Politics

One of the aspirants to the position of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, told journalists that he would resist attempts to adopt secret ballot method. Omo Agege stated, “In 2015, to the extent that the 2011 rules were not amended that ought to be the operative rule for use …

A Group, Bayelsa Development Vanguard, has condemned Hon. Warman Ogoriba and Hon. Heneiken Lokpobiri alleged plan to scuttle zoning in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State. In a press statement, the group condemned a statement credited to Ogoriba, a former member of House of Representatives and currently the Director …

The manifestations of internal squabble within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which ricocheted in a diatribe between the incumbent national chairman Adams Oshiomhole and his predecessor in office, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, following the call by the party’s deputy national chairman (North), Senator Lawal Shuaibu on the national chairman to …

President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over next year’s governorship election. Some members of the APC under the auspices of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) have vowed to stop Governor Obaseki from securing the party’s ticket to run …

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole might have survived the plot to force him out of office, following revelations that he still has the confidence of his two maim backers, President Muhammadu Buhari and party leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was revealed that …

A new twist has been added to the race for the office of the Deputy Senate President of the ninth Senate with Saturday’s endorsement of Delta senator, Ovie Omo-Agege for the plum job, by the All Progressives Congress APC in the South South zone. The Zonal Working Committee which said …

A former Abia Governor, Dr Orji Kalu, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the dispute between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and his predecessor, John Odigie-Oyegun. Kalu made the plea while speaking with newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Ikeja, Lagos …

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Rochas Okorocha, a Certificate of Return. The Court ruled that the decision to deprive Okorocha of the certificate was a “lawless decision.” Abang held that only the returning officer of the …

A former Osun State House of Assembly majority leader Timothy Owoeye has emerged the seventh speaker of the Osun state House of Assembly. He was declared winner of the election which took place at the maiden plenary of the new assembly on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. In October …

Nigerian lawmaker Senator Godswill Akpabio Thursday apologised to members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for leaving the party months before the 2019 general elections. “I apologize to my colleagues in the PDP for the manner I left,” Akpabio said at the 8th Senate valedictory session in Abuja. “I …