POLITICS

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 …

The Deputy National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), North, Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, has called on the party’s National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole to resign for allegedly failing to add any value to the APC since his election. Shuaibu, in a letter dated May 27 and addressed to Oshiomhole, accused the …

The outgoing Governor of Imo state,  Rochas Okorocha, has vowed that he will become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come what may. Okorocha made his conviction public on Sunday during his valedictory thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chapel in Owerri. “Mark it, I will be …

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 …