The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed July 14, 2018 and Sept. 22, 2018 for governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States respectively. INEC…
View More INEC releases timetable for Ekiti, Osun electionsCategory: Politics
We doubts possibility of new minimum wage- NLC
The Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Solomon Adelegan, announced on Wednesday that the Federal Government was foot-dragging on negotiating a new minimum…
View More We doubts possibility of new minimum wage- NLC‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed Federal Government’s plan to roll over at least 60 per cent of 2017 capital2018 projects to…
View More ‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’Tokyo governor will not run in Japan elections
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose new political party poses a growing threat in elections later this month, has denied speculation that she would run, the…
View More Tokyo governor will not run in Japan electionsCaution EFCC, Patience Jonathan appeals to Buhari
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from a…
View More Caution EFCC, Patience Jonathan appeals to Buhari2019: South East PDP support zoning of President to North
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East geopolitical zone has endorsed the party’s zoning arrangement, which zoned the office of the President to…
View More 2019: South East PDP support zoning of President to NorthIs Orji Kalu trying to worm his way into Buhari’s heart?
Orji Kalu, former Abia state governor, has been a blip on the radar of Nigerian politics since 1999. He was one of the pivotal members…
View More Is Orji Kalu trying to worm his way into Buhari’s heart?Restructure now or implode, Dickson, Bakare, Afenifere warn
Mixed reactions yesterday trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast, especially as regards the call for the restructuring of the country. In the speech, the…
View More Restructure now or implode, Dickson, Bakare, Afenifere warnKano, Nasarawa, Niger Governors sue for peace
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on Nigerians to remain united, live peacefully and shun all tendencies capable of plunging the nation into…
View More Kano, Nasarawa, Niger Governors sue for peaceThe centre determined to hold -Buhari told soldiers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday shifted the military ceremonies of the National Independence Day to Maiduguri, Borno State, with fresh warning to separatists and a…
View More The centre determined to hold -Buhari told soldiersFull Text of President Buhari’s 2017 Independence Broadcast
October 1st remains a special date for all Nigerians as this marks the day when we attained one of the most precious of human desires…
View More Full Text of President Buhari’s 2017 Independence BroadcastShun your Presidential Ambition, Pay Worker’s Salaries, APC advises Fayose
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has criticised Governor Ayodele Fayose for declaring ambition to contest the 2019 presidential election. The party in…
View More Shun your Presidential Ambition, Pay Worker’s Salaries, APC advises FayoseMy predecessors know where to draw the line , Ikpeazu
The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has said that there is no godfatherism in the state as opined in some quarters, and stressed…
View More My predecessors know where to draw the line , IkpeazuINEC to release Ekiti, Osun guber polls timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to release the timetable for Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections coming up in 2018. At a meeting with…
View More INEC to release Ekiti, Osun guber polls timetableEFCC storms Ekiti, arrests Fayose’s commissioner, spoils party
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has arrested Ekiti state commissioner for finance, Chief Toyin Ojo and the accountant general,…
View More EFCC storms Ekiti, arrests Fayose’s commissioner, spoils partyOwerri People drag Okorocha to Court; demand N100b compensation
People of Owerri have dragged the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha before a High Court sitting in Owerri, capital of the state for forceful…
View More Owerri People drag Okorocha to Court; demand N100b compensationReps set to constitute committee on agitations
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to set up a committee to consult stakeholders on the rising spate of agitations in Nigeria. It expressed…
View More Reps set to constitute committee on agitationsAndy Uba, Stella Oduah appointed as Saraki reshuffles committees
Senate President, Bukola Saraki today named Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah, as new chairmen of committees. The two lawmakers from Anambra state, were announced…
View More Andy Uba, Stella Oduah appointed as Saraki reshuffles committeesAbia pensioners to be ‘à par’ with civil servants in the State
Abia pensioners now have cause to smile as the Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has promised to bring them ‘à par’ with the civil servants in…
View More Abia pensioners to be ‘à par’ with civil servants in the StateGov Ikpeazu meets Abia pensioners in a No-holds-barred conference
“We gave Abia workers 100% of the bailout fund we got in 2015. Also we got N10.6b from the first tranche of the Paris Club…
View More Gov Ikpeazu meets Abia pensioners in a No-holds-barred conferenceAdamawa deputy speaker sacked, principal officers too
The Adamawa House of Assembly on Monday impeached four of the principal officers, including the Deputy Speaker, Mr Sunday Peter, and the Majority Leader, Alhaji…
View More Adamawa deputy speaker sacked, principal officers tooPlateau Gov appoints acting Chief Judge
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has sworn in Justice Yakubu Dakwak as the Acting Chief Judge of the state following the retirement of the former…
View More Plateau Gov appoints acting Chief JudgeCatalonia referendum: Madrid moves to take over local policing
The Spanish authorities have moved to place all policing in Catalonia under central control to stop the disputed independence referendum on 1 October. Col Diego…
View More Catalonia referendum: Madrid moves to take over local policingIPOB agitation right, method wrong ―Ikpeazu
GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has observed that even though the grievances of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) are germane, they…
View More IPOB agitation right, method wrong ―Ikpeazu