Politics

THE Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, rejected the prayer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to recount the ballot papers used for Etsako Federal Constituency during the National Assembly election in March. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice O. Ogundana, declined the plea of the petitioners, Blessing Agbomere …

  Asks Them To Handover On Friday Attributes Success Story Of His Administration To An All-Inclusive Government AHEAD of May 29 commencement of second term in office, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday (21/05/19) held valedictory executive council meeting, promising to run an all-inclusive government in his second …

Kano State House of Assembly has passed a bill granting pension to its Speaker and the deputy for life. It is the height of insensitivity that lawmakers, as public representatives, will initiate such undeserved reward. This self-centred piece of legislation should, therefore, be consigned to the rubbish bin by Governor …

Speciously, the House of Representatives has thrown out a bill to regulate overseas medical treatment for public officials. The bill, with the objective of barring top officials from medical tourism at public expense so that government can revive the country’s decadent health system, was killed by lawmakers at a plenary …

The ongoing political drama and power tussle at the Imo state House of Assembly today took a new twist, as the deputy speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo tendered his resignation letter. The deputy speaker’s resignation came less than 24 hours after 21 out of the 27 state lawmakers served impeachment notices on …

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders of the party of instigating the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other law enforcement agencies to arrest and detain him. Okorocha stated this in two separate fundamental rights …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of 14 permanent secretaries into the state public service to strengthen the state’s ongoing reforms and deepen sustainable development. In a statement signed by the Edo State Head of Service, Isaac Ehiozuwa, the state government said “the swearing in of …

The President Muhammadu Buhari  administration, last week, announced plans to begin direct allocation to local governments from June 1 to stop state governors from hijacking those funds through their Joint Account Allocation Committees. In this interview, elder statesman and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah described the …

AS the jostle for principal officers in National Assembly hots up, a group; South-South Concerned APC Caucus has alleged that a purported endorsement of a Senator was done by people it described as factional chairmen of the APC in some South-South states. A statement by the chairman and secretary of …

By Leo Sobechi The gubernatorial elections in Adamawa, Bauchi and Imo States must have thrown up a poignant question in the country’s polity: Why do politicians who enjoy massive goodwill from the electorate fritter it away after their astonishing electoral triumphs? Recent developments in Kogi point to the likelihood that …