Abdullahi Sule, the Governor of Nasarawa State has stated the reason why he named his twins after President Muhammadu Buhari and and former Governor of the state, Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura. He said he took that decision because of great respect he has for the two leaders. He stated this during the naming ceremony of the twins delivered by his ...

US Attorney-General, Bill Barr, has said the Justice Department has found no evidence of significant voter fraud, which would be enough to reverse Joe Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump in the November 3 election. According to Associated Press, Barr made these remarks, as Trump’s campaign persists in trying to prove there was fraud in key states Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania ...

Former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi has lent his voice to the defection of Governor Dave Umahi to the All Progressives Congress, APC from PDP. Acccording to him, Umahi’s defection has no economic value to the average Nigerian Reacting to the matter on  on Arise Television yesterday, Obi said that his defection has not made any economic impact in ...

Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s nominees for the Local Government Service Commission. Those confirmed include: the Chairman of the Commission, Kamal Abiodun Baiyewu, Abiodun Abimbola Orekoya, Mr. Ahmed Seriki, Taofeek Adaranijo and the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Hakeem Bamgbala, The Nation reports. The nominees appeared at the House ...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has broken silence on the invitation given to President Mohammadu Buhari by House of Representatives today. The lawmakers today passed a resolution amid uproar to summon President Buhari over the murder of about 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram insurgents. Reacting through his Twitter handle, Fayose said he would be surprised if Buhari ...

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has noted that it is too early to start talking about South East presidency. He however said that the party should respect zoning just as Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola’s said. The former Governors of Rivers who is now the Minister for Transportation said this at an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. ...

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Acccording to Channels, the confirmation was given on Tuesday during plenary in Abuja, the nation’s capital. This comes five days after the Senate Committee on INEC has screened Yakubu following his nomination for appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. On November ...

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to call the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva to order. Dickson urged Buhari to stop Sylvia from making scathing remark against the judiciary. It will be recalled that Sylva had alleged during a rally of the APC that judiciary has become bias ...

Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has raised alarm that Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi is planning to kill him. He raised this alarm through the petition he sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS). The former number three man said that the Governor is plotting to take his life ...

A prominent politician in Oyo State, Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has called for the adoption of electronic voting in Nigeria’s electoral process. He lauded the plan of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence electronic voting with Anambra State governorship election next year.Fr He said: “Honestly, the only way we can ensure transparency and reliability in the conduct of elections ...