POLITICS

The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has on Friday August 23, 2019, quashed the victory of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district. Melaye, a member of PDP was declared winner in the February 2019 election by INEC, but Senator Smart Adeyemi of APC approached the …

By Raymond Osho The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed regret over President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration with argument that the current hardship in the country is worst than during the Civil war. The Party lamented that the incessant killings in the country was on the increase and …

Former Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has said that without unity in the ranks of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) may find their way into the governance of the state come November 16, 2019. The Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on …

Head of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as being directly responsible for the pauperisation of millions of Nigerians. It said this contradicted his claims that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration ruined the country. In a statement jointly signed …

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election Omoyele Sowore was arrested by the Department of State Service (DSS) in the morning of Saturday August 3, 2019. It was reported that the DSS picked him up and whisked him to Lagos Head office along CMD …

BY RAYMOND OSHO The Association of Local Government of Nigeria,(ALGON) Ogun State Chapter is still worried by the handicap condition of local governments in the State and their suspension by the 8th Assembly under the former speakership of Rt. Hon. Suraj Adekunbi. The State has 20 Local Governments and 37 …

The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal which nullified the March 22, 2019 judgement of the Osun State election petition tribunal. The tribunal had ealier declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the September 2018 election. In a split judgement …

By Rufai Abiola One of the newly inaugurated members of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Abeokuta State Constituency 1, Hon. Yusuf Temitope Adejojo has promised the people of his constituency of effective and efficient representation. Hon. Adejojo said this at a reception organized in his honour after the …

Coming with a vast pool of parliamentary knowledge spanning a stretch of 20 years, Senator Ahmed Lawam, a recipient of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), on Tuesday June 11, 2019 becomes the ninth Senate President after polling 79 votes, while the other contender, Ali Ndume, struggled …

By Raymond Osho It was jubilation galore for the former House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Hon. Kunle Oluomo as he emerged Speaker of the Ninth Assembly on Monday June 10, 2019. Oluomo was elected during the inauguration of the newly elected members of the House at the State House of …