Politics

Chairman, House Committee on Navy, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, has described as mischievous and an act of blackmail of claims in some section of the media that he has called for a probe of President Bola Tinubu over subsidy removal savings. On Saturday (not this newspaper) it was alleged that Gagdi...

…say it is a threat to democracy No fewer than 100 civil society organisations have rejected the Appeal Court judgments for Plateau State National Assembly elections. The group under the auspices of the Coalition for Justice in Africa described the ruling as biased and targeted at members of the Peoples...

Away from Taraba state, Governor Agbu Kefas is making waves in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state as the Chairman of PDP campaign council in Saturday’s governorship polls. Yesterday, Tuesday was the grand finale of the Governor Douye Diri campaigns that saw him visiting all the nooks and cranny of the state. Expectedly,...

…Ask UK, USA, others to place visa ban on judges About 30 different Nigerian diaspora organizations under the aegis of Coalition of New Nigeria Diaspora Movement (CNNDM) has said it will embark on “a reclaim Nigeria Diaspora protest” around the world to expose President Bola Tinubu and demand his immediate...

Former Vice President of Nigeria and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked all his support groups body to mobilise for the success of the party in the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. The three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state will...

…70% of residents believed gov ‘ll clinch 2nd term Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo state, a scientific opinion poll conducted by a pro-democracy civil society group, Justice and Democracy for Development (JD4D) has projected Governor Hope Uzodimma to emerge victorious. The CSO, in a report released...

Governor Ademola Adeleke acted within the requirements of the law in dissolving all statutory commissions almost a year after he assumed office. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi made this clarification . In a reaction to news publications in respect of the dissolution,Hon Alimi said the Governor...

As the Kogi state governorship election scheduled for November 11 approaches, Comr. Usman Okai Austin, the former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency, expresses optimism and sees Senator Natasha Akpoti’s triumph in the Court of Appeals as a source of renewed hope for the PDP....

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, a former presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called for calm on the wake of Monday’s attack on the Rivers State House of Assembly. Jack-Rich also called on the political gladiators in the state to sheath their swords and ensure that...