Soludo To UNICEF, UNDP: We Will Eradicate Poverty In Anambra
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has provided an overview of the programmes and initiatives his administration is undertaking to eradicate poverty in the state. Soludo, at a two-day Partnership Roundtable Meeting attended by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), explained that his administration was making deliberate efforts to uproot poverty from the state. While flagging off the event organised by the state...
Tinubu’s Intervention Not Needed In Ondo, Rivers — Fashola
A former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says the intervention of President Bola Tinubu is not needed in the ongoing crisis in Ondo and Rivers states. Fashola argued that, despite calls at different times to amend the constitution, it is high time Nigerians amended ‘our ways.’ He further stated that the constitution is clear on what should...
Bye Elections, Rerun Elections May Hold February – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is considering conducting bye-elections and rerun elections across the country on Thursday, February 1, 2024, to fill existing vacancies in the state and federal legislature. The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a meeting with leaders of political parties to prepare for the elections. Prof. Yakubu said at the end...
Lalong Resigns From FEC
Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong has left President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet, it was learnt at the weekend. Lalong, immediate past Plateau State governor, has opted to take the Plateau South Senatorial seat which he won. He is due to be sworn in this week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources said last night. Lalong, the Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign...
Passage Of Rivers Budget Null And Void, Pro-Wike Lawmakers Insist
Pro-Nyesom Wike’s lawmakers of Rivers State House of Assembly have described decisions reached by the pro-Governor Similanayi Fubara lawmakers led by Edison Ehie, particularly the passage of the budget, as null and void. On December 13, Governor Fubara presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill of over N800 billion to the Edison Ehie-led four-member Assembly for consideration. In a jet speed, the four...
Do Not Pull The Ladder You Used In Climbing, Wike Warns Politicians
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State is not an ethnic war and warned politicians not to pull the ladder they used in ascending to their enviable positions. He said his political team in the state will not allow anyone to drag it down. The immediate past Rivers State governor...
All We’re Doing To Enhance The Livelihood Of Abia People Not A Favour — Gov. Otti
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti says the people of Abia deserve all the dividends they are getting in terms of infrastructural development and prompt payment of salaries and pensions. Governor Otti declared that by providing these benefits of good governance for the citizenry, he was not doing the people any special favour but simply carrying out the responsibilities of...
Pro-Wike Lawmakers Obtain Court Order, To Commence Impeachment Move On Gov Fubara
A leaked draft of a court order by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has emerged, further escalating the already volatile tension in Rivers State. The document, purportedly written in response to an application filed by lawmakers loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Nyesom Wike, is slated for delivery on Monday, December 18, 2023. Among...
Ayedatiwa Denies Freezing Ondo State Account, Suspending Akeredolu’s Chief Of Protocol
Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has denied freezing the accounts of all the local government and the Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state, and sacking of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s Chief of Protocol, describing the reports as not only false but also misleading. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation...
Amobi Ogah Challenges Onyejeocha To Account For 28 Projects Worth Billions Of Naira For Which Funds Were Release
Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Amobi Ogah has challenged his predecessor and minister of state for Labour, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha to account for 28 projects approved for the constituency for which funds were released. The details of the projects and the amount they were awarded are contained in a document released at the weekend by the...
