The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has refuted reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu appointed him as the political leader in Ondo State. Tunji-Ojo, who hails from Okeagbe in the Akoko North West Local Government of Ondo State, was said to have been assigned as the leader of the President’s team for the selection…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project. Atiku said in a statement on Tuesday that the Tinubu administration could not continue to keep silent on how much public funds would be spent…
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has expressed disappointment that some of the founding fathers of the party are looking away while the party suffers a haemorrhage. The ex-Ogun PDP governorship aspirant, who was a guest on a television programme on Tuesday, said he expects former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck…
The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. Shaibu was impeached on Monday by the state House of Assembly, following the adoption of…
The new Deputy Governor of Edo State, Omobayo Godwins, has pledged his unalloyed loyalty to Governor Godwin Obaseki in the few months they will work together before the end of the governor’s eight-year double terms on November 12, 2016. The 37-year-old, who was sworn in on Monday after the state assembly impeached Philip Shaibu…
Rising from a meeting of its stakeholders, the Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday says it has voided the national convention that returned the National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his National Working Committee. To fill the vacuum, the stakeholders said the congress would set up a transition committee to oversee the affairs…
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he never envisaged that he would work with two deputy governors before the end of his eight years in office. Governor Obaseki made the remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as his new deputy governor. Omobayo replaced the former deputy governor, Philip…
Obaseki picked 37-year-old Omobayo Godwin as his new deputy. Shortly after the Edo State House of Assembly impeached the state deputy governor Philip Shaibu, the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki picked his replacement. Obaseki picked 37-year-old Omobayo Godwin as his new deputy. A video posted by Channels Television on X shows that Omobayo’s inauguration was set…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he is leaving the party, insisting that he stands for peaceful resolution of issues in the party. He made the remarks on Sunday when he donated a borehole to Pantami Sheep Market in Gombe State, a…
Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says the party is the best alternative for Nigerians over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence, said this at the NNPP National Convention on Saturday in Abuja. “In many…