Politics

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has formed a 13-member ad hoc committee to probe financial dealings, loans, grants, and project implementations during the tenure of former Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The motion, brought forth by Hon. Yusuf Mugu of Kaura constituency, emphasized the need to scrutinize loans acquired by […]

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, State Working Committee, has also suspended ward party leaders who earlier suspended the National Chairman of the Party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, from the party. Reports have it that the APC Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government suspended the party’s National […]

The Oyo State Police Command today, paraded 21 suspects in connection with the invasion of the Oyo government secretariat on Saturday,13th April. The invaders who claimed to be members of the Yoruba nation agitators, were paraded alongside seized exhibits such as guns, ammunition, plaques with the Yoruba nation insignia, cutlasses, […]

In a rare twist of events in Rivers State politics, former Governor Peter Odili has endorsed Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the political leader of the state, praising him for defending the interests of the people. Odili, who served between 1999 and 2007, stated that Fubara, having secured his electoral victory […]

Omobayo Godwins has been inaugurated as the Edo Deputy Governor, hours after Philip Shaibu was impeached by the state house of assembly. The 37-year-old who was beaming with a smile, was sworn in around 1:40 pm on Monday by the Chief Judge of Edo State Justice Daniel Okungbowa. In a […]

The political atmosphere in Edo State took a new shape on Monday when the state’s House of Assembly impeached embattled Philip Shaibu as deputy governor, ending a long-drawn drama between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki. He was impeached during the House’s plenary session in Benin City, the Edo State capital […]

Omobayo Godwins has been inaugurated as the Edo Deputy Governor, hours after the state house of assembly impeached Philip Shaibu. The 37-year-old who was beaming with a smile, was sworn in around 1:40 pm today by the Chief Judge of Edo State Justice Daniel Okungbowa. After he took the oath […]

Hon. Ibrahim Ahmadu, a Kaduna-based politician and activist, has strongly criticized Bashir El-Rufai, the son of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, for his disparaging remarks towards Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani. Ahmadu condemned Bashir’s comments as disrespectful and lacking in manners, describing them as an outburst of myopic incense and indicative […]

Barely 72 hours after meeting its 36 state chairmen, the National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dissolved the State Executive Committees of 19 states plus the Federal Capital Territory. In their place, the party has appointed caretaker committees to run their affairs at the Ward, Local Governent […]

Six members of the Labour Party (LP) in the Enugu State House of Assembly have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They made their defection known on Thursday in Enugu in a letter read by the Speaker, Chief Uche Ugwu, during the plenary at the Assembly Legislative Complex. […]