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Thursday, January 9, 2025
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has promised to make the state the business and economic hub of the country, if he is re-elected as governor in the September 19 polls. He gave this assurance at the launch of his re-election campaign as well as that of his deputy, Philip Shaibu...
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...
A former Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Eyitayo Jegede, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state. With this victory, Jegede is expected to slug it out with the incumbent Ondo State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, at the...
Senate President Ahmadu Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; have mourned the passing of President Muhammadu Buhari's friend and political associate, Isa Funtua. They...
A Peoples Democratic  Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in  the October 10 election in Ondo State, Eyitayo  Jegede, seems to have things looking bright for him ahead of the party's primary election on Wednesday with 114 delegates backing his candidacy against others,  one of which is the incumbent Deputy Governor,...
The Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has emerged winner in the primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Monday in Akure, the state capital. Akeredolu, who led other aspirants in all the 18 local government of the state with a wide margin, polled 2458 votes to defeat other nine...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday broke silence over the ongoing unfolding drama over the probe of the budgetary allocations to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Speaking for the first time on the attacks and counter attacks between and around persons, institutions, and the commission, Buhari expressed his strong determination to...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, allegedly rushed into the Port Harcourt residence of a former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, to rescue her from a purported house arrest following alleged police invasion of the house. Nunieh was billed to testify before the House of Representatives committee...
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has arrived Bamako in Mali, expressing optimism that the current crisis in the West African country would be resolved in no time. Jonathan was appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a Special Envoy to lead the sub-regional body's mediation mission in...
Acting Managing Director of Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, and his team Thursday in Abuja walked out on the members of the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. This was coming as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, allegedly rushed into the Port...