FORMER National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu has said that he will not be surprised if the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike leaves the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Moghalu stated …
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Afenifere Secretary-General, Ebiseni Dumps Labour Party For PDP
THE Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sola Ebiseni, has returned to the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after a brief stint with the Labour Party. Ebiseni made his return on Wednesday evening when he stormed the PDP Secretariat in Alagbaka, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Trojan …
Read More »Adamawa SEC Approves N225.8bn Budget For 2024
THE Adamawa State Executive Council has approved a budget proposal of N225.8 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. The expenditure proposal, tagged “Budget of Reengineering,” was approved on Wednesday during the council’s meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mrs Neido Kafulto, spoke on …
Read More »Rivers Assembly Gets New Majority Leader, Chief Whip
MAJOR Jack (PDP, Akuku Toru 1) and Frankline Nwabochi (PDP, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni 1) have emerged, respectively, as the Majority Leader and Chief Whip of the Rivers House of Assembly. The new house leaders emerged and subsequently took the oath of office following an election by 27 members during Wednesday’s plenary at …
Read More »Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal Relocates To Abuja
JUSTICE Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja. A statement by David Umar Mike, secretary of the tribunal, said that its sitting would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way. It urged …
Read More »Edo2024: Ize-Iyamu Declares For Edo Guber Race
ONE of Edo State most respected politician and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in 2020 Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has thrown his hat into the rig. In this broadcast, he reassured his party and the Electorates of his meaningful and purposeful intention to reposition the state, if elected …
Read More »PDP Directs Withdrawal Of All Intra-party Court Cases
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja directed all intra-party litigants to withdraw their court cases. The party gave the directive in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, after the party’s National Working Committee’s (NWC) 578th meeting. Ologunagba stated that the committee gave …
Read More »FG Launches National Policy On Welding
THE federal government has launched the National Policy on Welding and Welding-Related Fields to conserve about ten billion dollars in capital flight from certified welder imports. While launching the policy, Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, said that it would address the long-standing issue of neglect and lack …
Read More »COP 28 Summit: This Culture Of Waste Must End For Nigeria To Make Progress – Labour Party Reacts
NIGERIA’s huge delegation of 1,411 to the United Nations COP 28 on Dubai is a continuation of the culture of waste which the All Progressives Congress APC administration has become infamous for. It is sad that a government which has been preaching to Nigerians to tighten their belts and sacrifice …
Read More »2024 Budget: Peter Obi Reacts Again At Wastes, Saying N20.5b For The VP’s House, Is Not A Priority
THE Labour Party Presidential flag bearer in the last general election in the country, Peter Obi has again screamed at the quantum of waste going on in the APC administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi who just chastised the regime for the large size of over 1400 delegates it took …
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