Politics

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said the state he inherited was bankrupt when he took over power. Lawal, who stated this on Wednesday evening at an interactive session with Zamfara professionals in Abuja, said that Zamfara was in a bad state when he assumed office. “I believe in...

…We have no time for a political Lilliputian with questionable character – Commissioner. By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. SOCIAL Democratic Party (SDP) has alleged fresh plot by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi in conspiracy with some security chiefs in the State to abduct its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka to...

By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State Government on Monday said that the killing of alleged criminal gangster, Kabir Bala (Okwo) by security operatives was a necessary stitch-in-time to rid the state of criminality rather than be termed extra judicial killing. Mr Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the state Commissioner for Information and...

The Northern Youth Vanguard for Renewed Hope (NYVRH) has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint immediate past Plateau Governor, Rt Hon Simon Lalong, as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Williams Ochonu, the group said it is high time...

Hon. Philip Agbese (APC- Benue), representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, has reassured Nigerians of a renewed hope under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The lawmaker also reiterated confidence in the leadership of the 10th House of Representatives under Rt Hon Tajudeen Abbas. Agbese spoke to a cross-section of Nigerians at...

The South-South Zonal Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Blessing Agbomhere has cautioned aspirants seeking the ticket of the APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state, not to waste their resources in pursuit of their ambition if they are not ready to abide by the...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the suspension and subsequent expulsion of a former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje, from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The court in a judgement delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, dismissed a suit the erstwhile governor, who piloted affairs...

A former national publicity secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has said that comments attributed to APC chieftain Tony Okocha that the party has conceded the ministerial slot for the state to former Governor Nyesom Wike...

President Bola Tinubu is meeting with the former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Pius Anyim and former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, Olisa Metuh at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Anyim and Metuh arrived together at about 1:30pm and...

Rep Philip Agbese (APC), the lawmaker representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadido Federal Constituency, says the 10th House of Representatives will make history under the leadership of Rt Hon Tajudeen Abbas. Agbese spoke to newsmen on Tuesday in reaction to the emergence of principal officers. Julius Ihonvbere (Edo, House Majority Leader), Halims...