politics

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has withdrawn from a suit seeking to stop the conduct of the 2023 presidential election. Bello bowed out of the suit praying to prohibit the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting 2023 election on the ground that his presidential ambition is no longer under threat. In his ruling, the presiding Judge, Inyang Edem Ekwo, struck out the governor’s name from the suit based on […]

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has boasted of changing the trajectory of the state. Speaking in an interview with newsmen, Ikpeazu noted that he has succeeded in laying a solid foundation on which further transformation would evolve in the state. He expressed regrets that despite his modest achievements in office, the opposition has not been fair to him. The Governor added that the consolation was that history would remember the things […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP owe Nigerians an apology following the controversial statements made by the Presidential Candidate of the party Atiku Abubakar. This he disclosed while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt the state capital on Monday. According to him, the party must urgently address the issue and appeal to Nigerians lest the people begin to see the party as one […]

The newly sworn in Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has assured the people of the state that he would deliver on his campaign promises. Oyebanji noted that his goal was to build on the progress made by the previous administration by ensuring that all our children can access free and qualitative basic education. Recall that the Governor was sworn in by the Chief Judge of the state on Sunday. […]

Kaduna state government has earmarked the sum of N65 billion on education from the N291.9 billion 2023 propose draft budget. The State Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission, Umma Aboki, revealed that the education sector has been an area of priority and the state had continued to appropriate at least 25 percent of its annual budgets to it. Aboki maintained that education had about 27 percent increase in the 2023 […]

Abiodun Oyebanji has been sworn in as the new governor of Ekiti State. Oyebanji was sworn in by the Chief Judge of the State, Oyewole Adeyeye, on Sunday. The Governor pledged to preserve, protect, defend and preserve the office as governor. He took over from Governor Kayode Fayemi, who doubled as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum.

President Muhammmadu Buhari has called for debt remittances by member of Gulf of Guinea Commission. Buhari made the appeal at a meeting involving member-states of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, GGC, on Thursday. The president claimed that the continued non-payment of their outstanding Annual Assessed Contributions to the Secretariat by the majority has greatly affected the ability of the Commission to fulfill its mandate.

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, revealed that ninety-five million voters are expected to determine next president of Nigeria successor in the 2023 poll. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja. Yakubu revealed that 18 political parties in the race are to produce the next President to be elected by 95 million voters.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that insecurity may impede elections in North-West and South-East states. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an event organized by the National Endowment for Democracy and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Washington DC, United States of America. Yakubu noted that the security challenge which was restricted to the North-East region has now spread to other parts of […]