Politics

The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described a mercenary group , Osun Masterminds, as a wailing group of the state’s All Progressive Congress (APC) that is still bitter about the July 2022 electoral defeat. Reacting to threats by the sponsored group to drag the state to...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has approved the dissolution of statutory commissions with immediate effect. In a circular by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye, the dissolution takes immediate effect. The affected commissions according to the SSG are the State Civil Service Commission, the Judicial Service...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State yesterday dismissed an alleged impeachment threat against him as the state House of Assembly is currently engulfed in crisis. According to Channels TV reports, the state lawmakers fled for safety as police operatives fired teargas outside the assembly complex in Port Harcourt. The Peoples...

The Benue National Assembly Caucus has applauded President Bola Tinubu and Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator George Akume over the appointment of Akutah Pius Ukeyima as the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). In a statement signed by its Spokesman, Hon. Philip Agbese, the group...

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...