Politics

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, Young Progressives Party, YPP, Anambra South has said with the right machinery, the party can develop to be the ruling party in not just Anambra, but other Nigerian states. Having his say in the midst of YPP Stakeholders, members ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha have jumped on social media to mark 30 years of being together. In a recent Twitter post, Buhari flaunted a throwback photo of himself and his wife, and also shared a picture of their grown-up kids. Despite being famous for disagreeing on several ...

The Lagos State Government has urged Lagosians to be careful of the way they store and use gas for domestic and commercial purposes. The General-Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, urged residents to instantly flee from areas where suspected air pollution from any gaseous ...

Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku has said the reports saying he is sponsoring the impeachment of principal officers of the state House of Assembly is just a plot to ruin his relationship with the state legislature. In a recent statement by his senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, Bala ...

Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Useni, the Governorship Candidate of PDP in Plateau in the 2019 elections has told his lawyers to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the victory of Gov. Simon Lalong. He disclosed this during a review meeting with his ...

Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has talked about why he joined APC. He revealed this in a recent interview with Punch. According to him, he joined APC despite their current crises because that is where his people want him to ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has said his landmark achievement of being the first governor to successfully complete a second term in office is nothing but divine intervention. He revealed this when the set of 1992 Rivers State University of Science and Technology Law students visited him in Yenagoa. ...

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr. Ibrahim Emokpaire has come out to say that Adams Oshiomhole is key to APC’s discipline, supremacy, and re-positioning for greater heights. He revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja as he reacted to the alleged ...

Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mamman has talked about how determined the Federal Government is to tackle Nigeria`s power challenges. Alhaji Saleh revealed this recently in a community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He had his say at the commissioning of a 47.5 solar energy system at ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said for Nigeria to fulfill her full potential, the people must be pragmatic in their selection of leaders. Nasir revealed this at the 2019 Ajasin Foundation Colloquium organized in honor of the first governor of Ondo State, the late Adekunle Ajasin, held in Akure, ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission a.k.a INEC has come out to say that it will keep deploying smart card readers in all its elections, including the Saturday, November 30 rerun in Kogi West. The electoral umpire disclosed this today through its verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria. INEC added that they will ...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari wants the Senate to think about implementing the Companies and Allied Act (CAMA) which lets the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) approve the registration of companies. In a recent letter from PMB, he quoted section 26(5) of the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act (amended) which ...

State Publicity Secretary of APC, Chris Azebamwan has said the suspension of Mr. Anselm Ojezua has since been ratified by the National Working Committee NWC of the party. According to Chris, all statements from Ojezua should be disregarded from now on because he no longer represents APC at any level. ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the suit seeking an amendment of the constitution to allow President Muhammadu Buhari run for a third term in office. Recall that Charles Enya, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, reportedly filed the suit (FHC/AI/CS/90/19) before a federal ...

Nigeria’s Federal Government has come out to say that it will do all he can to protect the interest of investors in the country. According to FG, investments cannot excel in the midst of social and political instability. President Muhammadu Buhari revealed this as he received the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer ...

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has come out to say that ex-governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari threatened his government with a court case for not paying his upkeep allowances. Bello revealed this today while assenting to the repealed law in which past governors, deputy governors, speakers of the state ...

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege believe the relocation of multinational oil companies from Urhoboland to other parts of Nigeria is as a result of the youth restiveness and illegal development levies in the area. Having their say during the 2nd Urhobo Economic and ...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus has begged the Federal Government, governors and Local Government Area chairmen to manage resources well to meet the needs of the people. According to him, increasing internally generated revenue only cannot tackle Nigeria’s developmental needs. Uche Secondus, represented by the ...

The Federal Government agrees that closing Nigeria’s borders has led to the increasing inflation being experienced in the country. However, FG promised that the closure is temporary since the government expects the neighboring nations to respect the ECOWAS protocols to aid the reopening of the borders. This was revealed by ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has blasted the on-going violence in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, which has in the past one day, resulted in a yet to be ascertained number of deaths and deadly attacks. In a recent statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on ...