The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said it would officially begin its Kogi State campaign during a ceremony in Lokoja on Friday. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement also said the party had uncovered plots allegedly by the All Progressives Congress and the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to frustrate the campaign. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Wednesday that it had borrowed about 2,500 smart card readers from its office in Rivers State to support the conduct of the governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Bayelsa State, Monday Tom Udoh, disclosed this while speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting organised […]

Mr Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, has sworn-in Alhaji Imonofi Osumah as the Chairman of Etsako West Local Government, after Yakubu Musa, the erstwhile chairman was removed for an alleged involvement in a N46m fraud. Obaseki, while swearing Osumah in at the Government House in Benin City, said investigations by a panel constituted by […]

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday urged parties in the suit challenging the Supreme Court judgment on the relocation of the headquarters of Ilejemeje Council area to maintain status quo pending its judgment on November 19. Justice Abiodun Adesodun, who described the proclamation on Monday by the state government relocating […]

Senator Smart Adeyemi, The Director General, GYB/CEDO Campaign committee, has said the time he spent practising journalism, rising to become a two-term Nigeria Union of Journalist’s president, had prepared him for the challenges of facing his court-ordered senatorial rerun, as well as heading the campaign committee of Governor Yahaya Bello. Adeyemi spoke on Wednesday in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Campaign Council has set up eight sub-committees to strategies for victory in the forthcoming governorship election. The Chairman of the Council, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, approved the setting up of the sub-committees to mobilize for the mega rally and also work towards ensuring total victory for the party. […]

Adams Oshiomhole, The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to accelerate economic growth with a view to meeting the needs of Nigerians in his second term in office. He said the APC-led Federal Government was reviving the textile industry in order to create jobs for Nigerians. Oshiomhole […]

The Kano State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the state government of sponsoring an attack on the convoy of their leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. A statement by Mallam Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, spokesperson for the party, alleged the attack, which occurred while party faithful were on their way back from Kwankwaso village, […]

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed all 15 commissioner-nominees sent to the House by Governor Abdullahi Sule. The Speaker, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, announced this on Tuesday after completing the screening of six commissioner- nominees, who appeared for screening at the floor of the House in Lafia. Abdullahi said, “If we will […]

Senators have blamed the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for their inability to carry out appropriate oversight activities on federal agencies in the current fiscal year. They said the non release of money to fund capital expenditure component of the 2019 budget actually incapacitated that critical aspect of their legislative duties. The lawmakers lamented that it was […]