Politicians Who Pick 2 Nomination Forms May Be Jailed For Two Years – INEC
Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State, has said that some politicians who contested for more than one elective office risk conviction for electoral offences for viol...
“Northern Governors Turned Killings, Banditry Into Business” – Arewa Youth President
Nigeria’s Northern Governors Have Turned Killings, Banditry Into Business –President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima ABN TV reports that Shettima, who spoke with SaharaReporters, also blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for not taking definitive steps to end banditry and insurgency in the region. President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, has accused Northern governors of turning banditry and killings in the...
LP’s Amobi Ogah Ends Onyejeocha’s Bid To Return To House Of Representatives
After 16 years in the House of Representatives, the candidate of Labour Party for Isiukwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia state, Chief Amobi Ogah has brought to an end the incumbent member's bid, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha to return to the Green Chamber of the National Assembly. ABN TV reports that Amobi floored the deputy chief whip of the House to emerge...
2023: Reason I Visited Gov Wike – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, has claimed that his visit to Rivers State earlier last month wasn’t part of a gang-up. Obi was one of the well-known politicians who traveled to the capital of Rivers State to meet with ...
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...
Labour Party Gets Majority Leadership Of Abia Assembly Dominated By PDP
A Labour Party lawmaker in Abia state House of Assembly, Uchenna Okoro representing Arochukwu State Constituency has been elected the Majority Leader. His election on Friday came after the members representing Osisioma Ngwa North and South State constituency, Hon. Iheanacho Nwaogu and Hon.Ahuama Fyne respectively, both of the Young Progressives party (YPP) as well as Hon. Bar. Akaliro Anderson of...
President Tinubu Inaugurates Ministers In Aso Rock Villa
President Bola Tinubu is currently administering the oath of office to the newly appointed members of his cabinet. The ceremony took place inside the conference room of the presidential villa in Abuja. The Ministers designated took the oath of office alphabetically according to their states of origin and in batches of five each. The president will give his charge at the end...
Ohafia Community Commends Senator Orji Kalu’s Developmental Strides
Ndi Ibe Ohafia Development Union (NDU) has commended the lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for his massive contributions to human and infrastructural development. In a letter of appreciation signed by Chief (Comr.) Stephen O. Idika (NDU General Secretary), on behalf of the community, applauded the former Abia state governor for attracting the construction of a...
COVID-19: Governors Want Debt Repayment Suspended
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has called for urgent fiscal measures to safeguard the liquidity of State governments, including the acceleration of an arrangement to suspend all State deductions and restructure all debt payments on the federal government and CBN-owned debts. This was part of the resolutions reached after the governors’ meeting held on Wednesday to deliberate on the COVID-19...
Former PDP Chieftain, Babalola Decamps To APC
Peter Babalola, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is as Babalola promised to leverage his political influence to strengthen the APC, particularly in the Irewole local government area and throughout the Osun West Senatorial district. Speaking during his formal reception into the APC by the Minister...
