Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it plans to review its result management system following Nigerians’ complaints about the 2023 general elections. The commission said its result management system had been a subject of litigation.   The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this during the post-election review meeting …

National vice chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman has cautioned against a move to give the leadership of the party national secretariat to former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The erstwhile national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and national secretary, Iyiola Omisore resigned from their positions on Monday. …

After 50 days in office, President Bola Tinubu has sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the Senate, and to be read out today by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The Guardian gathered that the Clerk of the National Assembly, Magaji Tambuwal, received the letter containing the …

The Labour Party and its standard bearer in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, have kicked against the offer of board slots to state governors, including those elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, by President Bola Tinubu. Kwara State Governor and Chairman of …

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sent two Executive Bills to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage, namely Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2023 and Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023.   The Bills were contained in separate messages the governor addressed to the speaker …

Amidst subsisting cold war among members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), a meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold tomorrow in Abuja. Venue of the meeting is the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton.   According to sources, a gathering of another statutory …

The Kano State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Justice Dije Aboki as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. The confirmation of the first female Chief Judge followed the consideration of a letter forwarded to the assembly by Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf and read by the Speaker, Ismail …

Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has appointed Mr Leke Bayiewu, according to reports. Abbas also appointed Mr. Ahmed Musa, a correspondent with Daily Independent Newspaper, as his Special Assistant on Print Media. Both were members of the House of Representatives Press Corps until their appointment on Monday.     This was made …

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assumed official duty as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu. Gbajabiamila assumed duty at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday (today), shortly after resigning his membership in the House of Representatives. The former speaker’s letter of resignation was read …

President of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has promised to work with his colleagues for expansion of the revenue streams available to the country, especially from the huge but largely unregulated natural and solid mineral resources base. Akpabio, who spoke during his acceptance speech, also promised to engender effective …