politics

THE Edo State All Progressive Congress, APC, is hurriedly cementing its own demise before the gubernatorial election slated for September 2024. The party started in a its famous wayward path by selecting one of the most incompetent candidate in the history of political primaries in Nigeria since 1999 the country …

THE 2023 Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has urged the Nigerian Government to use borrowed funds to create jobs and improve the standard of living in the country. Obi noted that it was alarming that government borrowing reached a staggering N121.86 in the first quarter. He disclosed that …

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the commencement of the exercise to elect new leaders of the party from the ward to the state level. This is following the recent shakeup in the state leadership of the party that sparked the mass resignation of members. The announcement was made …

THE Young Progressive Party (YPP), Ebonyi chapter, has inaugurated a 21-member caretaker State Executive Committee (SEC) to pilot the affairs of the party for the next six months. The committee led by Mrs Mercy Nwaogbala was inaugurated in Abakaliki following approval by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Dr Sunday …

THE candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, on Saturday in Nuremberg, explained why he is running to be the governor of state. It was at the last lap of week long blitz in which he engaged the …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the nomination and substitution of Prince Kadiri Asamah, SAN, as deputy governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) for the Edo governorship election fixed for September 21. The party had, on February 23, conducted its governorship primary election for the state where Olumide …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC national transition committee, on Tuesday, stormed the headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja, demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Julius Abure. The acting Chairman of the transition committee, Aduwaheed Omar, led members of the labour union to the secretariat, chanting …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Monday emerged as the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum by consensus among the sixteen Governors present at the meeting held in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital.   It would be recalled that the late Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State led the forum until …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has gone for broke by announcing the expulsion of former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, and the party’s vice national chair, South-south, Chief Dan Osi Orbih from the party. Shaibu was the deputy of Governor Godwin Obaseki before his impeachment and removal for …