By Emem Idio YENAGOA- For allegedly not resigning his position as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, some card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, have called for the disqualification of Timipre Sylva from contesting the governorship primaries of the party. The party faithful drawn from over forty wards in Ekeremor, Ogbia, […]

“No regrets whatsoever (not supporting Jandor). And let me tell you something, I said it publicly to our presidential candidate that if they do not honour the South-West, I won’t vote for Atiku, I did not hide it.”

By Adeola Badru, Ibadan A popular Ibadan-based Islamic leader, the Turaki Adini of Oyo State and Wakil Faido Tijaniya of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta, Mogaji Adanla, has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to forgive and forget about political events that preceded the just concluded governorship election in the state and embrace all. This was as […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has faulted perceived politicisation of the salary review of public servants in the country, saying such politicisation has always worked against the civil servants.  ASCSN’s Secretary General, Joshua Apebo, also lamented that over two years that a committee set up to review upward […]

As the jostle for leadership positions in the 10th session of the National Assembly hots up, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, yesterday, backed the quest of the North Central zone to produce the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – The Plateau State Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has defended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Tanko Ishaya, over the allegation that he was influenced to announce a wrong result in the just concluded governorship election in Nasarawa State. The VC served in Nasarawa as […]

By Paul Mbagwu Dr. Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Enugu state was declared the winner of the election, last Wednesday. Mbah, who became Governor-elect after the results of the controversial Nkanu East Local Government Area were collated, polled 160,895 votes to defeat the closest […]

The Governor of Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun, on Monday said that the state would take over the burial of Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, to give him a befitting farewell.

Abductors of six Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Officials, in Kogi State, have demanded N50 million before they will release their victims.

The domestic stock market on Nigeria Exchange Ltd. (NGX) continued on a negative note as the market capitalisation on Monday dropped by N622 billion amid sustained profit-taking activities.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has fixed Thursday for issuance of Certificates of Return to winners in the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday convicted a businesswoman, Blessing Adanu, for defrauding a woman of N47.6 million on the pretext of supplying her agricultural produce.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Federal Government say they are set to release survey on evidence-based data on child labour and forced labour in the country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has fixed Thursday for issuance of Certificates of Return to winners in the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

Chief Rufus Bature, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau, says the party has enough evidence to challenge the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) in the last governorship election in the state.