Politics

On Saturday, April 27, 2024, the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, held local government election across the 33 council areas. Newsmen, however, reports that the election conducted under the chairmanship of Isiaka Olagunju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has been generating mixed reactions. According to OYSIEC, the election was...

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for economic hardships in Ekiti State and Nigeria in general. The opposition party in a statement made available to newsmen by its State Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju in Ado Ekiti on Thursday,...

A chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to approve N200,000 as the minimum wage for workers. Oguntoyinbo noted that the current minimum wage cannot sustain the workers. The NNPP chieftain said this in a statement made available on Wednesday....

The PDP National Solidarity Vanguard (PDP-NSV) has dismissed the purported suspension of the member representing Andoni/Opobo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante. In a statement signed by its national president Comrade Rowland Ovie, the group described the suspension as unlawful, baseless and something of a child’s play. Ovie...

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has expressed optimism that the party was ready to win the Ondo state governorship election in November. Damagum made this statement while addressing stakeholders of the party before the presentation of the Certificate of Return to the candidate...

Immediate-past National Vice Chairman (North-west) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Salisu Moh Lukman, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is complicity of marginalising the people of North Central from the political leadership of the country. Lukman, however, said the APC must urgently take steps to correct...

The Arewa Development Initiative (ADI) has assured President Bola Tinubu of the support of the North in future elections.  In a statement signed by its national coordinator, Hon. Muritala Garba, the group described President Tinubu as the best thing to happen to the North.  Garba said the President’s Renewed Hope...

A group, the Concerned North Central APC Stakeholders, has distanced itself from a protest calling for the resignation of Alhaji Umar Ganduje as the party’s national chairman. The stakeholders, in a statement jointly signed by Secretary General Malam Shehu Ibrahim and President Comrade Aodona Patrick, advised the group to return...

A group in the United Kingdom, Nigerians in Diaspora Coalition, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to order in the political turmoil in Rivers state.  In a statement made available to the press, the group’s president, Dr Afolabi...

The judicial commission of inquiry on public properties and assets established by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to probe the previous administration led by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has scheduled its inaugural session for Monday, 29th April 2024. The commission’s secretary, Salisu Mustapha, said this in a...