GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike returned to Rivers State on Wednesday after his trip to a country in Europe. The governor embarked on the inspection of some projects ahead of the planned inauguration next week. Wike was accompanied by Governor-elect, Sim Fubara, top officials of Julius Berger, among others. The two projects …
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JUSTICE Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called Binani. The suit was against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that the APC candidate had prayed the court …
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THE leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said Nigeria currently has no President-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declaring Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress winner of the February 25 presidential election. In a recent interview with Arise TV, Pa Adebanjo …
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UNKNOWN gunmen causing mayhem in Benue State have killed a Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche. Ochoche, who was the Edikwu Ward 2 Chairman of the party in Apa Local Government Area of the state, was murdered alongside four others at the weekend. The party’s Publicity Secretary in …
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra on Tuesday to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) convened by Ghana President Nana Akuffo-Ado. Buhari is scheduled to participate and give remarks at the high-level discussion …
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THE Labour Party (LP) has said that the governorship primary elections conducted in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states by its suspended National Chairman, Julius Abure are illegal, null and void. The party in a statement titled, “Perspectives of the Labour Party (LP) 15th and 16th April, 2023 Imo State Gubernatorial …
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SINCE the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999, save for the short-lived tenure of Prof Oserhiemen Osunbor, who was elected in April 2007 and sacked by the court on November 11, 2008, to pave the way for the emergence of Adams Oshiomhole, the Edo Central zone has yet to …
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GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has said he supported the relocation of the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal from Port Harcourt to Abuja, because it was in the best interest of the people of the state. This is as Abe …
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THE Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the demolition of three two-storey buildings in Banana Island following the collapse of a seven-storey building in the area. Sanwo-Olu gave the order on Saturday during his visit to the site of the collapsed seven-storey building and inspection of other infrastructure …
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MINISTER of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has opened up on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu appointing none members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, into his cabinet. Keyamo said he can’t confirm or deny if Tinubu would appoint none APC members into his cabinet. The spokesman of Tinubu-Shettima …
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