Politics

There are indications that the administration of Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on a collision course with the 23 local government chairmen elected in March 2022 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Channels Television reports that the local government chairmen have vowed not...

Imo guber: Court reaffirms Ikechukwu Ukaegbu as LP candidate A federal high court in Bayelsa has affirmed Ikechukwu Ukaegbu as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Imo state, for the forthcoming off-cycle election. The election is slated to hold on November 11. Delivering ruling on Friday, Emma...

A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said that there is no political relationship between him and the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha who spoke with a select group of journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital, said that his relationship...

Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba has called on the traditional rulers in the state to support and cooperate with the government toward ending illegal mining and all forms of insecurity in the state. The governor made the call when he met with the traditional rulers on Friday in Jalingo. He...

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has ordered commissioners who served under the immediate past administration of his predecessor, David Umahi, and are still residing in Commissioners’ quarters in Abakiliki, the city capital, to vacate within two weeks. Daily Trust learnt that some past commissioners are still living in the...

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has expressed readiness to receive former governor of the State, Nyesom Wike if he decides to defect to the ruling party. A chieftain of the APC and former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Tony Okocha stated this at a news...

THE frosty relationship between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, and his Deputy, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, yesterday, took a new twist, as there are alleged plans to supplant the governor. Akeredolu transmitted power to the deputy governor, after embarking on medical treatment, and is expected back in the country on...

….as Governor solicits support, cooperation from heads of MDAs Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule said his administration is determined to do better than it did in the last four years. Engineer Sule made this known when he hosted chief executive officers of state owned boards and parasteatal, at the...

The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, of being the behind suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s participation in the APC presidential primary to scuttle Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s ambition. The claim was disclosed in a letter written to the President...

Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in the North under the banner of Northern Progressives Union (NPU) have outrightly rejected any attempt by the immediate past Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru to smuggle himself as the ministerial nominee of the party from the northern states. In a...