Politics

The House of Representatives Tuesday passed through second reading a bill seeking to raise the retirement age of staff of the National Assembly to 65 years. Titled “A bill for an act to make provisions for the retirement age for staff of National Assembly Service and for related matters”, is...

…says due process followed in car purchase for members The Centre for Social Justice, Equity, And Transparency (CESJET) says the 10th House of Representatives has earned the trust of Nigerians with its people-oriented agenda. CESJET’s Executive Director, Dr Isaac Ikpa, who made this known at a press conference on Wednesday...

The people of Isukwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency in Abia state, on the platform of Isukwuato/Umunneochi Patriotic Stakeholders Forum, has warned factional leadership of the Labour Party and the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, to leave the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, alone. The constituents, who gathered...

A support group in the ruling All Progressives Congress, the Progressive League of Youth Voters, has distanced itself from allegations of anti-party activities against the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu. The group, at a press conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, said it neither dragged Kalu to...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned against the holding of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers, scheduled for between October 30 and November 1, 2023 , in Owerri, the Imo State capital, saying that the State Governor, Hope Uzodimma and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, would...

The Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda in order to boost stakeholders’ participation in the fight against insecurity, has announced that Chief Imams of Juma’at mosques, and their deputies, together with Mua’dhins (callers of prayers) as well as Wards’ Heads will be placed on special allowance. Radda revealed this...

…calls on the people of Kogi state to vote massively for APC’s Usman Ododo The Director of Contact and Mobilization, Kogi State APC Campaign Council for the November 11 governorship election, in the state Hon. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem has assured the people of of State that the victory of Alhaji...

…Urged the people to be resolute on Kogi Agenda By Obansa Ibrahim, Lokoja The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has promised to embark on the expansion of on-going rural electrification and roads rehabilitation projects in Kogi East Senatorial District of...

Social Democratic Party(SDP) Candidate for the Kogi State Governorship Elections, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has reiterated his absolute confidence in the resolve of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a transparently free and fair election on November 11,2023. In a statement by Faruk Adejoh-Audu, his spokesman, Director Communications,...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on Supreme Court Justices to put the interest of Nigerians first for the sustainability of democracy as they adjudicate on the appeals challenging the eligibility of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President. Frank made this...