The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will issue certificates of return to newly elected governors, deputy governors-elect and State Assembly members-elect from Wednesday to Friday.
In a statement on Saturday, INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye said by the provisions of Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the...
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.
Delivering judgment in the appeal by former governor, Gboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, a five-member panel held that the appeal lacked “any scintilla of merit.”
The panel led by Justice John Inyang Okoro held that Oyetola and the...
Says Ododo is Agent of Poverty and Pain
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accuses leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of allegedly sharing and squandering the N2b Kogi State Palliative Fund meant for the wellbeing of the people of the State.
The Party also describes the assertion by the...
The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday, urged federal government to prioritise maternal mortality in its budget to curb the rate of deaths during childbirth.
Senator Natasha made the call during the 2024 Budget Defence/Interactive Session between Senate Committee on Women Affairs and the Honourable...
Edo State's Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, officially inaugurated Omobayo Godwin, aged 37, as the freshly minted deputy governor of the state. Godwin's appointment swiftly followed the impeachment of Philip Shaibu by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The impeachment, propelled by a seven-man investigative panel convened by the Edo State House of...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sought a refund of over N32billion his predecessors spent on Federal Government’s projects, especially on roads in the state.
Udzodinma paid a visit President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, he said he raised...
As part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has commenced the immediate disbursement of cash to some low income persons across the eight Local Government Areas that make up Delta Central...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to declare the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team it brought in purportedly to assist in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country.
PDP’s position is predicated on...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended the suspension of the executive and legislative council committees across the 16 local government areas of the state, a statement said.
“The Governor has today signed the Kwara State Local Government Councils’ (Suspension) Order 2020 which extends the subsisting suspension of the executive...
The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Hon. Kola Shittu has reacted to the Appeal Court ruling on Hon. Raheem Agboola's case on the refusal of the Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Danladi to swear him in as the duly elected representative...
