By Perpetua Onuegbu and Angela Atabo The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has declared it will not join any political coalition for the 2027 General Elections. Abure stated this at a media briefing following the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Monday in Abuja. The NEC resolutions were signed byContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The call for the passage of the Reserved Seats Bill for women in Nigeria has gained significant momentum as both the government and stakeholders throw their support behind the proposed constitutional amendment. At a news conference on Monday in Abuja, Osasu Igbinedion-Ogwuche, Chief Executive Officer of TOSContinue Reading
By Adepote Arowojobe An Ikorodu resident and student, Mr Abdulazeez Abdulrahmon, has been given a cheque of one million naira, having emerged as the One-Day Governor of Lagos State. The Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Wasiu Adesina, presented the cheque on Monday. Adesina, who alsoContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has credited his rise to the presidency to the blessings of the late Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Adetona, and Nigerians. Tinubu spoke on Sunday during the eight-day Fidau prayer for the late monarch at Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode, Ogun.Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Rep. C.I.D Maduabum, the immediate past Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Maduabum, a former two-time member of the House of Representatives, announced his defection in a statement he personally issued on Sunday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Presidency has rebuked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for its criticism of the state burial accorded former President Muhammadu Buhari. In a strongly worded statement issued in Abuja, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, described ADC’s criticism asContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The APC in Lagos State says President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at memorial events and his public tribute to late President Muhammadu Buhari reflect not opportunism, but loyalty and national leadership. The Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in a statement on SaturdayContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo/ Pepertua Onuegbu The Labour Party (LP) National Executive Council (NEC) has ratified and inaugurated the interim National Working Committee (NWC) led by Sen. Nenadi Usman as Chairman and Sen. Darlington Nwokocha as Secretary. The ratification is contained in a communique issued at the end of its NECContinue Reading
By Ahmed Kaigama The acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Iliya Damagum, has described the resignation of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from the party as a familiar and recurring development in PDP’s political history. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Bauchi, Damagum said: “This is not theContinue Reading
By Alaba Olusola Oke The House of Representatives has continued its public hearing on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to capture various views and opinions of Nigerians in the country’s constitution. Mr James Faleke, the Chairman, South-West Centre B of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review PublicContinue Reading
