politics

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the party is working towards addressing the grievances of all aggrieved members after the fallout that greeted the choice of his running mate. Atiku’s assertion followed Wednesday’s outburst of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, that his Rivers State counterpart, …

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday adjourned the money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and others until October 27 and 28. Mr Fani-Kayode is charged alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, and Yusuf Danjuma, a former Chairman of …

The Borno chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday suspended its chairman, Alhaji Zannah Gadama, for engaging in anti-party activities. This is contained in a communique at the end of an emergency meeting signed by state PDP legal adviser, Mr Abdu Jidda in Maiduguri on Thursday. “The chairman …

The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the reported defection of ten thousand members of the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a basket of lies emanating from a failed ruling party. The Osun PDP called on the APC to stop the self-deceit with …

The house of representatives has resolved to investigate “petroleum products subsidy regime” in the country. Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila is scheduled to name members of the ad hoc committee which is expected to probe the “petroleum product subsidy regime” from 2017 to 2021 on Thursday. The resolution was …

Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, the state capital, has issued an order restraining the state House of Assembly from removing the deputy governor of the state, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan. Recall that 24 out of the 32 members of the State House of Assembly had last week petitioned the speaker …

Accord Party in Akwa Ibom says insinuations that it is being sponsored by the state government are untrue and malicious. The party leadership in the state said it’s independent, adding that it has never received financial support from the government. The denial followed claims that the state government was presenting …

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central district, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, said 17 delegates refunded the cash out after he lost his re-election bid at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries. Oloriegbe, who stated this while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said the funds given to the delegates were …

The House of Representatives on Wednesday invited the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on efforts to reestablish the Education Bank in Nigeria. The resolution followed the adoption of a …

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday suggested the region that should produce Nigeria’s next president. In a tweet, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain insisted that the Southern part of the country must produce the 2023 president or nothing. “The current President of Nigeria is a 2-term Northern …