POLITICS

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning all forms of gambling, ownership and operations of gaming machines including NaijaBet and Bet9ja, in the state. The member representing Lere/Bula constituency, Aminu Tukur, who spoke to journalists after the House sitting in Bauchi on Thursday, said, “The bill …

The Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has distanced itself from the victory of the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dapo Abiodun at the last governorship election in the state. This was conveyed by the state deputy chairman of the party, Bamgbose Samson on Tuesday May …

BY AARE WOLE ARISEKOLA If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. It is your attitude, more than your aptitude, and that is what determines the height of your achievement in life. Many people think that luck plays a major role in the …

Embattled Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has revealed how the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, pushed him out of his office when he went to the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja in his quest to actualise his ambition of becoming the …

Barely three weeks before the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, for his second term, it appears all is not well with the ruling party politically. Although, the party has downplayed any tension in the party, President Buhari, on Friday May 10, 2019, hosted Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the …

Following the political drama that played out in Ogbomosho North Local Government during the 2019 general election when the Chairman, Olamijuwon Akala, was suspended and sacked by the Oyo state government. Olamijuwon, the son of former governor of Oyo state, Christopher Alao-Akala, was suspended and subsequently sacked over allegations of …

There have been rising concerns over the mode of relationship President Muhammadu Buhari has sustained with notable state and political actors  in the South West Nigeria who have been having latent battle and cold war overtime in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The South West APC leaders had since …

Chairman, Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Adegbola Dominic, on Friday April 26, 2019 called on the state Commissioner of Police, Zubair Muazu, to arrests Otunba Segun Adewale aka Aeroland, who he said has been laying claim to the same chairmanship post, even though he is not …

A member of the House of Representatives, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who represents Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, has declared her intention to contest for the seat of the Speaker. Onyejeocha made the declaration despite the decision of the leadership of her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to support the …

By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan Strong indications have emerged that the President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, seems to have disbanded the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Chinwe Onyeabo. A source in the judiciary reliably hinted PLATFORM TIMES that an internal memo had …