Princess Oladunni Odu, the Secretary to the Ondo State Government, has declared her intention to contest the 2024 governorship election in the state. Reports gathered that Odu made the declaration at an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Akure. She …
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Kano Guber Tribunal: Governor Kabir Receives Protesting Youths
Governor Abba Kabir of Kano State, Monday, received Kano State Civil Society Forum youths who staged a peaceful protest demanding justice at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The protesters, who are members of an organisation under the umbrella of North West Civil Society Organisation, came out in large numbers with …
Read More »Again, PDP Considers Suspending Wike, G-5 Over Anti-Party
THE main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria is working towards bringing an end to the crisis that engulfed the party since the conduct of its presidential primary in May, 2022. Party sources told Daily Trust Saturday that even though there were disagreements, among the options being considered was wielding …
Read More »SERAP Charges President Tinubu To Stop Ex-Governors From Receiving Pensions As Ministers
SOCIO-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Bola Tinubu to “publicly instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers in your administration to stop collecting life pensions, exotic cars and other allowances from their states while they serve as ministers.” SERAP urged him to “instruct the former …
Read More »Governor Zulum Releases N10m to Wounded Soldiers in Borno
By Inusa Salihu, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the release of 10 million naira as relief package to soldiers wounded during battles in Borno. The relief package was a fulfillment of pledge by Governor Zulum two months ago at a Sallah launch organised by the Chief …
Read More »Osun State Government Set For Teachers Recruitment
OSUN State government has announced that it is set to recruit teachers into public schools. This announcement was made by the Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole during a press conference in Osogbo on Friday. The state government also called on the 1,509 teachers recruited by the Adegboyega Oyetola administration but …
Read More »Subsidy Removal: N5Billion Palliative Is Renewed Nonsense – Atiku’s Aide Attacks FG
AN aide to Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Daniel Bwala, has described the President Bola Tinubu administration’s N5 billion palliative as renewed nonsense. Bwala made the remark while noting that the organized labour demystified the N5billion palliative to State governments. He noted that …
Read More »Governor Adeleke Congratulates Oyetola On Ministerial Appointment
Osun Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on his deployment as the Transportation Minister even as he directed the state Commissioner for Transport to prepare a plan of action to rehabilitate railway tracks across Osun. In a statement issued on Thursday, Governor Adeleke described Oyetola’s appointment …
Read More »Don’t Drag Kano Tribunal To Disrepute – APC Warns NNPP Governor
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) government in Kano state against dragging the name of the chairman of the National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Flora Azinge to disrepute because of its apparent dismal defence performance at the tribunal. The APC …
Read More »TRIBUNAL: Kano State Government Decries Attempt To Bribe Judge
The Kano State Government has expressed concern over a bribery alert raised by the Chairman of the Kano State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge. Azinge had said that there was an attempt to bribe a tribunal member with money to sway justice …
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