The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, described the N37 billion claimed to be for the renovation of the National Assembly complex as an unpardonable rip-off plot and a last straw of alleged corruption that pervades the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration. The party said it is indefensible for the...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the federal government still owes contractors working on federal road projects up to N306 billion, defending why the government should raise VAT and borrow more. Fashola was speaking against the background of a report by a national daily on Monday that...
The House of Representatives has begun a process to sanction the Nigeria Police and other security agencies and their operatives who fail to enforce arrest warrants issued by the National Assembly. The House, in a bill sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok...
The House of Representatives is about to establish development commissions for no fewer than three geopolitical zones. They include the South-West, South-South and the South-East. The House is making the consideration as the Senate is also processing similar bills. This is coming as the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mandated Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to reconcile Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Hon. Seriake Dickson, who have been locked in a bitter battle over the ownership of Soku oil wells The Chairman of the party’s Board...
The Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State, Chief Kola Ojo, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a statement by the state Publicity Secretary of the party,  Mr Bode Ogunmola, in Lokoja on Wednesday said Ojo slumped and died in Lagos on  Tuesday evening while...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Mr Charles Idahosa, on Monday called for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. Addressing journalists in Benin, Idahosa who was the Special Adviser to Oshiomhole during his eight years as the state governor, said resignation was the...
The immediate past Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday said the All Progressives Congress might find it difficult to get votes in the 2023 general elections if the party failed to put its house in order. The ex-minister spoke in Osogbo while featuring on ‘The Frontliners” a programme organised...
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday described as an acceptance of failure and lack of capacity, the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor, less than a year into the second term of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The PDP also alleged that the Buhari regime had no...
A politician, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has urged Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to “increase his speed” as he implements his campaign promises. He said although it is too early to assess the governor’s performance in the last six months, the former governorship candidate said he was unimpressed by the feats. Gbadamosi, grandson...