The leadership of the Labour Party has condemned the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate on Wednesday. Following his sack, Ndume was immediately replaced by the Senator representing Borno North, Tahir Monguno.…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has urged chieftains and stakeholders of the party in Anambra to work for the party’s victory ahead of the 2025 governorship election in the State. Ganduje…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has expressed strong concerns over the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government’s mismanagement of the economy. In a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Enugu on Wednesday,…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed October 19, 2024, to conduct elections in the 23 Local Government Areas of the State. KADSIECOM chairperson, Hajara Mohammed, announced the date and timetable on Tuesday during a…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has advised the Plateau State Government to ensure that the laws governing town planning are reinforced to forestall a recurrence of the recent tragic incident of a collapsed building in which some…
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence will on Monday, July 23, 2024, meet with the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, to ascertain how the military intends to go about…
The New Nigeria People’s Party on Tuesday wrote the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, over the appointment of transition committees by the All Progressives Congress-led government in the 18 local governments and 33 council…
The Labour Party candidate in the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, has urged the Attorney General of the Federation to initiate moves that will saddle the Independent National Electoral Commission with the…
The Kano State Government has filed fresh charges against the immediate past Governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje before a Kano State High Court with Case No. K/143c/24.…
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed the purported resolution passed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly which barred the governor and the state government…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed concerns about the composition of state Houses of Assembly across the federation. According to him, the state Houses of Assembly are filled with passive loyalists who neglect…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that Nigeria will only succeed when the citizens support the President and ”that if Nigeria fails, everybody fails. The sub-nationals, like Rivers State, and any other state will also fail…
The Labour Party, on Monday, warned the Nigeria Labour Congress to desist from dragging the party and its leadership in the mud to appease their alleged sponsors. This was even as the opposition party reiterated that former Anambra State…
The House of Representatives has expressed its readiness to amend its standing orders to make room for electronic petitions and facilitate the use of Information and Communication Technology in receiving and processing public petitions.…
Sixteen opposition political parties in Osun State have announced their withdrawal from the forthcoming local government election. The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission had earlier said the next local government election in the…
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas stepped down on Monday in order to become the European Union’s next foreign policy chief after she was tapped for the job by the bloc’s leaders. Kallas – who has led the Baltic state since 2021 – handed…
The Deputy Governor of Kano State and Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aminu Abdussalam, on Sunday, expressed confidence in the calibre and quality of individuals mandated to oversee local government activities in…
The Peoples Democratic Party has won all seats in Saturday’s Local Government election conducted across 500 wards in the 25 Local Government Areas of Delta State. The election was contested by ten political parties, who fielded candidates…
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Barnabas Gemade, has declared that no politician in Benue State has the power to stop the incumbent governor, Hyacinth Alia, from getting a second term ticket. Gemade, who once…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has assured former Senate President, Pius Anyim, that he won’t be regarded as a second-class member of the party, saying he will receive equal opportunities as…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Dean, Faculty of Law, Nile University, Abuja, Prof Abdullahi Shehu Zuru, speaks with IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI on the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment which grants local government financial…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr Paul Ananaba, shares his thoughts with AYOOLA OLASUPO on the national minimum wage tussle between the Federal Government and Organised Labour, the debate over adoption of a regional government, among other…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, has condemned LG autonomy the judgment of the Supreme Court which granted total financial autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria. The Supreme Court on Thursday declared it…
The All Progressives Congress has said that the inability of Sen. Mohammed Ndume to access President Bola Tinubu cannot justify his outlandish declaration that the president had been “caged”. The party in a statement by its National…
President Bola Tinubu has described the former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba as a notable Nigerian who is always concerned about the oneness of Nigeria and her development. Tinubu stated this at the public launch of a book,…
Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressive Congress. He announced the defection at the Pa Oruta Ngele Township Abakaliki, the state capital, during the Grand…
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Emomotimi Guwor, has commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for conducting local government council elections in accordance with the rules and procedures. Guwor stated this shortly after…
Following the ongoing crisis rocking the Labour Party at the national level, the Nasarawa State Chapter of the party has declared total support for the embattled national chairman, Julius Abure. Reports in some sections of the media have…
Political parties have criticised the high charges imposed on their candidates by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission for the September 21, 2024, local government council elections in the state. Punch correspondent gathered…
Ex-governor Udom Emmanuel’s kinsmen under the auspices of Onna Unity Forum, have expressed disappointment over what it called a ‘deliberate and unconscionable’ falsehood being spread by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, against the…