The Ondo State Government says it is committed to improving the infrastructural development across the 18 local government areas. The government equally assured Akure residents that the 7.8km Oda road project would be ready for inauguration in June 2025. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Infrastructure, Lands and Housing, Engr. Olawoye Abiola, stated…
The Nanedi Usman-led National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has set up a five-man disciplinary committee to investigate alleged gross misconduct against Mr Julius Abure. The NEC also gave Abure 48 hours to explain why disciplinary actions should not be taken against him over the alleged misconduct. Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Sen….
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria (CSSLN) on Tuesday rejected summons issued by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions to the Speakers of the Benue and Zamfara State Houses of Assembly. The CSSLN conveyed its position in a statement issued by its Chairman, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin. The summons are reportedly…
Gov Hyacinth Alia will not honour the House of Representatives Committee invitation scheduled for Thursday, May 8. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, confirmed this to journalists on Wednesday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House had summoned the Governors of Benue and Zamfara, alongside their Assembly leadership. Kula…
Mr. Blessing Agbebaku, the Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, has articulated his reasons for transitioning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Tuesday, Agbebaku, accompanied by two fellow House members, Hon. Sunday Fada Eigbiremonlen and Hon. Idaiye Yekini Oisayemoje, announced their defection to the APC. In an…
The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Sen. Kawu Sumaila has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio read the letter of the lawmaker’s defection at plenary on Wednesday. According to Sumaila in his letter his…
Speaker of Delta House of Assembly, Mr Dennis Guwor, and 21 other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defection of the 22 lawmakers was sequel to the significant shift in the state’s political landscape. NAN also reports that with the…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Sen. Simon Lalong, a lawyer, politician, and senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on his birthday. Lalong was previously Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly before becoming governor of the state for two terms from 2015 to 2023. President Tinubu underscored Lalong’s contributions to the country,…
The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mr Blessing Agbebaku, on Tuesday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Agbebaku, speaker since June 16, 2023, under PDP, cited Gov. Monday Okpebholo’s constituency development initiatives as his major reason for leaving PDP to join APC. The speaker defected alongside fellow…
Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno, on Tuesday inaugurated five new Permanent Secretaries into the State Civil Service as part of ongoing efforts to reform and strengthen public administration. The new permanent secretaries included Alhaji Adamu Isa-Abadam, Alhaji Aja Gana-Bukar, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mustapha and Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi-Hassan. Dr Umar Kadafur, the Deputy Governor,…
