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Sagay says Oshiomole should resign if APC looses election to Opposition in Edo

Sagay says Oshiomole should resign if APC looses election to Opposition in Edo

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), said at the weekend that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives…

Private properties built on govt land would be demolished - Obaseki Vows

Private properties built on govt land would be demolished - Obaseki Vows

Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that no amount of blackmail would stop him from demolishing the hotel owned by Mr Tony Kabaka because it was built on government property.    &nbsp…

Trouble for Yahaya Bello over impeached deputy governor as Reps members take decision

Trouble for Yahaya Bello over impeached deputy governor as Reps members take decision

Members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have described as illegal the impeachment of Simon Achuba as the deputy governor of Kogi state.  &nb…

Smart Adeyemi laments, says PDP not campaigning in Kogi state

Smart Adeyemi laments, says PDP not campaigning in Kogi state

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi state has been accused of being not ready for the November 16 poll in Kogi state.         The allegation that the PDP was not ready was leveled b…

Edo Crisis: Nigerian Governors Forum Unite Behind Obaseki

Edo Crisis: Nigerian Governors Forum Unite Behind Obaseki

As the political crisis between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, continues to deepen, state governors under the aegies of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) are…

Crisis reportedly hits Edo APC ahead of 2020 Governorship election

Crisis reportedly hits Edo APC ahead of 2020 Governorship election

A crisis of confidence is tearing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State apart as countdown to the governorship election in the state, slated for next year commences.        The News…

Dino Melaye VS Smart Adeyemi: INEC Releases Date For Fresh Election

Dino Melaye VS Smart Adeyemi: INEC Releases Date For Fresh Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the date for the fresh Kogi West Senatorial election involving Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Senator S…

I was placed under house arrest, treated like a criminal - Simon Achuba

I was placed under house arrest, treated like a criminal - Simon Achuba

The impeached deputy governor of Kogi state, Elder Simon Achuba, on Sunday, October 20, has described his impeachment as an act of lawlessness. Achuba who spoke to journalists in Lokoja, the state ca…

Just In: Edward Onoja sworn in as kogi deputy state governor

Just In: Edward Onoja sworn in as kogi deputy state governor

The Kogi State House of Assembly, on Monday, confirmed Chief David Onoja, as the Deputy Governor of the state. This followed the impeachment of Elder Simon Achuba last week by the House.  &…

Makinde’s N8bn Iwo-Road interchange expansion project misplaced priority – Oyo APC

Makinde’s N8bn Iwo-Road interchange expansion project misplaced priority – Oyo APC

The APC in a statement issued by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr Ayobami Adejumo, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan, described the planned reconstruction as a misplaced priority…

Who would fund Aisha's office? -PDP

Who would fund Aisha's office? -PDP

Following the appointments of six aides for the office of the first lady, the Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to explain how it will be funded.     &…

Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff Onoja resigns

Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff Onoja resigns

Chief Edward Onoja, Chief of Staff to Gov. Yahaya Bello, has resigned his position less than one month to the Kogi governorship election. Onoja resigned to enable him emerge as running mate to the go…

$2m laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Atiku’s lawyer

$2m laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Atiku’s lawyer

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday re-arraigned Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general electio…

Ex presidential candidate Moghalu, speaks on receiving appointment from APC govt

Ex presidential candidate Moghalu, speaks on receiving appointment from APC govt

Former presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party, YPP, Kingsley Moghalu, has reacted to allegation by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), that he resigned from his party because he was g…

Gov Obaseki insists that Oshiomole was never attacked

Gov Obaseki insists that Oshiomole was never attacked

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has insisted that the attack by thugs alleged by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole lodges within the realm of…

Bayelsa: Gov Dickson's appointees resign en-mass

Bayelsa: Gov Dickson's appointees resign en-mass

Some special appointees of Governor Seriake Dickson-led Bayelsa State Government, have resigned their jobs ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state.      &n…

Nigerian senate moves to reduce political parties from 91 to 5

Nigerian senate moves to reduce political parties from 91 to 5

The Nigerian Senate has said that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in the country from the current 91 to five through legislation.      &…

I owe nobody an apology for appointing my daughter as my aide - Okowa

I owe nobody an apology for appointing my daughter as my aide - Okowa

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has said that he owed nobody any explanation or apology for appointing his daughter as an aide. Speaking on Tuesday in Asaba, Okowa denied appointing two of his da…

2023 Presidency: Igbo presidency gaining more attention across board - Ohanaeze youths

2023 Presidency: Igbo presidency gaining more attention across board - Ohanaeze youths

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, on Wednesday, said Nigerians preferred the 2023 Igbo Presidency more than the pursuit of the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra by IPOB.  &nb…

Kogi Elections: Plot to disqualify Musa Wasa ongoing, 20 million bribe agreed

Kogi Elections: Plot to disqualify Musa Wasa ongoing, 20 million bribe agreed

Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to use the state judiciary to disqualify its go…