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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has presented a budget of N483,173,307,96 to the State House of Assembly for the 2022 fiscal year. The Governor presented the document before the Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday. According to the Governor, the sum of N314, 903, 108,116 is earmarked for …

The Olowu of Owu Kuta, Oba Hameed Oyelude Makama, has charged youths in Osun State not to engage in political crisis or die because of any politician, Newsextra24 reports. Oba Makama gave the advice while speaking at the 2021 Osun Youth Ambassador Awards held at Laim Hotel, Osogbo, the Osun …

AN Abia State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Isaac Nkole, has cautioned the party against re-admitting the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Uzor Kalu. This call came on the heels of a visit by a high-powered PDP delegation led by the incoming National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel …

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 presidential election irrespective of where it picks its presidential candidate from. Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, Keyamo said the APC is not bothered about the …

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has lamented the accommodation problems faced by members of the force. According to the IGP, the NPF is facing a housing deficit with over 90 per cent of its personnel in barracks lacking proper accommodation. He made this known while speaking at the quarter …

House of Representatives, Thursday, invited the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Yakub Mahmood, to brief it on the actual cost of monitoring direct primary elections of political parties. Essentially, Mahmood will be interfacing with the House Committees on Electoral Matters and Appropriation for possible consideration of the cost …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Dr Isaac Nkole, has warned the party against re-admitting Senator Orji Uzor Kalu into the ‘big umbrella’. Nkole who gave the warning in a media chat in Umuahia, claimed that the former Governor “is in a desperate move to …

THE INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out government funding for political parties as debate rages over possible hike in the cost of elections with the proposed introduction of compulsory adoption of direct primaries in Nigeria’s electoral system. The National Assembly included a provision for compulsory adoption of direct …

The Governor who insisted that he cannot stop fulani herders from carrying out their legitimate businesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2adH7jFSGg

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, E.A. Adeboye on Sunday, revealed his conversation with an undisclosed person on who would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The renowned clergy who spoke during a sermon at the church’s National Headquarters, Ebute Meta, Lagos …