The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the arrest of a member of the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Ovat Agbor, for alleged wife battering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, gave the confirmation in Calabar on Monday. According to Eitokpah, Agbor, who…
Nigerian legislator Obi Aguocha has warned that attempts to abruptly end the Monday sit-at-home protests in the South-East could prove counterproductive unless handled with caution and inclusive consultations. In a statement released on Wednesday, Aguocha said any decision affecting the long-standing protest must involve extensive engagement with stakeholders across the region. The sit-at-home action, enforced…
Rep Kabiru Maipalace, a member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, has disbursed ₦39.4 million in scholarships to 449 university students from his constituency in Zamfara State. Maipalace, who represents the Gusau and Tsafe Federal Constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced the initiative on Monday in Gusau while addressing journalists. He said the scholarships…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has expelled Rep. Peter Uzokwe from its ranks, citing gross misconduct and anti-party activities. Announcing the decision in Abuja, YPP National Publicity Secretary Egbeola Martins said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) unanimously ratified Uzokwe’s expulsion after receiving petitions and video evidence of his alleged violations. Uzokwe, who represents the…
Former Akwa Ibom Assembly member Nse Ntuen has strongly refuted claims accusing Senate President Godswill Akpabio of involvement in murder, describing the allegations as “false, malicious and deeply irresponsible.” In a statement from Uyo on Sunday, Ntuen said the accusations, reportedly shared by Akpabio’s sister-in-law, Patience Akpabio, lack any factual basis and are aimed at…
President Bola Tinubu is on course to secure overwhelming support from Nigeria’s South-West region in the 2027 elections, according to Rep. Aderemi Oseni, Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Oseni, who represents Ibarapa East/Ido in the House of Representatives, said political stakeholders and grassroots groups had already begun working…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Gusau, Zamfara State, presented a Certificate of Return to Kamilu Sa’idu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the newly elected member representing Kaura Namoda South State Constituency. Sa’idu emerged victorious in the rerun election conducted last Thursday in five polling units across two registration areas. The…
A former lawmaker in Lagos State, Jude Idimogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, the leader of the self-determination movement, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2021, brought to Nigeria,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 217,980 registered voters will head to the polls on 16 August to elect a new representative for Ibadan North Federal Constituency in Oyo State. This by-election was prompted by the death of Mr Olaide Akinremi, the constituency’s former member of the House of Representatives, on 10…
Mr Harrison Ogara, representing Igboeze South Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, says there is no faction in the state chapter of the Labour Party (LP). Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday, Ogara said that Mr Peter Obi, as the 2023 LP Presidential Candidate,…
