Politics
Sanwo-Olu spent N1bn to hire helicopters in one month – Rhodes-Vivour
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has accused the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of spending over Nibn on helicopter service in one month....
1st May 2024
Why candidate who needs interpreter can’t be Edo gov - Shaibu
A former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said any governorship candidate who can not speak the Edo dialect cannot govern the state. Speaking during the Edo Central PDP leaders and sta...
1st May 2024
Revisit high-profile corruption cases, Clark tells EFCC boss
Elder stateman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to revisit high-profile corruption cases involving ex-governors and politician...
30th April 2024
FG signs Executive Order to unlock $10bn investment in oil and gas
President Bola Tinubu has said he has signed an Executive Order to unlock up to $10bn fresh investments in the nation’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat on econom...
30th April 2024
Workers' Day: Nigerians subsidising corruption, says Atiku
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that Nigerians are essentially funding corruption and inefficiencies within the Federal Government. Atiku m...
30th April 2024
Reps summon minister over fuel scarcity
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Petroleum Resources over the nationwide scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol. The resolution of the House followed...
30th April 2024
Why Kano, NNPP succeeded in inflicting damage on Ganduje - Lukman
The immediate past National Vice Chairman (North-west) of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, on Tuesday, said the desperate move to remove the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdu...
30th April 2024
Presidency: No vacancy in 2027, Ganduje tells NNPP
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday mocked the presidential candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Musa Kwankwaso, and his Kwan...
29th April 2024
I spend N1m on electricity, diesel monthly - Osun Senator
The Senator representing Osun Central, Olubiyi Fadeyi, has lamented that he spends the sum of one million naira each on both power and purchase of diesel monthly. Fadeyi made this known at the investi...
29th April 2024
Obaseki raises minimum wage to N70,000
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000. The governor made the announcement at the inauguration of the newly built ultra...
29th April 2024
Oyo LG polls: 80% eligible voters deliberately disenfranchised - APC
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Wale Sadare, said about 80 per cent of eligible voters were deliberately disenfranchised in the local government election held across Oyo State...
29th April 2024
Ighodalo denies involvement in Shaibu's impeachment
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has refuted claims that he has a hand in the impeachment of the state’s former Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaib...
29th April 2024
APC, LP endorse bill seeking to bar tax-evading politicians from elections
The ruling All Progressives Congress and Labour Party have thrown their weight behind the proposed bill seeking to stop politicians guilty of tax evasion from running for elective offices in the count...
29th April 2024
Wike allies’ resignation not excuse for failure, Rivers elder tells Fubara
A member of the Rivers State Elders Council, Asukewe Iko-Awaju, has said the resignation of Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN) and Isaac Kamalu from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara shouldn̵...
28th April 2024
Minimum wage may not be less than N100,000 – Economist
Chief economist at SPM Professionals, Paul Alaje, shares his thoughts with AYOOLA OLASUPO on some of the recent economic policies made by the Federal Government among others Recently, the Central Bank...
28th April 2024
States not showing commitment to Safe School Project — Centre commander
The National Safe School Response Coordination Centre Commander, Hameed Abodunrin, tells IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI about the steady rise of deadly attacks on schools in Nigeria and how far the centre has gone ...
28th April 2024
APC seeks cancellation of Oyo LG poll, alleges irregularities
The All Progressives Congress has demanded the cancellation of the just conducted local government election in Oyo State. The party claimed that the election was a “sham”, warning that if ...
27th April 2024
Constitution amendment: Senator Barau harps on collaboration with stakeholders
The Deputy Senate President and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution, Senator Jibrin Barau, has called for robust collaboration among all stakeholders to drive the ongoin...
27th April 2024
Abia lawmaker seeks intervention over delayed inauguration
A former member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Aaron Uzodike, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the state governor, Alex Otti, to intervene in his delayed inauguration as the duly electe...
27th April 2024
Osun gov's media aides accuse DSS of contempt of court
Olawale Rasheed and Sarafa Ibrahim, two aides of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, have instituted two separate suits seeking court protection against harassment and arrest by the Department o...
27th April 2024
Step down from Kanu's case, IPOB tells Justice Nyako
The Indigenous People of Biafra has demanded the stepping down of Justice Binta Nyako from the case of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The pro-Biafran group in a statement on Saturday by its spokesman, ...
27th April 2024
Ondo ADC elects governorship candidate
A legal practitioner, Mr Myson Nejo, has emerged as the candidate of the African Democratic Congress for the governorship election in Ondo State coming up on November 16, 2024. In the primary election...
27th April 2024
Elusive peace: Internal crisis casts shadow over PDP’s future
ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU writes on the Peoples Democratic Party’s perpetual quest for peace and how continuous internal discord hampers the party’s efforts to rebound and restructure in preparation f...
27th April 2024
APC chief woos ex-Imo governor Ihedioha, others
A former Chief of Staff to former governor Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu, has urged an ex-governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, and other chieftains who departed from the Peoples Democratic Party, to j...
26th April 2024
Ogun PDP chairman, Adebutu trade blame over electoral defeat
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Sikirullai Ogundele, on Thursday, heaped the blame of the party’s loss of the 2023 governorship election on the alleged highhandedness...
25th April 2024
APC governorship primary held in Ondo state, Aiyedatiwa insists
Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, maintained that the All Progressives Congress held a hitch-free governorship primary in the state. “I went to my ward and I was counted and the el...
25th April 2024
Ondo PDP gov primary'll be credible - Bayelsa deputy gov
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, had declared that the primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State would be free, fair, and credible. The primary of the main op...
25th April 2024
UPDATED: Akeredolu's ex-deputy, Agboola wins Ondo PDP gov primary
A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ajayi Agboola, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the November governorship election in the state. Agboola polled 264 votes at the...
25th April 2024
EFCC may prosecute 300 forex racketeers
•EFCC gets order to freeze 300 accounts, says one account transacted $15bn illegally •Naira would have crashed massively if 300 accounts were not frozen – Chairman The Economic and Financial Cri...
24th April 2024
Alleged N80bn fraud: Obey Court order now, Kogi Assembly tells EFCC
Following the allegations levelled against former Kogi State Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello over alleged N80.2billion fraud, the State House of Assembly has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Co...
23rd April 2024
My purported suspension a drama on Africa Magic - Ganduje
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has finally opened up on his purported suspension by his ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. ...
23rd April 2024
