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THE leadership of the Labour Party on Wednesday said it was disappointed with the verdict of the Enugu Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of the state. The reaction is coming three weeks after the tribunal upheld that Mbah won the …

GOVERNOR Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has accused his predecessor, Samuel Ortom, of operating 600 accounts and only declaring 25 in his handover notes. Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning, Michael Oglegba, made the accusation during a visit by State Correspondents’ Chapel members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) to his …

DOYIN Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has claimed that the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, hasn’t been in the state for months. However, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Odebowale said Aiyedatiwa had left the state since the …

SENATE President, Godswill Akpabio has said he bears no grudge against any of his colleagues over the recent happenings in the Senate. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Eseme Eyiboh, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, hours after the drama that ensued during the …

SENATOR Ifeanyi Ubah, the member representing Anambra South senatorial zone in the Senate, defected from the Young Progressives Party, YPP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Soon after his sudden defection letter was read at plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Ubah was received by the APC National Chairman, …

ABIA State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that its attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, where he reportedly endorsed Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, for a second term. The Party in a statement signed by its …

THE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned Lagosians that the Blue Rail Line tracks are not a marketplace. Sanwo-Olu said this on Monday while announcing the resumption of the Blue Line Rail which was earlier suspended at the weekend. “I am happy to announce that the LRMT Blue Line …

SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has denied his alleged involvement in the ouster of Senator Elisha Abbo from the Senate. Naija News had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, voided the election of Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Reacting in an interview with reporters in Abuja, Abbo …

THE administration of President Bola Tinubu has reviewed the day the Federal Executive Council meetings should be held, officially changing it from Wednesdays to Mondays. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, who disclosed the new policy, said the meetings may not be held weekly unless there are pressing issues to discuss. …

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has given Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu a three-day ultimatum to either resume at the Governor’s Office in Akure, or resign. The youth wing of the party issued the ultimatum on Monday at the party’s secretariat in Akure, Ondo State capital, while protesting the …