Government

The National President, APC National Youth Vanguard, and former Assistant Editor with the Concern Magazine, Haruna Kabir Alfa, has said the “Change” slogan used in 2015 and 2019 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to gain the consciousness of the electorates was deliberate and remains a work in progress. The …

A stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Cletus Obun, has expressed fears that what happened to the party during the 2019 governorship election in the state seems to be re-enacting going by internal bickerings and court cases. In 2019, factions emerged, and two governorship candidates laid claims …

Innocent Nwata, the youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, has petitioned the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, over his alleged unlawful removal. Nwanta, who addressed journalists on Sunday, accused Basil Ejidike, chairman of the party in the state, of victimisation. He claimed he …

Barring any last minute change of plans, President Muhammadu Buhari will forward the list of governing board nominees of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the senate for confirmation as soon as it reconvenes on September 20. But the battle for plum jobs took a dramatic turn in the …

The Kwara State government has restated its commitment to sustainable commercial agriculture as part of efforts to make the state the food basket of the nation. The state commissioner for agriculture and rural development, Mal. AbdulLateef Alakawa, stated this in Ilorin while receiving the executives of the Nigerian Institution of …

The Plateau State chapter of the APC has allayed fears of its people that Jaiz Bank’s involvement in rebuilding of the burnt Jos Market is purely for economic gains. According to the party, the bank cannot because of its funding of the development of the market’s reconstruction “Islamise” the state, …

Plateau State governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) Amb. Yohana Margif has said he remained the authentic flagbearer of the party in the 2023 governorship election in the state. Dr. Patrick Dakum of the Institute of Human Virology is also laying claim to LP governorship candidature, bringing to two the …

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to stem the haemorrhaging of the country’s economy by arresting pipeline vandals and oil thieves.The association made the call at a protest in Lagos with the theme: Chasing oil thieves and …

Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, yesterday, explained why the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, explored different options from what Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State  and other stakeholders proffered in resolving the crisis rocking the party. The Campaign also said the sacking of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia …

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has banned the factional king of Awka Kingdom, Chief Austin Ndigwe from parading himself as monarch. Soludo in a press release by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu, said the duly recognised monarch of Awka Kingdom is Obi Gibson Nwosu. There was …