Politics

Continuous absent from sitting has earned the representative of Ovia North East Constituency II in the Edo State House of Assembly, Vincent Uwadiae, suspension from his party, the All Progressive Congress. Uwadiae, who joined other 13 Edo state Assembly members elect in Abuja for refuge, was suspended in a letter …

There was drama and heated argument at the senate on Thursday as the newly appointed NDDC Board undergoes screening at the senate. The heated argument ensued when the senate noticed discrepancies on the Curriculum Vitae of the nominated Executive Director on project, Otobong Ndem. They Argued that whether Otobong Ndem, …

Tanko Muhammad, who led six other members of the apex court’s panel, delivered a three-sentence judgement which put paid to the legal dispute over the poll. The CJN, who said the reasons for the decision of the court would be made known on a date to be announced, disclosed that …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it fixes the Kogi West Senatorial District rerun election for same day with the governorship election, saying that they took the decision to save more than N290 million for the country. National Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this, said the …

President Muhammadu Buhari sent the list of his nominees for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) governing board to the Senate for approval. See The Names Below: Dr Odubu (Edo), Okumagba (Delta), Executive Director (Projects) Otobong Ndem (Akwa Ibom), Executive Director (Finance and Administration) Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa), Prophet Jones Erue …

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta Stare Council, has set up a 17-man committee to organize the 2019 Press Week for the council. A statement endorsed by the Chairman of the Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, said the Regional Editor of the Vanguard Newspapers , Pastor Emma Amaize, is the …

The forums of All Progressives Congress (APC) states’ chairmen in the South-East and the South-South have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently inaugurate the new board to superintend over the commission’s activities for a holistic review and reforms. The forums, in two statements made available in Abuja, also registered …

Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has supported the emergence of Chief Edward Onoja as Deputy Kogi Governor following the impeachment of Simon Achuba by the Assembly. Aliyu, in a statement in Abuja described the choice of Onoja, as a perfect political combination for the state …

The All Progressive Congress (APC), has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) , and the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit (NFIU) to freeze Bayelsa state government account and arrest the state Commissioner for Finance, Maxwell Ebibai, for alleged suspicious withdrawal of N17.5bn by government proxies recently, and for …

The Kogi State House of Assembly has impeached the embattled Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba. His impeachment followed the submission earlier in the day of the report of the committee set up by the state chief judge, Justice Nadir Ajana, to investigate an allegation of gross misconduct against the former deputy …