The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is dead and it will soon be buried. The APC National chairman also hinted that the 2023 presidential candidate of NNPP and the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will soon…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has given the federal government, led by President Bola Tinubu, a pass mark in infrastructural development and other positive imprints across different sectors of the nation’s economy. For these achievements, Gov Eno, despite being a staunch member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has vowed to throw…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday inaugurated a 21-member ad-hoc committee to oversee the caretaker government in Rivers during the state of emergency. Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said that the inauguration of the committee was in line with Section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). While reaffirming the National Assembly’s commitment…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daboikiabo Warmate, has advised the party’s governors forum to immediately withdraw its resolution recognising Sunday Udey-Okoye as the party national secretary. Warmate in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, described the resolution as an unconstitutional declaration of a state of…
Chairman of Labour Party in Oyo State, Sadiq Atayese, has said that the leadership crisis at the national level of the party will not create factions among its members in the state. Atayese told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan that stakeholders in the state had agreed to work together to…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has declared that the party would not join or merge with any othe political party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of the forum, Gov. Muhammed Bala of Bauchi State, stated this on Monday, at the end of its meeting, held in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital….
Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has approved the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Musa as the substantive Clerk of the House. The Speaker of the Assembly, Dr Danladi Jatau announced the appointment during the House proceedings in Lafia on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that brahim Musa was the Acting Clerk of the…
The Rivers State government has demanded for a refund of the sum of N300 million from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for the relocation of it’s 2025 annual general conference earlier slated to hold in Port Harcourt to Enugu. The state government, in a statement issued yesterday by the senior special assistant on Media to…
Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) says his decision to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APAC) is to secure greater opportunities for his people. Maikalangu made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the United States. Jonas is currently independent non-executive chairman of telecommunications company MTN Group (MTNJ.J) a role he will continue to hold alongside the envoy position. Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement that“Jonas is entrusted with…
