A Delta High Court in Sapele has sacked Obro Philomena Asamah , Councillor representing Ward 17 in Sapele Local Government and has declared Mr. Ibiuke Monday the winner of the Delta State Local Government Council general election conducted on the 25th day of October 2014. “The purported nomination of Asamah …
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the executive branch has a ” robust mechanism” to resolve any differences between it and the legislative arm of government. Mr. Mohammed stated this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, …
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*By Martins Oloja* We can’t deny that we always doze off at the point of our need for purposeful leadership. We have never been vigilant about quality political recruitment in our journey through democratisation. One of our icons, Professor Chinua Achebe, saw this long ago and in 1983, he wrote …
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THE Leader of Abia State House of Assembly, Mr. Chinedum Orji has called on the leaders and stakeholders of the main opposition party, PDP, to stop the infighting, blame game and bickering over the loss in the 2015 election, saying that the party failed because the leaders did not plan …
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Four Ondo State lawmakers, including the newly-elected House of Assembly speaker, Bamidele Oloyelogun, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. The legislators defected from the Malachi Coker faction of the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after Bamidele Oloyelogun was elected as the new State Assembly speaker …
Read More »Former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, on Sunday joined the All Progressives Congress. Nnamani was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. The former Senate President, who is currently the head of the Electoral Reform Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, registered as a member of the APC at …
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SIr, I am pleased to write to you today, the first day of the Year 2017. Do accept my best wishes and prayers for a wonderful and fulfilling new year. By February 24th you would be inaugurated as the 6th civilian Governor of our Sunshine State. It has pleased God …
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A chieftain of APC in Rivers, Mr Augustine Wokocha, has condemned recent resurgence of killings in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/ Ndoni local councils of Rivers. Wokocha, former Power Commissioner in Rivers made the condemnation while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday. There have been reports of renewed violent attacks …
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Director General of SSS, Lawan Daura. The State Security Service (SSS) sent two different and contradictory security reports to the Nigerian Senate on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. While both reports stated that Mr. Magu had some …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been commended on the success of the just conducted gubernatorial election in Ondo state. A monitoring group, INDEPENDENT SERVICE DELIVERY MONITORING GROUP (Centre for Transparency and Advocacy) that deployed observers to all the Local Government Areas in the state,praised INEC on the initiative. …
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