Politics

Comrade Godwin Erahon, a former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, has warned the state Governor Godwin Obaseki, his Deputy Philip Shaibu to be wary of the fate of candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) political party in Imo state over the recent Supreme Court …

The President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has named an indigene of Abonnema local government area of Rivers State, Mrs. Opunimi Akinkugbe, as an ambassadorial nominee for Ondo State. Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe’s name was listed under Ondo State on the list announced by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday. The …

Governors elected on the platform of the PDP have assured Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State that they would do everything democratically possible to help him achieve his second term ambition. Gov. Obaseki recently dumped the ruling APC and pitched tent with the PDP after he was denied the APC …

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Chief Olayide Owolabi Adelami, has said the defection of the Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, to PDP is not a threat to the APC. Speaking to journalists of Newsextra24 yesterday after submitting his nomination form to …

Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah, on Tuesday came hard on the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Kayamo, saying he was ignorant of lawmakers’ oversight functions. Ubah was reacting to the impasse between the Joint Committee on Labour and Productivity and the Minister of State …

ONDO STATE 2020 GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES: SCREENING COMMITTEE. The National Working Committee (NWC) of our great party, the @OfficialPDPNig, has approved the nomination of the following party members to serve on the SCREENING GUBERNATORIAL COMMITTEE.

A federal High court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Wednesday, ordered the governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, to reinstate sacked chairmen and councilors of the 27 Local Government Areas of the state who were sacked by the administration of the ousted governor, Emeka Ihedioha. Ihedioha had through …

The Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the implementation of the plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians for Special Public Works across the country. The position of both chambers of the National Assembly followed a sharp disagreement between the National Assembly Joint Committee on …

The Federal Government has commissioned the operations of Dukia Gold and Precious Metals Project (DGPMP). The project is expected to enable Nigeria mine her gold reserves properly, trade responsibly and refine locally. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, while performing the virtual commissioning of the project, said Nigeria has potential …

Barr. Henry Idahagbon, an ally of immediate past National Chairman of All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has been named a federal commissioner in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter sighted by Newsextra24, on Wednesday, sought Senate’s approval for Idahagbon’s nomination, and two other nominated …