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EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the performance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s local government election in the State shows the party’s dominance, noting that the outcome of the election is a reflection of the wish of the majority of Edo people. Obaseki spoke to …

THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulahi Ganduje, has said that the party would establish a National Institute of Progressive Study. He added that the party would also establish functional offices in all 8,813 wards across the country to bring symbolic representation of the party closer …

TEE Deputy Minority Leader of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Kamorudeen Lere Oyewumi has revealed that the Senate has so far identified over 10,000 government projects abandoned at various stages across the country. Oyewumi said that the Upper Legislative Chamber has given approval for a thorough probe of the abandoned projects with …

Bayelsa Coordinator of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mr Alagoa Morris, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Morris, an Environmental Rights Activist, made the announcement on Thursday in Yenagoa ahead of the Bayelsa Governorship Election slated for Nov. 11.   He …

A quorum of councilors in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State has suspended the Chairman of the LGA, Wale Adedayo, for three months on allegations of maladministration and financial mismanagement. Reacting to the development, Adedayo told our correspondent that it might be true, adding that policemen bombarded …

Voters from the 105 wards of Bayelsa state have declared their readiness to stand together against the alleged plot by some chieftains of the opposition to instigate violence and rig the November 11 governorship election in the state. According to a cross-section of voters, despite their desire to encourage a …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the utilization of Ecological Funds and other intervention funds of the Great Green Wall Project on Wednesday queried claims by the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW) that it spent N81bn to plant 21 million trees in the frontline states in the …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has expelled 84 of its members for alleged anti-party activities. The party made this known on Wednesday in a statement signed by its State chairman, Tajudeen Lawal.   It stated that the decision was arrived at after the State Executive Committee constituted …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has presented more documents used in the March eighteen governorship election in Nasarawa. State INEC Head of Operations presented the documents when he appeared before the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the state capital on Wednesday.   At the resumed hearing of …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has urged traders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to work closely with the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to transform the territory. The former Kano State governor, particularly asked the business community to co-operate with the minister …