Why Senate Postponed Screening Of Ministerial Nominees — Presidential Aide
The Senate has announced a postponement of the scheduled screening for ministerial nominees, initially set for today. The shift to the next day is to enable the nominees provide all needed documents as well as allow for sufficient time to complete their documentation and pre-screening processes. This is contained in a statement signed on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the...
Rep. Ikwechegh Bows To Pressure, Apologises To Cab Driver, Begs IGP
Member of the House of Representatives for Aba North/South federal constituency of Abia State, Rep. Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh, has tendered an apology for his reaction following an altercation with an e-hailing cab driver, Stephen Abuwatseya. In a viral video, the lawmaker was seen brutally assaulting Abuwatseya after a disagreement. He was subsequently arrested by Maitama police station where he was interrogated. The...
Cross River CP Guarantee Peaceful Conduct In Upcoming Elections
Local government council and ward elections are scheduled for this weekend, November 2, 2024, in Cross River State. The state commissioner of police, CP Gryogon Augustine Grimah, has assured a peaceful conduct of both elections. Addressing journalists shortly after the state security meeting presided over by the governor, Senator Prince Edet Otu, Grimah assured citizens that the environment would be conducive...
DSS Clears Ministerial Nominees, As Senate Screening Commences Tuesday
The Senate will tomorrow screen the Ministerial nominees forwarded to it for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees who have been cleared by the Department of State Services, DSS, besieged the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado to submit their curriculum Vitae to beat the deadline. Earlier in the day submit their...
Safety Of Women At risk If Donald Trump Wins – Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama has challenged men to support Kamala Harris’s bid to be America’s first female president, warning that women’s lives will be at risk if Donald Trump returns to the White House. During a rally in Michigan on Saturday, the former first lady described the assault on abortion rights as the harbinger of dangerous limitations on healthcare for women. Some men...
NNPP Sweeps Kano LG Polls
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has secured all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the just concluded local government elections across the 44 local government areas of Kano State in a sweeping victory. This was announced by the Chairman of the Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Sani Malumfashi, at the commission’s headquarters, declaring the NNPP as the winner in...
Kano LG Polls: Stick-wielding Vigilante Provides Security As Police Shun Exercise
Officials of local vigilante groups were seen holding sticks and locally forged swords as they provided security for the residents in the ongoing local government elections in Kano State on Saturday. As of the time of filing this report, police officers were nowhere in sight at the polling units. However, our correspondent on ground noted that some members of the local...
Okpebholo: Diaspora Group Congratulates Omorede Osifo on Appointment
The Diaspora Friends for Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa has congratulated its Co-Coordinator, Hon. Omorede Osifo on her appointment as a member of the Inauguration Planning Committee for Edo State Governor-Elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo's inauguration ceremony as Governor of Edo State. The APC diasporan support group played a significant role during the campaigns leading to the September 21, 2024 Edo...
Return To APGA, Ofoegbu Tells Peter Obi, Governor Otti
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA candidate for Umuahia North in the forthcoming local government election in Abia State, Raymond Ofoegbu has advised Governor Alex Otti and the 2023 presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi to abandon LP and rejoin APGA. Ofoegbu who spoke to FLO FM in Umuahia on Wednesday, said Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti’s...
Former INEC Chairman, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu Is Dead
Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. The NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, USA. He was appointed by the then military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, and oversaw the June 12,...
