A State High Court in Edo dismissed the notice of suspension against Julius Abure, the Labour Party’s embattled national chairman, on Friday. The notice had been issued by certain party members at the ward level. Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, the court, dismissed the case on Friday because it lacked merit. This was said in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the party’s acting national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifoh, who also revealed that Abure...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has promised that the governor-elect Siminalaye Fubara and the deputy governor-elect, Prof. Ngozi Odu, will outperform him. Wike made the assurance during a public lecture and book presentation in his honour yesterday at the Dr. Obi Wali International Conference Centre in Port Harcourt. The governor stated that his administration received tremendous support from Rivers State leaders and people, allowing him to achieve the success that is being celebrated. He...
Betta Edu, the national women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that Nigerians will beg President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to seek a second term. This was said by Edu in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday. Tinubu, she says, is fully prepared to “hit the ground running” as soon as he takes office. Tinubu, according to the APC national women’s leader, will focus on the “low points” of President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Sabo Inuwa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano, has characterised as a great development the reported move by the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, to join APC. Kwankwaso is running for the presidency under the New Nigeria People’s Party. However, Inuwa said that the APC would need to exercise caution in admitting Kwankwaso because, if the situation is not well managed, “potential crises may engulf the...
The Sokoto state government appears to be preoccupied with the idea of regulating bride prices and other marital relationship-related activities. The available record reveals that the Bafarawa administration first played with the idea of the government interfering in what is, for all intents and purposes, a private affair between two families by enacting legislation to that effect. Since then, the proposal has continued to pique the interest of parliamentarians, who have also tinkered with it...
The state executive council has been disbanded by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State. After a special executive meeting on Thursday night in Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike declared the dissolution. The commissioners had already praised the governor in turn for his significant contributions to the state. The dissolution was verified over the phone to our correspondent by the governor’s communications adviser, Kelvin Ebiri. Soon, more information
The Chiefs Law, Cap. 28, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000, was amended by a bill that was approved by the Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The report of the House Committee on Local Government and State Honours was presented before this passage. The Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, hailed the passing of the measure as a positive development that would grant the governor authority over the Chieftaincy holders who are permitted to...
The Centre For Grassroots Development and Crime Prevention, a civil society organisation (CSO), has urged security services in Ogun State to apprehend those involved in the major fraud in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. According to the group, the spotlight should initially be focused on a dominant opposition party and its election candidates. It was claimed that the ringleader and his associates had been scurrying from pillar to post in order to avoid arrest....
As preparations for the inauguration of the incoming administration intensify in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Muhammed-Kabir Adam, Chief Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, says all is set for the special Jummu’ah prayer for the inauguration of the new government on May 29TH. Imam Adam, who provided the guarantee in an interview in Abuja, said the country’s prayer was for a smooth transition between the outgoing and new administrations. “We will pray to Allah to protect...
According to Sen. Kabiru Gaya, the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President-elect is God’s answer to the country’s prayers for excellent leadership. On Wednesday night, he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a joint prayer session hosted by the APC Stakeholders Forum. Gaya, who represents Kano-South Senatorial District in the Senate, said Tinubu’s record as governor of Lagos State for two terms was clear. He expressed hope that if he...
