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Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi said his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai will play a major role in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Umahi stated this in an interview with Arise Television on Saturday. The former governor said Tinubu can’t leave him and El-Rufai because they worked for his …

THE leadership of the Labour Party has faulted the suspension of the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emeifele, by President Bola Tinubu. The opposition party described the President’s action as vindictive and unconstitutional. Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, said this in Abuja, on Saturday. He said the …

THE leadership of the Labour Party has faulted the suspension of the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emeifele, by President Bola Tinubu. The opposition party described the President’s action as vindictive and unconstitutional. Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, said this in Abuja, on Saturday. He said the …

NIGERIA’s stability, more important than your pocket, Shettima tells lawmakers-elect THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has advised the lawmakers-elect to consider the stability of the nation over that of their pockets. Shettima stated this while giving a speech at the valedictory plenary on Saturday, where he appealed to the …

STAKEHOLDERS and representatives of various bodies, institutions, organisations, associations, professional bodies, government officials, and heads of security and intelligence agencies who rose from a town-hall meeting in Enugu have endorsed the ban on Monday sit-at-home by the Enugu State Government, saying it was detrimental to productivity, investment flow, and the …

THE Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, struck out an application the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, filed for permission to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the technology it deployed for the conduct of the general elections. Specifically, Obi, …

ALMOST two weeks after he took the oath of office, President Bola Tinubu is likely to move into his official residence at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa this weekend or next week. Although the President has been meeting guests at his office, the Council Chamber and the State House Banquet …

INFURIATED by the ongoing demolition by the governor of Kano State, Abba Kabiir Yusuf, the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Umar Ganduje, on Friday, said he could have slapped his predecessor, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, if he saw him in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ganduje was the immediate …

By Noel Uadiale IT was a historic moment at the weekend as Edo North political leaders across party lines urged the Very Rev. Fr. Andrew Obinyan to throw his hat in the ring for the 2024 gubernatorial race in the state. Speaking at the event, notable political leaders from Edo …

THE Labour Party, LP, has disowned one of its House of Representatives members-elect, Hon Amobi Ogah, for commending President Bola Tinubu’s level of intelligence. Newsextra24 recalls that Ogah, while speaking with journalists after a meeting with Tinubu on the 10th National Assembly leadership in Abuja on Thursday, said “Today is …