Ademola Adeleke To Defend Victory At Tribunal With 52 Lawyers
Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has assembled about 52 lawyers, including seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to defend his case at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested the July 16 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, had asked the tribunal in Osogbo to nullify Adeleke’s election. Adeleke was the candidate of the...
Bauchi Assembly Demands Urgent Repairs Of Roads Affected By Flooding
Bauchi State House of Assembly, under the leadership of the Speaker, Danlami Ahmed Kawule has called on the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed to act urgently in the repair of roads that were washed away by flood. Speaking in Bauchi on Wednesday, immediately after the House’s sitting, Abdul Ahmad Burra, the Spokesperson to the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly...
President Buhari To Inaugurate Imo Projects On Sept 13
President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Imo on Sept. 13 to inaugurate projects completed by the Gov. Hope Uzodimma -led government. Imo Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Declan Emelumba, disclosed this on Wednesday in Owerri while speaking with newsmen after the weekly meeting of the State Executive Council. He said that among the projects the president would inaugurate were the 36km Owerri-Orlu...
Collection Of Parking Levy Is Constitutional – Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said the collection of parking levy by its parking agency was empowered by law. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederick Oladeinde, disclosed this in Ikeja at a news conference to sensitize stakeholders and the public on the mandates and activities of the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA). Oladeinde said that a post was recently circulated...
2023: What Will Happen If You Ignore Wike’s Demands – PDP Chieftain Warns Atiku
As the 2023 general elections, draws closer, Princewill Dike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, has warned the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of the dangers of ignoring the demands of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his camp. Warning Atiku, the chieftain, said that those people hanging around him and mounting pressure...
Why You Must Inaugurate NDDC Board Without Delay – Group Urges President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been beckoned upon to swiftly inaugurate the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, without further delay. A group, Ilaje Unity Forum, who made the call noted that the Nigerian Senate had screened and confirmed members of the board since 2019, stressing that the immediate inauguration of the board will ensure and boost the overall...
Gov Ortom Talks Tough As Alia Accuses Him And Others Of Looting Public Funds
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has reacted to an allegation of corruption made against him by the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the State, Hyacinth Alia. Alia, a suspended Catholic priest had in a statement, described the present and all past Governors of the State as failures who have only contributed to the underdevelopment of the State since...
2023 Election: Wike, Saraki, Anyim Absent As PDP Ex-Presidential Aspirants Pledge Support For Atiku
Some former presidential aspirants, who contested in the last Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election have pledged their full support and loyalty to the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a release made available to reporters by Atiku’s media aide, Abdurasheed Shehu, he said the former Presidential aspirants, led by Mohammed Hayatudeen, pledged their loyalty to Atiku during a visit...
Allow Amotekun To Bear Arms, Governor Akeredolu Urges FG
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Federal Government to allow Amotekun Corps to carry sophisticated weapons in order to protect the people. Speaking on his recent position on the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to private individuals and organisations, Akeredolu explained that his position was to allow Amotekun bear sophisticated arms like the non-state actors who...
Take $40bn Climate Change Crisis Loan, IMF Begs Nigeria, Others
Nigeria and other African countries should take advantage of the $40 billion Resilience and Sustainability Trust Fund (RSTF) to tackle climate crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has counselled. Its Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who gave the advice in her keynote address at the Global Center on Adaptation’s Africa Adaptation Summit, identified the continent as the worst hit by the...
