Politics

Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Tuesday sent the names of eight commissioner-nominees to the Delta State House of Assembly. Delta Speaker, Sheriff Oborevwori read the names of the nominees on the floor of the house at the first plenary of the 7th Assembly of the House. The eight nominees who …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the last House of Assembly ballot in Imo State, Chike Okafor, have asked the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal to nullify the judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that produced Emeka Nwajiuba of the …

The Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu, has sacked three commissioners in his cabinet. A statement on Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, said the commissioners relieved of their duties were Solagbade Amodeni (physical planning and urban development), Taofiq Abdusalam (works and infrastructures) and Ismaila Olurimisi (culture). …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, promised that the new leadership of the Senate would do everything possible to ensure the actualisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Next Level’ agenda. He also said he would not begrudge any of his colleagues over the incident involving him in the 8th …

All Progressives Congress’ stakeholders in Kogi State have called on the National Working Committee of the APC to ensure that the party’s candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state emerges from a direct primary poll. The stakeholders made the call at a meeting attended by 17 out …

Glowing tributes and encomiums must never be denied Nigerian leaders of all shades in the early phase of our struggle for freedom, and particularly, for the resistance they mustered against slave trade and colonial domination. Of course, there were elements from within whose levels of political consciousness and patriotism were …

This week, I was prepared to write on one of those ‘national topics’ as we often do when I received a post on ‘whether Ondo State is jinxed,’ forwarded by one of my big brothers, Uncle Eric Teniola, who hails from Ondo state. The thought-provoking brief triggered this article on …

Following divergent reports over what the composition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet may look like, it was understands that state Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked to be carried along in the appointment of ministers. The party leaders, who made their position known at a meeting with …

President President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the European Union (EU) of improved elections in the future. The president made this promise while welcoming the report of the EU on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, saying that he would analyse it fully and act on the recommendations. Buhari in a …

As politicians in Ondo State are preparing for the governorship election next year, there are indications that the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), may not get the ticket of the All Progressives Congress on a silver platter as many of his aides and party members are said to be against …