Ken Ifekudu Denies Anambra Governorship Ambition
High Chief Ken Ifekudu has debunked media publication that he is eyeing the governorship seat of Anambra State, saying the report is false. In a release on Friday, be said he has not at any time discussed plans to vie for the number one seat in Anambra with friends and associates, urging that the media report should be ignored. He said,...
Aiyedatiwa Swears In 6 Commissioners, 8 Special Advisers, HoS
Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Friday, charged the newly sworn-in commissioners and special advisers to see their appointment as a call to service. He also urged the new Head of Service, Mr Bayo Philip, and cabinet members to be good ambassadors and to hold their offices in public trust in the delivery of good governance to the people...
I Believe In Power Separation, LGs’ Financial Autonomy – Oborevwori
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has said that he believed in separation of powers and financial autonomy for local governments. Oborevwori stated this a valedictory Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, meeting with the outgoing local government chairmen in the state at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Asaba. He noted that local government administrators needed to perform optimally because they were...
Ex-Abia Governor’s Aide Dumps PDP With Thousands Of Supporters, Joins LP (Photos, Video)
It may take a long while for the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart to recover from massive loss recorded from the defection of their key members to the governing Labour Party. The latest is coming from the official defection Engr Augustine Uchenna Stephen, a former aide...
Minister Of Information: Give Tinubu’s Administration More Time To Improve Nigeria
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to give the President Bola Tinubu administration more time to fix Nigeria. Idris, who represented the President at the Punch Nigeria Limited 50th Anniversary Public Lecture at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos, urged Nigerians to be more patient with the administration, adding that President...
I Have Confidence In Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda -Gov Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed his confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Fubara, in a statement signed by his special assistant media, Boniface Onyedi, told the organised labour that the president was capable of addressing their concerns. The governor, who addressed labour through the Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke, said: We have seen...
Philip Shuaibu Storms PDP Headquarters, Requests Certificate Of Return
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shauibu has arrived the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), insisting to be given his certification of return. According to him, “today is the day set aside for the collection of certificate of return for the winner of the primary. I understand someone came yesterday and was given, well, the court...
Obi Lauds Tinubu, FG For Embracing Oronsanye Report
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has applauded the move by President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government to adopt implementation of the Steve Oronsanye’s report. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, the former Anambra Governor said he would have also implemented the Oronsanye report as President stating that it...
Abia Autonomous Communities Head To Appeal Court To Challenge Withdrawal Of Recognition By State Assembly
![[OPINION] Abia On A State Of Emergency, By Godwin Adindu](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Abia-State-map-2-640x431.jpg "Abia Autonomous Communities Head To Appeal Court To Challenge Withdrawal Of Recognition By State Assembly")
Two autonomous communities in Ohafia local government area of Abia, Eziukwu Ebem and Ekeluogo Ebem autonomous Communities have appealed against the judgment of the Abia State High Court upholding the exclusion of their communities as duly recognised autonomous communities in the state. The two autonomous communities were in 2002 created out of then Ebem Oha autonomous community by the state...
Sen. Kalu’s Bill Seeking To Allow Candidates Recruit Personal Agents Pass First Reading
A Bill seeking to enable candidates of political parties field polling agents alongside the ones provided by their respective parties has scaled first reading at the Senate. The bill titled Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill , 2024 (SB. 328) First Reading is sponsored by Abia-North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu's Bill seeks to amend section 61 of the 2022 electoral which only...
