Ebonyi Gov Proposes N204bn Budget
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, on Wednesday, said the 2024 state budget would represent the ”people’s chatter of needs” in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Ebonyi government estimated a total sum of N204bn for the 2024 budget. Nwifuru made the remark in Abakaliki at the occasion of the Community-Based Input on Proposed 2024 Budget. He listed education,...
Kano Gov Yusuf Makes 20 Fresh Appointments, Promotes CPS To DG
Kano Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of additional seven heads of agencies and 13 Special Advisers. The Governor also approved the promotion of his official spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, from Chief Press Secretary to Director General, Media and Publicity. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Public Enlightenment, Kano Government House, Aliyu Yusuf. While congratulating the appointees on their new...
Edo 2024: “Let’s Shake The Table” – Female LP Guber Aspirant Declares
Dr Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor, a female aspirant in the Edo 2024 governorship race, has advocated the involvement of women in partisan politics. Loretta, who is seeking the Labour Party ticket to contest for the state’s top job, lamented that a lot of Nigerian women were at the back door during election season. According to the aspirant, it is time for women...
After Failed Coup In Sierra Leone, President Bio Wants Rule Of Law Respected
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said on Saturday that his government’s response to an attempted coup last week would be dictated by “respect for the law”. “The attempted coup will be treated by my government as a simple matter of public order and not as a political, tribal or religious issue,” Bio said in a speech to the nation. “Our...
We’re Studying Appeal Court Judgement Affirming Otti’s Election As Governor — Abia PDP
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it's studying the ruling of the Lagos State division of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the election Dr. Alex Otti as the duly elected governor of Abia State. The party had challenged Otti's election, calling for its annulment, a prayer declined by both the election petition tribunal and...
Why I Rejected APC’s Appointment — BUA Group Chairman
The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has rejected his nomination to serve as a member of the finance committee set up by the ruling All Progressives Congress. Rabiu, in a statement issued by the BUA Group on its X handle on Friday, disclosed that he was not consulted before his nomination. The statement partly read, “It is important to note...
Gov. Otti Floors PDP, APC At Appeal Court
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has defeated the candidate of PDP in the March 18 governorship election in the state, Okey Ahiwe at the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos. The court on Saturday dismissed the appeal filed by the PDP and Ahiwe challenging the victory of Otti, the candidate of Labour Party. The court also dismissed an appeal by...
How Tinubu Asked Ondo Deputy Governor To Sign Undated Resignation Letter — Commissioner
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu, in his intervention in the political crisis in the state, requested a signed resignation letter from the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Aiyedatiwa on Thursday presided over the state’s executive council meeting after a months-long political impasse between himself and the governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The...
Buhari Wasn’t In Charge Of His Government – Senator Ndume
The Chief Whip of the 10th Senate, Ali Ndume, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari was not in charge of his administration like the incumbent President Bola Tinubu. Ndume stated that Buhari, during his eight-year tenure, failed to take control of and oversee the activities of his appointees. The Senator spoke Friday on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Ndume had expressed confidence...
APC, SDP Trade Tackles Over Assassination Attempt On Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner
The attack on the residence of the Kogi State Residence Electoral Commissioner Gabriel Longpet has continued to trigger reactions from stakeholders with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) trading words over the incident. In a press conference hours after the Friday attack, the Kogi APC Campaign Council blamed the incident on the SDP governorship candidate...
