Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said that he will support the Labour Party governorship candidate in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, to enable him emerge victorious in the gubernatorial election. Otti stated this in Umuahia while addressing the press after a meeting he held with members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the LP, Akpata and other governorship ...

The Bayelsa Professional Forum, BPF, has described as unfortunate Governor Duoye Diri’s comment on the role of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, during elections. The Secretary, BPF, Philip Erepa, in a statement in Yenagoa on Wednesday, said he watched with dismay during a live youth programme where the governor, in his remarks, suggested that the police had no responsibility during ...

A former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, said the Oronsaye Report is outdated and needs to be updated before implementation. Sani stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. Recall that the Oronsaye Report was commissioned in 2012 with the goal of rationalising and restructuring federal government parastatals, commissions, departments and agencies. But, Sani said the report ...

Renowned political economist Professor Pat Utomi has said opposition political parties in Nigeria are failing, slamming them for failing to lead protests amid worsening economic hardship in the country. Utomi, in a post on his X handle on Thursday, said labour unions are now the ones leading protests because political parties are failing. According to him, opposition parties lead protests ...

Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has stormed the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), requesting the party leadership to give him the certificate of return for the governorship primary election which he claims he won. The PDP national leadership which organised the primaries which produced Asue Ighodalo as candidate of the party, presented the certificate of ...

President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will restructure the country as promised earlier, but noted that a good foundation must be laid. Tinubu gave the assurance during a visit to the National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday. After the closed-door meeting with some selected leaders of ...

A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari destroyed Nigeria’s economy, saying the former president is responsible for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. He said some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu ...

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, has criticized the recent decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to increase the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, to 22.5% and the Cash Reserve Ratio, CRR, to 45%, saying it will further worsen the economic situation of most Nigerian households. Obi said the measure would be counterproductive as ...

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Governor Seyi Makinde of the state does not have the right to criticize President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for removing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as PMS. The party made this declaration on Tuesday. APC, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Olawale Sadare, ...

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has described the Steve Oronsaye Report recommending the merger of government agencies and commissions as outdated, saying the recommendations of the report will not guarantee a reduction in the cost of governance. Falana made this assertion in a statement on Tuesday. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said, contrary to the belief in official circles, the ...