Politics

  Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has dissolved his cabinet. Abiodun dissolved his cabinet in line with the provisions of the law, ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, 2023. The governor announced the dissolution of the ...

  A Nigerian, Dr Adekunle Osibogun has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of Buckingham in England, United Kingdom for one year. He will deputise for the new Town Mayor who was also elected for a period of one year. ...

  The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dissolved his cabinet ahead of his swearing-in ceremony on May 29, 2023. Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, will be sworn in for a second term of four years on May 29. The Head ...

  Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state has emerged as the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum. This is contained in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye Wednesday morning to journalists in Ilorin. According to ...

  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has dismissed the possibility of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after leaving office. Ortom, however, vowed to support and work for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ...

  Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has absolved himself of blame in the situation that led to the relocation of the $19bn Dangote refinery from Ogun State to Lagos. Abiodun, who confirmed that he was Chairman, Olokola Free Trade Zone, in Ogun ...

  The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday gave the pre-hearing report on three different petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The court also presented the trial schedule. The chairman of the five-man panel of ...

  Former singer, ElDee the Don has said septuagenarians shouldn’t be contesting for presidency in Nigeria. He said it is a sign of failure for someone in his 70s to still be pursuing an ambition, stressing that such a person ...

A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has called on Nigerians and members of the incoming 10th National Assembly not to assess him using his brief tenure as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Akpabio said he preferred to ...

The private jet of the two-term governor of Lagos State landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 2.15pm where he was welcomed by his supporters, party members and some governors. Among the delegation were his Vice-President-elect, ...

  The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari(retd), has approved the appointment of Toyin Madein as the substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. This was contained in a statement, dated May 19, 2023, which was signed by the Director, Communications, Office of the ...

  As preparations for the May 29 inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are underway, the Federal Government has directed security agencies to cordon off Federal Secretariat Complexes Phases l, Il, Ill and Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

  The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body. Brig Gen Ahmed, while appearing on Arise ...

  The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved ruling in the application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a live broadcast of the proceedings. The court took the decision after the application was moved ...

  The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Lamidi Apapa, who was mobbed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the venue of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Wednesday, has thanked God for saving his ...

  Court adjourns Obi’s petition against Tinubu   The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023, the pre-hearing of the petition against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. ...

  The immediate past chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has called on Northerners to desist from politics and embrace agriculture as a business. Ogbe said politics has never ...

  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to details of a call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken during a call with Tinubu on Wednesday assured the Nigerian President-elect of the U.S. ...

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has suspended nine mebers. The Assembly equally suspended nine Local Government Chairman in the state. This is ongoing. We will bring you details shortly.

  A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The criminal defamation case was filed against Gandhi by ...

  Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has accepted his defeat in the March 18 governorship election. The incumbent governor was defeated by the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare. The governor in an audio message to the people ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday suspended former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former president of the Senate, Pius Anyim; Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu. The suspension, which takes effect on Thursday, was arrived at after an ...

  The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says he is going to pay the hospital bills of his supporters who were injured during the violence recorded in last Saturday’s elections in the state. Rhodes-Vivour, who had ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the All Progressives Congress (APC) won 38 out of the 40 seats in the Lagos House of Assembly polls in the State.   Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Head of Department Voter Education ...

  STATES WINNER PARTY VOTES Abuja Abia Adamawa Akwa Ibom Umo Eno Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 354,348 votes Anambra ———- ——– ——— Bauchi Bala Mohammed People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 525,280 votes Bayelsa Benue Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia All Progressives Congress (APC) ...