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Hon. James Onwordi Endurance Popularly known as Ibori Ubulu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former House of Assembly Aspirant in Aniocha South Delta State has implored the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar to beg Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to enable him to …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, said even though the demand by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) is genuine, there is no way the country will borrow N1.1 trillion to meet the union’s demand. Umahi, in a statement, when he received members of the Nigeria Police Trust …

Kwara State Government has signed an agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS). This is contained in a statement by the Head of Service, Modupe Oluwole, yesterday in Ilorin. Oluwole said the agreement, which takes …

Members of The Osun Progressives, a faction of the All Progressives Congress backed by Rauf Aregbesola have declared that they are ready for reconciliation to end the crisis rocking the party in the state. Recall that the APC lost the recently concluded governorship election in the state to the People’s …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday said the state government is constructing a new 1.2 kilometre drainage diversion at Ilubirin area of the state. Mr Sanwo-Olu made this known while addressing journalists after the inspection of some projects on the Island, which included Tapa/Oke-popo Adeniji-Adele Road construction, the new …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said enemies of the state will be dealt with. Speaking on Wednesday during the Hijrah 1444 luncheon, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, Makinde said that he will not allow the enemies of the state to succeed.. Makinde disclosed that the enemies …

Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation, wants to enter a plea bargain in a criminal suit instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In criminal proceedings, a plea bargain is an arrangement between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some …

Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo, says the role Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, played in ensuring Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remain a formidable opposition can’t be underestimated. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony for the construction of the Azikiwe-Iloabuchi road in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, on Wednesday, Mimiko said …

Simon Lalong, Plateau governor, says under no circumstances would his rejection as of his appointment as the director-general of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential campaign council be rational. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, the former governor of Borno, who is also a Muslim, as his …

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has signed a pact on religious tolerance, conflict resolution. Samson Ayokunle, immediate past president of CAN, announced the development in statement on Wednesday. Ayokunle said the two religious organisations signed the accord at the international religious …