Gov Ademola Adeleke of Osun said that contrary to the interpretation in some quarters, the Court of Appeal has not reinstated the sacked local government chairmen and councillors in the state. Adeleke made the clarification while addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo. The governor explained that the Monday’s judgment of the Court of…
A pro-Peter Obi group, Obidients Movement, has described the late Leader of an Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, as an epitome of heroic patriotism. National Coordinator of the movement, Dr Yunusa Tanko, who stated this in Abuja on Sunday while reacting to the death of the elder statesman, said that the news of…
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, congratulated Malam Nasir El-Rufai on his 65th birthday. El-Rufai is a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and highly regarded for his resourcefulness and brilliance, the President said in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman. El-Rufai served as governor of Kaduna State for eight years, and…
Another Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Salisu Koko, representing Koko-Besse/Maiyama Constituency of Kebbi State, has defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Amos Magaji, representing Zango Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna, had, during the plenary on Tuesday, defected to the ruling APC….
Prof Obiora Okonkwo, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the Nov. 8 election in Anambra, has promised to return power to the people and engender community driven development, if elected. Obiora made the disclosure on Wednesday in a parley with newsmen in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. He noted…
The creation of the Huba Chiefdom in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa by Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri has brought an end to a 120-year-old chieftaincy struggle. The Chairman of the Coronation Committee and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Idi Hong, made this known while addressing newsmen in Yola on Wednesday. Hong said Fintiri’s emergence…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged security agencies to tackle menace of vote buying during party primaries for the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call during the regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on Tuesday in Abuja. Yakubu also tasked security…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has announced that the budget defense report for the N54.2 trillion 2025 budget will be presented to the Senate in plenary. He confirmed that members of the Committee on Appropriations will present the report either Wednesday or Thursday this week. Akpabio made this statement on Tuesday during plenary,…
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked two vice presidents, James Wani Igga and Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, in the latest reshuffle in the unity government. Kiir, in a presidential decree broadcast by the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, also dismissed the head of the Internal Security Bureau of the National Security Service, Akech Tong Aleu. No…
Mr Amos Magaji, representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, has defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, made the announcement on the floor of the House of Representatives during plenary on Tuesday. Abbas, who attributed the lawmaker’s defection to the crisis in PDP, urged…
