The Imo-based Newspaper Editors on Tuesday said that activities of INEC in the 2019 General Elections have restored the confidence of the people in the electoral umpire in the state. The Chairman of the home-based Editors, Mr Eze Adiuku, made this known when the group presented an ICON of Democracy Award to Prof. Francis Ezeonu, the Imo INEC Resident Electoral ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila says the house needs the support of seasoned Nigerians to succeed in making laws for‎ good governance of the country. Gbajabiamila made the call while receiving a delegation of the University of Lagos Alumni Association led by its President Worldwide, Dr. John Momoh, a statement by his Special Adviser on Media ...

Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has said Nigerians deserve a better deal under the “Next Level” agenda of the current administration. A statement by his Media Office in Abuja on Tuesday said the Deputy President of the Senate disclosed this at the 2019 summit of Association of Professional Bodies in Nigeria(APBN). Omo-Agege, who was represented by his ...

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari over nomination of Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Sen. Gbemi Saraki, as ministers to represent Kwara State and North Central geo-political zone. Issa-Onilu, who said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday described the two nominees as loyal and distinguished indigenes ...

Seven former governors and senators each are among the 43 ministerial nominees whose names were sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation on Tuesday. The former  seven former governors made the list are: Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Niyi Adebayo (Ekiti), George Akume (Benue), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Timipre Slyva (Bayelsa) and Babatunde Fasola (Lagos). However, the ex-governors ...

Full list of Ministerial Nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari Ikechukwu Ogar – Abia Mohammed Musa Bello – Adamawa Godswill Akpabio – Akwa Ibom Chris Ngige – Anambra Sharon Ikeazor – Anambra Adamu Adamu – Bauchi Maryam Katagum – Bauchi Timipre Sylva – Bayelsa George Akume – Benue Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno Godie Jerry Agba – ...

There appears to be a schism within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, following the Supreme Court judgment of July 5 which did not favour Senator Ademola Adeleke, the party’s governorship candidate. On Monday, the Director-General of Senator Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation, Akogun Lere Oyemumi in a radio programme lambasted the gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the ...

After days of speculations, President Mohammadu Buhari has finally sent a list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate. President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan read the list at the plenary of the Senate on Tuesday at exactly 11:12am. Among those who made the list are Rotimi Amaechi, Gbemisola Saraki, Niyi Adebayo, Olorunnibe Mamora, Festus Keyamo etc. Lawan also ...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has inveighed against the All Progressives Congress (APC)  over its attempt to reverse Supreme Court judgment on the Zamfara State elections. According to PDP, their sole aim was to blackmail and set a landmine for the apex court, with intent to ambush and destroy the integrity of the court. The statement was made by spokesman ...

A Coalition of Igbo youths has has blowed hot over the activities of Shiite members in Nigeria. The coalition known as Igbo Youth Groups in Nigeria has given the Federal Government a 7-day ultimatum to proscribe the activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, nationwide. It was reacting to the Monday’s attack by the Shiite militants where many persons ...