The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Wednesday clashed over a $250m World Bank loan.
While Amosun claimed his administration began and facilitated the loan before he left office in 2019, Abiodun said the efforts of his administration prevented the state from losing the...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, on Wednesday, struck out a case challenging the authenticity of the certificates given by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Musa Wada, in the 2019 governorship election.
The suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1078/19, Abraham John vs. PDP and Others, was struck out for...
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...
The senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has said the support of his constituents for Governor Yahyah Bello was total, non-negotiable and unconditional.
Adeyemi was speaking on Saturday while playing host to various groups and individual dignitaries who paid him a courtesy visit.
He said, “There is no need to form...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered a lift on the embargo placed on the bank accounts of all the 20 Local Government Areas in the state effective Monday, February 17, 2020.
Abiodun’s order came eight months after he ordered the placement of embargo on the accounts of the Local...
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has urged the new Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri to run an all-inclusive government.
Secondus spoke in Abuja on Friday while receiving Diri and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo at the party’s campaign headquarters, Legacy House shortly...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Uche Secondus, on Friday, said the party believes in the rule of law, adding that there was no point to protest a judgment which was in agreement with the rule of law.
Secondus’ comments came shortly after the Independent National Electoral...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its readiness to act on the Supreme Court judgement sacking Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon, and his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo, but cannot do so now.
Reason: It is yet to get the court order.
Sacking the APC candidates, who would have been sworn-in...
The Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, who were already preparing to be inaugurated into office.
A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the...
The Kwara State Government and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed divergent views on the Tuesday’s visit to the state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, by some top members of the opposition party.
The government, in a statement on Wednesday by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to...
