The Senator currently representing Ondo Southern Senatorial District, Jimoh Ibrahim, has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo on his victory in Saturday’s Edo governorship election. In a statement personally signed on Monday, Ibrahim described Okpebholo’s victory as the will of the people of Edo State. He said the people of the state have spoken and taken their…
Nigeria has made its case for proper representation on the United Nations Security Council. It stated that having contributed to at least 41 peacekeeping missions globally and deployed over 200,000 Nigerian troops in UN operations, it deserves a seat on the global security body. “It is on this basis that Nigeria continues to call for…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio will present the official results of the just concluded Edo governorship election to President Bola Tinubu. Speaking with reporters in Benin City on Monday, the Senate President disclosed that he would personally tender the results to Tinubu upon his return to Abuja. Akpabio stated that he was handed the results sheet…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, delivered a compelling call to action for global leaders to prioritise sustainable development, particularly in Africa. Tuggar spoke on Monday at the Summit of the Future held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22-23, 2024. Tuggar highlighted that only 16 percent of Sustainable…
As the House of Representatives resumes from its annual recess on Tuesday, September 24, key issues, including the 2025 Appropriation Bill from President Bola Tinubu, the constitution review exercise, and electoral reforms, among others, would be accorded legislative priorities. Online reported that lawmakers who proceeded on vacation on July 23, 2024, would, on resumption, deliberate…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the immediate removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede. The House stated the call was over his unprofessional handling of the case against the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The legislators, during plenary in Lokoja, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party has officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. During a press conference in Abuja, PDP acting National Chairman Umar Damagum on Monday called on concerned Nigerians to support the party’s rejection of the election results. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Saturday…
The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on the enforcement and restoration of right-of-way of all drainage channels in the state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, stated this when he undertook an on-the-spot assessment of some drainage channels in the state on Wednesday. Wahab said the…
Following the recent hike in the price of petrol, transportation fares within Kaduna metropolis have gone up astronomically, a situation the residents lamented has made commuting too difficult. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the NNPC Ltd Retail Management approved the upward review of PMS pump price from N617 per litre to N897 per…
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, has postponed the party’s National Working Committee meeting until next week due to increasing tension between former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and the PDP Governors Forum, regarding the status of Rivers State party congresses. Amid the lingering political crisis between Wike and the…
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Wednesday, dismissed insinuations that the state was witnessing an upsurge in violent attacks and killings. He was reacting to attacks by gunmen which claimed the lives of eight persons in the Dafo and Kwata communities of Bokkos Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night. The incident occurred…
Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked the River State secretariat of the Action Peoples Party located in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, shooting a security guard. This was the second attack on the APP secretariat within weeks. The APP Chairman, Sunny Wokekoro, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday. The latest incident came about a month…