Yar’adua, said that the exercise was not acceptable...
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjooobbaaa has questioned the character of Nigeria’s leaders, saying those who occupy public offices should be behind bars. He stated this on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital while receiving in the audience six members of the House of Representatives, and co-sponsors of the bill...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an investigation into the alleged diversion of the rice donated by the Federal Government to the Kano State Government by some officials. The party also demanded the urgent prosecution of those likely to be indicted by the independent probe. The...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
A former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, has asked President Bola Tinubu to convene a national constituent assembly to produce a new draft constitution for the country. Anyaoku, who is also the Chairman of the Patriots, said this was part of the proposals put forward during the meeting...