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A delegation of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observation mission led by former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday arrived in Accra, ahead of the Dec. 7 general elections in the country.
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has requested the 18 Local Government Council Chairmen in the state to submit their statement of accounts within 48 hours. The Governor who asked ... Read more
Detained former governor of Kogi State, Yahaha Bello has arrived at the Abuja division of the ANS Federal High Court for his arraignment on a 19-count charge that borders on alleged N80.2billion fraud ... Read more
Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has set December 10 for ruling on the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. ... Read more
Mr Bullah Bi-Allah, the Director of Information, Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, has denied the purported budget presentation by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. ... Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained Chief Edozie Njoku from parading himself as All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that there was no valid co ... Read more
A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign, Dr Doyin Okupe, says the 2023 Presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okupe, a ... Read more
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has sparked controversy with his recent remarks on leadership during the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University. He labeled President Muha ... Read more
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the complete overhaul of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which he said must include the removal of its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu ... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will be having a more detailed review of the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State and its outcome. The party said this in a statement by its Nati ... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday's gubernatorial election in Ondo State. ... Read more
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the appointment of Hon. Gani Audu as his Chief of Staff. The appointment takes immediate effect. A statement signed by the Secretary ... Read more
Newly-sworn in Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, today, announced the commitment of his administration to implementing his five-point campaign promises with a promise to deliver on them ... Read more
Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has revealed why he cannot form a coalition with Peter Obi, the Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate. He c ... Read more
The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the local government elections conducted on Saturday in the state fell short of every standard to be called an election. The part ... Read more
Chairman of Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr Ekong Boco, says 10 political parties will be participating in the Saturday local government elections. Boco stated this on T ... Read more
Screening of the seven newly nominated ministers are currently ongoing in the Senate. The new ministers are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Muhammadu ... Read more
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Government. Justice ... Read more
Against the backdrop of the cabinet reshuffling carried out by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to weed out Ministers caught in the web of poor performance, the main opposition political party in Nigeri ... Read more
Former Senate Leader, Sen. Abdul Ningi, has challenged youths in the country to use their numerical strength to kick out under-performing politicians during elections. Ningi stated this in Katsina ... Read more
President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers from his cabinet. The affected ministers are Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs; Lola Ade-John, the minister of tourism; and Jamila Bio ... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from Oct 24 to Nov. 28. Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi disclosed while reading a communique issued b ... Read more
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing internal turmoil as ex-officio members urge for an urgent meeting scheduled for October 24, 2024. They stres ... Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, called its 15th witness in the money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose. The witness, Mr Joseph ... Read more
Senators, yesterday, had a heated argument on the floor of the Upper Legislative Chamber, over a bill on the creation of a new agency to handle narcotics and rehabilitation of drug abusers in th ... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) on Tuesday said that the internal crisis rocking the party had been resolved. The forum’s Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed, stated this in an int ... Read more
The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has declared the seats of Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and three other pro-Fubara lawmakers vacant in the wake ... Read more
The Senate Wednesday went into an emergency closed-door session over a motion to enforce financial autonomy for the 774 Local Government Councils, given the pronouncement of the Supreme Court. The ... Read more
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike on Tuesday declared that the architect of violence in Rivers State is the governor of the State, Similanayi Fubara. Wike said he blamed Fubara ... Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declared Julius Abure as the substantive National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, affirmed the Abure-led leadersh ... Read more
Unknown arsonists have allegedly set ablaze the headquarters of Eleme Local Government Area in Rivers State on Monday. This happened few hours after the Nigeria Police Force unsealed the 23 local ... Read more
The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Monday, screened and confirmed four Commissioner nominees presented to it by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commis ... Read more
Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has swore in the 23 newly elected local government chairmen in the state. Alia, during the ceremony on Monday in Makurdi, tasked the new council chairmen with accountabili ... Read more
Hundreds of protesters comprising members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, to warn against the mov ... Read more
No fewer than 1,331 members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, on Thursday defected to the ruling New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP). The decampee ... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom, has suspended its local government election campaigns following the death of Mrs Patience Eno, the wife of the state governor. Mr Edwin Ebiese, the ... Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors from dissolving the executive committees of the Rivers’ chapter. The co ... Read more
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has described the emergence of Sen. Monday Okpebholo as governor-elect of Edo as a milestone for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio in ... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 260 political ward councillorship seats in the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State during the council polls held on Saturday. Prof. Christian Ng ... Read more
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’d National Chairman. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgmen ... Read more
Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged victorious in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. According to the results from 18 local gover ... Read more
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have started announcing results from polling units in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. Voting has ended in most pol ... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the time it will commence the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. In a statement issued by th ... Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently locked in a tight race in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. A check on Sunday morning reveale ... Read more
Early Sunday morning, a dramatic scene unfolded at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) premises in Benin, Edo State, as Governor Godwin Obaseki was escorted out by security forces. ... Read more
Ad-hoc and core staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), are currently collecting election materials and are being transported to the various polling unit in Ekpoma, Esan West Lo ... Read more
In a meeting with the Forum of Former Presiding Officers of the National Assembly on Friday, President Bola Tinubu reiterated his commitment to serving Nigeria and addressing the nation’s pressing ... Read more
Ahead of scheduled Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sued for peace while charging state institutions involved in managing the process to ... Read more
The Abure-led Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday accused Mr Peter Obi and Dr Alex Otti of seeking to hijack the leadership of the party through the back door. Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Secretary of the ... Read more
Former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has won again as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the contentious Rivers State congresses from ward ... Read more
The Ward Party Executive Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ayetoro/lluagba Ward 1, says it has suspended Sen. Dino Melaye over allegations of engaging in anti party activities. S ... Read more
A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has summoned Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2024 Edo elections, to appear before it over alleged age falsificat ... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has fixed Sept. 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu ... Read more
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress ( APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday expressed optimism that the party will win the September 21 Edo governorship election. The News Agency ... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will hold a mock accreditation of voters in Edo on Sept. 10 in continuation of its preparations for the state governorship election. Mr ... Read more
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has outlined his second-term agenda, built on a comprehensive framework with seven pillars representing critical aspects of his administration’s developmental strategy ... Read more
Foundation member and first National Auditor of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Dr George Moghalu, has formally resigned his membership of the party, hinging his decision on personal reason. ... Read more
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has denied claims that he did not support the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 ... Read more
Activist politician, Omoyele Sowore on Monday accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of being evil. Sowore was reacting to the decision of Abuja Federal High Court to secretly detain 75 pe ... Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed governor Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, APC as winner of the office cycle election held in Kogi State on November 11, after dismissing the appeal fi ... Read more
Rep. Ginger Onwusibe (LP-Abia) has defended the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu’s call for Gov. Alex Otti of Abia to join the All Progressives Congress(APC). Onw ... Read more
The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC)”s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa. The five-memb ... Read more