Politics

Civil society groups have come out to say that security agencies, including the police, were part of the rigging and manipulation of Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The Centre for Democracy and Development and the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities blasted the security operatives for allegedly partnering ...

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has praised the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu for EFCC’s success since 2015. According to the group, EFCC has done remarkably well in the areas of convictions and recoveries in the last four years. Revealing this ...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has urged ExxonMobil and other International Oil Companies (IOCs) to collaborate effectively to make sure the oil and gas sector is lucrative and efficient in Nigeria. Timipre revealed this in a recent statement signed by Alhaji Garba Deen Muhammad, his ...

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde is not happy with the way the recently concluded Kogi governorship election went down. He said this as he began work on the Moniya-Iseyin road project, just 2 months after withdrawing it from the initial contractor. According to Gov Seyi, Nigeria is still nowhere near ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out to say that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan is happy with the result of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State. The APC Governorship candidate in the election, David Lyon was announced as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as ...

The Senate has urged Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed to educate the citizens on the proposed increase of Value Added Tax, VAT from five percent to 7.5 percent and its consequences. According to the Senate, the explanation is important since Nigerians would like to know the precise items excluded from ...

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring a level playing field that has helped the people to assert their sovereignty and select their leaders. Lawan then hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates on their victory in the governorship elections in Kogi and ...

The Director-General of the Kogi State Bureau of Information and Grassroots Mobilisation, Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulmalik, has urged Mr. Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to accept defeat and move on. He revealed this in a recent statement issued in Lokoja on Monday. He begged Mr. Musa and Mrs. ...

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has come out to say that the National Assembly does not have the legislative competence to pass the controversial bill for the establishment of Hate Speech Commission. He revealed this in a recent statement where he said hate speech is a residual matter, ...

Ex Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has said there is no beef between him and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, over an abandoned project for which cash had been paid when he was still in power. As Elder Godsday reacted to the reports of beef, he said he ...

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu is happy with the re-election of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi in the Saturday governorship elections. Dr. Ramatu revealed this in a statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Austine Elemue, on Monday in Abuja. She said Yahaya’s victory ...

The Kogi Chairman of Young Progressives Party (YPP), Mr. Chinda Emmanuel is not happy with the result of the governorship election in the state. According to him, there was lots of violence and it was not the real wishes of the voters in the state. However, Dr. Sani Teidi-Shaibu, the ...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has said the 9th National Assembly has consciously decided to unite for the sake of the country even with its members being from different political parties. Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ola Awoniyi revealed this in a statement on Sunday. According to Lawan, this 9th National ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State is on the verge of getting re-elected as governor. According to the results thus far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bello is ahead of the other 23 candidates with 184,430 votes margin. INEC has revealed the results of 9 out of 21 ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has come out to say that political parties used fake news to delegitimize Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during Kogi governorship election. Ms Idayat Hassan, Director CDD, revealed this in the group’s preliminary statement on the conduct of Saturday’s Kogi governorship election. Idayat ...

The gubernatorial and senatorial elections in Kogi state has proved once again that corruption has eaten deep into our political system. Some of our politicians went as far as bribing INEC officials to manipulate the results of the election in their favor. Today, a collation officer of the Independent National ...

Candidate at the rerun senatorial election in Kogi state, Dino Melaye has said it was APC thugs that murdered his nephew during the election. The politician announced the death of his nephew, Olorunjuwon after sustaining gunshot wounds at his polling unit on Saturday. According to him, his dead nephew, Olorunjuwon ...

The police in Lokoja has confirmed 3 persons dead during the governorship election held in Kogi on Saturday. The Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr. Akeem Busari, who revealed this recently said the command is currently compiling its report on the poll to determine the real number of casualties. He ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has come out to say that the main principles for Nigeria to be great are righteousness, service and diligence, hardwork and planning. Osinbajo revealed this on Saturday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Region 5, `Great Minds Summit 2019” at the RCCG’s Chapel of ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has come out to say that he feels Nigeria might experience their own Brexit, unless the youths are educated politically to understand what restructuring is all about. Babatunde Fashola disclosed this as guest speaker at the 76th anniversary of the Island ...