The just concluded Ondo Governorship Election result that handed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu a second term in office saw him outrightly winning a whooping 15 out of 18 local government areas in the state.
According to the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC's, Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idowu Olayinka, Akeredolu...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Monday showed class and identified with #EndSARS protesters.
Sanwo-Olu, who declared that he was addressing the demonstrators not just as a governor, but as a father, brother and son, explained that the safety of everyone involved in peaceful protests across Lagos was important.
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He added that...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has again decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Dogara along with Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Friday.
Dogara, a member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party...
Obi's supporters, also known as Obidients, intervened to prevent Labour Party Presidential Candidate Peter Obi from spending more hours in detention over alleged impersonation.
Reports had earlier stated that Obi was detained at Heathrow Airport in London on charges of duplication, indicating that someone had been impersonating him in the...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House to shut down the sitting of various committees carrying out investigation on the executive arm of government.
The opposition party alleged that...
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has dismissed claims about his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he only rejoined after resigning from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to fulfil his ambition of becoming the next Governor of the state.
The Chief Press Secretary to the...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has ordered an investigation into reports of live ammunition fired at peaceful protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza Tuesday evening.
This was coming as Sanwo-Olu has urged residents to remain calm.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement, said the...
Prof. Wole Soyinka, a recipient of the Nobel Prize, has proposed that the Nigerian presidency should be given to the southeastern region in order to address the lingering scars of the civil war. Despite the passage of over fifty years since the conflict ended, there are still activists advocating...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is determined to consolidate on the gains of democracy in the last two decades despite the challenges faced by the country.
Lawan stated this in a keynote address delivered at the 2020 Conference of the...