Politics

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Thursday suspended the ex-Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, and 25 other persons for alleged anti-party activities in the state. This came just 24 hours after the party expelled 84 members for the same reason. All the suspended members are loyalists of the former minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Dear Compatriots, It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be no modern Nigeria. …

Reports that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) signed a non prosecution plea bargain with the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele have been described as false. Ripples Nigeria reports that Emefile and his associates were slated for arraignment over and alleged N6.9bn procurement fraud at the …

Justice D.M. Igyuse of the Benue State High Court, Gboko, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to reinstate former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman. The judge delivered the ruling in a suit filed by one Nongo Ordue on behalf of 17 members of the PDP executive committee in Igyorov Council Ward, Gboko local …

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials to all the eight local government areas in Bayelsa ahead of this weekend’s governorship election in the state. The INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah, confirmed the development to journalists in Yenagoa. He said that the items kept in the Central Bank …

The Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Saturday upheld Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election having polled 276,298 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger, Ladi Adebutu, who …

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, on Thursday presented the 2024 budget proposal of N273.9 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. In his address during the presentation of the proposal titled: “Budget of Reconstruction and Recovery,” the governor said the N165, 654,976,700.00 was earmarked as recurrent expenditure and N108, 254,020,710.00 as capital spending in the …

The federal government, on Thursday, reacted to criticism of the N2.7 trillion supplementary budget signed on Wednesday by President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the budget was not insensitive to the plight of Nigerians. There had been widespread criticism of the budget, with many raising eyebrows over huge sums earmarked for vehicles for the first lady’s office and a “presidential yacht”. …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Sokoto State, Saidu Umar, has rejected the verdict of the governorship election petition tribunal on the outcome of the March 18 election in the state. The three-man panel of the tribunal led by Justice Haruna Msheila had earlier on Saturday upheld Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s victory in the election. The panel dismissed Umar’s …

Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, on Wednesday, protested against recent judgments of the Court of Appeal that nullified the victory of several state and federal lawmakers of the party. The protests took place in Jos and Maraban Jemma on the Abuja-Jos Highway. The protesters frowned at the rulings that favoured the All Progressives Congress (APC) …