In order to promote peace and the growth of their community, the deputy governor urged the populace to put aside their differences and work with the government. He warned that the government would not hesitate to deal decisively with any person or group that threatened the ongoing peace effort, advising the Odioma people to immediately resist the temptation of arresting and counter-arresting themselves. Who will we speak to and collaborate with to carry out the...
Adeoye Aribasoye, a former Chief Whip of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, has been elected speaker of the seventh assembly. Aribasoye represents Ikole Constituency 2 in the 6th Assembly as chairman of the House Committee on Media and public affairs. Aribasoye was unopposed at the house’s inaugural session on Tuesday, following the governor’s proclamation of the 26-member seventh assembly in accordance with the constitution. In addition, Bolaji Olagbaju, a lawmaker from Ado-Ekiti constituency two,...
Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, has praised President Bola Tinubu for eliminating fuel subsidies. During a press conference on Tuesday, Wike insisted that electing Tinubu was not a mistake. “He has demonstrated leadership from the first day he took the oath,” Wike says. If we are, to be honest with ourselves, it cannot be business as usual; the subsidy is no longer available. How many presidents are capable of making such...
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of denying him access to electoral documents despite paying N6 million. Atiku is contesting INEC’s declaration of Bola Tinubu as President in the February 25 presidential election. Tinubu received 8,794,726 votes, defeating 17 other candidates, including Atiku, who received 6,984,520 votes, and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, who received 6,101,533 votes. On Tuesday, Atiku’s lead counsel told the presidential election...
The Nasarawa government has postponed indefinitely the inauguration of the seventh Assembly of the State House of Assembly, which was scheduled for Tuesday. The acting Clerk of the House, Mr Ibrahim Musa, said in a statement in Lafia that the postponement was based on security advice to Gov. Abdullahi Sule. Musa asked the members-elect and the general public to bear with the decision until a new date was announced.
Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to fight over the outcome of the governorship election in Ogun State. The incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, after receiving 276,298 votes to defeat Adebutu, who received 262,383 votes. Biyi Otegbeye, a candidate for the African Democratic Congress, came in third place with 94,754...
Suleiman Kawu Sumaila, senator-elect for Kano South Senatorial District, has vowed that only elected federal lawmakers will decide who will be the Presiding Officers in both the Senate and the House of Representatives during the 10th National Assembly’s inauguration on June 13. Sumaila, who was elected on the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. He argued that the previous zoning arrangement made...
Frank Shaibu, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communications, has charged the immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, with throwing his law certificate in the trash following his defeat at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Keyamo’s law degree, according to Shaibu, is useless. Keyamo had written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB),...
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, has declared that during his second term in office, his administration will prioritise inclusive, “human-centric” governance. The governor reaffirmed his dedication to making sure that no one is left out of the governance structure with the THEMES+ agenda, promising that both soft and hard infrastructure would receive adequate attention. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Sunday at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, second term inauguration thanksgiving service for him...
The ancient Oyo town’s kingmakers claim they have completed their task of choosing the new Alaafin and that it is now up to Governor Seyi Makinde to name the new occupant of the prestigious stool. Under the condition of anonymity, two of the kingmakers claimed to have chosen the new Oba through the established and customary process but that they were still awaiting the government to pronounce the chosen one’s name. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi passed...
