Politics

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has dismissed the claim on the service of the impeachment notice on him by the state House of Assembly. The Assembly had last Wednesday directed the clerk of the House to write the deputy governor on the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Olatunji …

Ari Fekorigha, the National Director of Mobilisation for the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), issued a warning over attempts by certain political figures to remove Siminalayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State. Ijaw youths were concerned that some politicians intended to throw Rivers into disarray by forcibly toppling Fubara as governor on false accusations, according to Fekorigha, who made this revelation …

The Imo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has accused the state governor, Hope Uzodimma of piloting to rig the November governorship election in the state. The LP made the accusation at a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, on Thursday, while condemning the arrest and brutalization of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in …

The Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, upheld the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election in the state. The tribunal, sitting in Ikeja, also dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Read also: Lagos Tribunal dismisses APC’s objection …

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on President Bola Tinubu to revise some of his early policies so as not to destroy Nigeria. Gumi who gave the warning in a special message to the President on Saturday, stated that if the tough policies being implemented by the Tinubu administration were not reversed, they may destroy not only Nigeria but …

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal, on Monday, rejected the All Progressives Congress’ preliminary objection, which requested that the Peoples Democratic Party’s appeal be rejected. The petitioner’s failure to adhere to Electoral Act regulations regarding the payment of security as to cost resulted in the preliminary objection being rejected. Justice Mikail Abdullahi, one of the tribunal’s three members, rejected the …

The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Thursday accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, of blackmailing his government. Uzodinma, who stated this in a chat with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said his administration accorded priority attention to workers’ welfare and well-being. The governor added that he never delayed the payment of workers’ salaries …

UK-based counsel to incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Bruce Fein, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, reinstating his call for the immediate release of Kanu from detention. In the open letter which was addressed to the President on Sunday, Fein said Tinubu needs to intervene in the detention of Kanu and …

The N2.176 trillion 2023 supplementary budget that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to the legislature on Tuesday has been approved by the National Assembly. The budget was approved on Thursday, following the Senate’s adoption of an Appropriations Committee report, which was delivered in plenary by the committee’s chairman, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (Ogun West). President Tinubu had, in a letter read …

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi on Thursday, debunked reports that President Bola Tinubu requested for a presidential yacht. Ajayi made this clarification through a statament titled, “On Presidential Yacht And Other Matters,” in response to reports about the allocation of N5 billion Naira for a Presidential yacht in the N2.17 trillion supplementary …