Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State extends his warmest congratulations to Senator Godswill Akpabio on his resounding victory and election as the President of the Senate of the 10th National Assembly. The governor commends the flawless and peaceful conduct of the election, which stands as a testament to the commendable...
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, has insisted that he won’t step down for any contender in the race for the 10th National Assembly speaker position. He disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Recall...
Exactly 18 days to the Osun governorship election, no fewer than 10,000 members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State, on Tuesday, dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The ex-PDP members ascribed their defection to the APC to what they described as outstanding...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has received the Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the state, led by the Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello. The committee, which was set up by the APC Caretaker/Extra Convention Planning Committee, is in the state to meet with...
Inaugurates Commissioner, Special Adviser Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has named Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as his running mate for the October 10 governorship election in the state. Governor Akeredolu said the leaders of the party made wide consultations to choose a suitable and qualified candidate as the...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rose from a meeting at the Party’s National Secretariat on Wednesday affirming Sen. Abiola Ajimobi as the Party’s Acting National Chairman following the Appeal Court’s ruling affirming the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman and 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 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed allegations that the party is ‘northernsed’ for zoning party and Board of Trustees chairmen to the same region. The PDP chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, hails from Benue State, while the BoT chairman, Walid Jibril, is from Nasarawa State. But...
Reports of the criminal conspiracy linking the top echelon of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas also known as “Ray Hushpuppi” who was recently arrested along with associate(s) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and extradited to the United States of America to face trial over...
Former Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Peter Kisira, has sadly passed away at the age of 74, as confirmed by the state government through a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. Kisira, who served as the deputy to the immediate past governor, Alhaji Abdulfattah...