THE Minister of Solid Minerals and Development, Dr Dele Alake has ordered Mine Officers of the ministry to investigate the Tuesday night explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State. Alake gave the directive on Wednesday in Abuja. “I have directed the ministry’s mine officers who are already on site in Ibadan to …
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Rerun Election: APC Inaugurates Campaign Council In Jigawa
THE All Progressive Congress, APC, has inaugurated its campaign council for the Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal Constituency rerun election in Jigawa State. Governor of Jigawa State Malam Umar Namadi inaugurated the committee on Wednesday at the state APC secretariat in Dutse. Trojan News reported that the National Assembly Election Tribunal had …
Read More »FG Approves Workers’ Life Assurance
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made this disclosure on Wednesday at the end of the first 2024 meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held in Abuja. …
Read More »APC Adopts Direct Primaries For Edo Guber Poll
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to use direct primaries for the selection of its candidate for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship poll. Mr Duro Meseko, the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja at the party’s national secretariat. …
Read More »Rivers Guber: Supreme Court Dismisses APM Appeal Against Siminalayi Fubara
THE Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, challenging the victory of Siminalayi Fubara as governor of Rivers State. This is as the apex court also reserved judgment on the appeal presented by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Patrick Tonye-Cole. Innocent …
Read More »2024: Akeredolu’s Ex-Aide, Allen Sowore Resigns From PDP
Allen Sowore, who previously served as a Special Assistant on new media to the late Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, and Adviser to the former Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His decision comes in the wake of internal turmoil within the party …
Read More »Armed Forces Remembrance: Gov. Aiyedatiwa Disburses N30 Million To Widows In Ondo
THE governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has disbursed N30 million in micro-credit revolving loans to no fewer than 66 widows of fallen heroes during Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The governor explained that he made the gesture to aid the businesses of the women who had become the breadwinners of …
Read More »Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu Officially Signs 2024 Budget With N21.74 Billion Increase
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signing 2024 Budget into law Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, incorporating an additional N21.74 billion to the originally proposed N2.246 trillion ‘Budget of Renewal’. Newsextra24 reports that the signing of the budget was done on Monday at …
Read More »Edo Agenda 2024: Esan Progeny Needs Political Circumnavigation, Entitlement And Engagement Come 2024 Gubernatorial Election
ASUE Ighodalo is the perfect Esan progenitor that will transcend from corporate world of accomplishments to Edo political paradise. There is going to be a political circumnavigation and transient narrative from 1999 irrespective of zoning or not. Elections, they say, is a game of interest and numbers where majority wins …
Read More »How Ganduje Begged Tinubu To Influence Supreme Court Judgment – Abba Yusuf
THE governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf has claimed that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate-past Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje pressured President Bola Tinubu to influence the Supreme Court verdict of the Kano governorship election. Yusuf made the claim via a statement issued by the Director General, …
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