The Supreme Court  on Friday upheld the re-election of Sen. Douye Diri as the governor of Bayelsa. The apex court in a judgment, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Timipre Sylvia and his party. The lead judgment delivered by Justice Garba Lawal, held that the […]

More prosperity and good governance await Nigeria if the leaders adopt the Michael Okpara Leadership model that excelled in selfless service, agriculture, and industrialization.

Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, civil society organisations, CSOs, and Arewa youths, yesterday called for the immediate release of protesters during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest held between August 1 and 10, 2024.

The dissolved Benue exco also prayed the court to issue a punitive measure against the Ganduje-led NWC over the disobedience of the earlier decision of the court

Omobayo stated that he was not in any way distracted by the ongoing litigations relating to the Office of the Deputy Governor

Former President Bill Clinton had a memorable moment at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 21, while speaking about Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s vision for the future — and Donald Trump’s age. Clinton, who turned 78 on Aug. 19, joked about his age during his remarks before adding: “The […]

The Rivers state local government election scheduled to take place on October 5, 2024 may not likely hold except urgent steps are taken to address some grey areas in the process.

John Alechenu, ABUJA Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum has vowed not to allow critics of his leadership style to intimidate him into abdicating his responsibilities. Damagum said this in response to Chief Edwin Clerk, and a former Party Spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, who both criticized his handling of the […]

Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, attended the International Leaders Forum (ILF) in Chicago.  The 11th ILF is holding on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Illinois from August 19-22. The forum, hosted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) every four years […]

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Chairman, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Osun State, Dr Tosin Odeyemi has disclosed that it is time Nigeria embrace New political dawn as both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have failed the country. Odeyemi in a statement he signed and made […]

Obama called Harris “someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you.”

CONTROVERSY late Tuesday trailed the purported ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja upholding the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja quashing the impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu as the deputy governor of Edo state.

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

By Innocent Anaba The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, overturned the decision of a Kogi State High Court, which restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from prosecuting former Kogi State governor Mr. Yahaya Bello on an N80 billion money laundering charge. The three-man panel of the appellate court, in a unanimous […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Tuesday presented soft copies of voters register to political parties participating in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. Dr Anugbum Onuoha, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, presented the register to the chairmen and secretaries of political parties and other officials at INEC office in Benin. […]