Politics

APC Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has come out to say that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is jealous of how popular he is. According to Oshiomhole, Obaseki has no reason to accuse him of engaging thugs just because he has a lot of people supporting him and making him feel ...

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said 94 per cent of Nigerians do not practice proper hand washing in the country. A UNICEF rep, Mr Oumar Doumbouya, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during the 2019 Global Handwashing Day Celebration with the theme: “Clean Hands for All” According ...

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has reached out to heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa to unite and defeat corruption. Magu, who said this at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Secretariat in Abuja, while delivering a goodwill message at a ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has urged organised labour and the Joint National Public Service, Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, to abandon all plans to go on strike. He pledged that the Federal Government is working extra hard to end the problems over the contentious consequential adjustment. FG and ...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said Ekiti State is a very hard state to rule despite being among the least populated. Kayode, who is celebrating one year of his second term today, said if you are linked to the grassroots you will not be able to win an ...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged soldiers to prioritise requisite training to aid the attainment of highest standards of professional competence. Buratai revealed this at the presentation of prizes and beating retreat of 78th Regular Recruits Intake of the Depot Nigerian Army held at the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State Chapter, has said the failed road network in the state is as a result of Chief Rochas Okorocha’s cruelty to Ndimo. PDP’s position was made public via a press statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Damian Oparah. He said the roads ...

Niger Delta activist, Chief Mike Loyibo, has warned the chief security officer and governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki to make sure the people that assaulted Comrade Adams Oshiomhole are arrested and made to pay for their crime. He said the attack was actually embarrassing and a slight on the ...

Malam Nura Tela-Ada, an APC stalwart, has asked for the regulation of social media to prevent abuse. He revealed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Daura, headquarters of Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state today. This was Tela’s reaction to fake news on ...

The secretary of the media and publicity committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in the forthcoming Kogi State governorship election, Dr Tom Ohikere has said ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki is no longer as influential as he was to aid reconciliation within the Kogi state PDP and make ...

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has urged officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to stay away from causing unnecessary deaths as they carry on their responsibilities in the state. The Governor said the Service has to find a better way to manage relationships with the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said they do not have members who carry the burden of certificate forgery. PDP, revealed this while reacting to an earlier statement by APC, which described the main opposition party as dead. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s national headquarters, PDP spokesman, ...

Senator Suleiman Adokwe, PDP chieftain, and a two-term senator from Nasarawa State was recently defeated in the 2019 Nasarawa South senatorial election case vs the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, an APC politician, and he has said things about it. In a recent interview, he ...

House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has come out to say that as long as they are candidates with good ideas, funding and organisation, Nigerian women can get elected into public offices. Femi said the 9th House has prioritised gender equality in its legislative agenda, and he plans to personally ...

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Monday has come out to say Nigeria will never become a one-party state. The CUPP Spokesman, Mr Imo Ugochinyere, disclosed that the claim by National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, that opposition was dead in Nigeria, was funny. ...

An APC chieftain In Edo State, Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere has said Governor Godwin Obaseki is planning to abandon the ruling party in the state. Gen. Charles, who is an ex APC governorship aspirant, said that Godwin plans to abandon the party and contest for second-term with a different party ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has come out to say that a total of 524 road projects were presently ongoing in the several geo-political zones in Nigeria. He revealed this as he addressed the House of Representatives Committee on Works chaired by Rep. Ahmed Birchi in Abuja. ...

The management of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo have said the school is presently experiencing a new era of discipline and rule of law. The university, Spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya disclosed this today in Lagos. He said it is so perfect that no smear campaign can derail the school now. ...

Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha has ordered the state Accountant General, the Head of Service (HOS) and the Commissioner for Finance to wrap up all important formalities for the commencement of the payment of pensions in the state next week. Gov Emeka, who made this order at a one-day Pension ...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana has asked for instant removal of the ban of students unions in all Nigeria universities. He revealed this while delivering the 9th Convocation lecture of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, titled: “Managing Freedom and Illusions of Achievement”. Mr Femi said rather than producing ...