•Ikimi, Agbebaku, Inegbeneki, Ighodalo, Mrs. Obaseki woo voters By Ozioruva Aliu Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, commenced its statewide governorship campaign where it said it was sure of victory and urged security agencies to be fair to all participants in the exercise. The rally which was held in Ubiaja, the headquarters of Esan […]

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Beijing, China, on Thursday on an official visit. A statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu would have a brief layover in the United Arab Emirates. “In China, the President will meet with President Xi Jinping and hold meetings with Chinese business leaders on the sidelines of […]

By Dennis Agbo The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has threatened to drag the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, to court for failure to recognize the Ugochukwu Agballah-led faction of the party in the scheduled September 21 council polls in the state. A faction of the party in […]

By Henry Ojelu Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has been sworn in as the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos. Osigwe takes over from Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, whose tenure ended today. In his inaugural speech, Osigwe stated that under his watch, the NBA will hold the federal and state governments to account.

‘We can’t be intimidated. As far back as 1997/1998, with Femi Falana, we were together in the cell. Every thing that will make the welfare of the Nigerian worker worthwhile, we will be involved in it’

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY—THE main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governor Godwin Obaseki are daggers drawn over allegations that the governor was planning to rig the September 21 governorship poll using fake security personnel he had sewed uniforms for. Specifically, the APC Campaign Council, in a statement by its Media Consultant, Mr. Kassim […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said he is currently preoccupied with the plight of Nigerians who have been exposed to unprecedented hunger and deprivation amidst plenty not permutations for 2027.

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, on Wednesday told the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to wait till 2031 if he wants to contest again.

Okocha said this was the reason why President Tinubu blatantly snubbed the attempt by Tonye Cole to shake hands with him at his residence after his presidential victory.

“This controversial policy belongs in the Stone Age and should be roundly condemned by everyone who believes in intellectual freedom and accessibility”

THE polity was jolted, weekend, when two of the longest serving service chiefs in the last 10 years, Mr. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and Mr. Y. M. Bichi, his counterpart in the Department of State Service, DSS, resigned their positions, citing family and personal reasons.

Governor Alia lampooned the lawmaker for allegedly fabricating falsehood to mislead the public insisting that no primary election was conducted in the state.

By Ochuko Akuopha, ASABA DELTA State Government, Tuesday, frowned at reports in some online media platforms alleging that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori borrowed the sum of N40 billion soon after he assumed office. It described the reports as misleading and capable of creating misunderstanding and confusion in the State. The State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi […]

The PDP also described it as a victory for the rule of law against anti-democratic forces that sought to undermine and trample on the will of the people of Edo, as symbolised by the candidacy of Ighodalo.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Omeiza Ajayi The Presidency yesterday tackled former National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Salihu Lukman, over what he (Lukman) decsribed as growing deterioration of governance in the country, saying each successive administration had become progressively worse than its predecessor. But the Presidency in a swift reaction, said […]