The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo government and the state’s former governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Recall that a squabble ensued between both sides’ supporters on Feb. 21 when Okorocha allegedly broke into the Royal Spring Palm Apartment, Owerri, sealed by the Imo government on […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria did not exit the latest recession by accident, but with “hardwork, foresight and deliberate planning by government.” The minister stated this on Saturday when he featured on a Channels Television programme, “Sunrise Daily,’’ It was reports that Nigeria slipped […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Alhaji Hakeem Lawal, has said that he rejected his membership registration slip because over 75 percent of members of his political family were excluded from the registration exercise. The APC chieftain and son of a former civilian governor in the […]
There was pandemonium in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state on Monday as police and a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the party secretariat. This followed attempts by the Fred Udogu led faction to take over the Secretariat. The Secretariat has been under lock and key for […]
Seven lawmakers said to be loyalists to Governor Godwin Obaseki have been granted permission to serve an order of substituted service to the other 17 lawmakers said to be loyal to Adams Oshomhole.
“Faced with two conflicting judgements from the same Court, the Commission is not in a position to pick and choose which one of them to obey.”
“The best he (Oshiomhole) could do is to lay low and let Ize-Iyamu campaign. You can see that if Ize-Iyamu talks for two minutes, Oshiomhole will talk for 20 minutes because he knows this election will determine whether he will remain in politics or not.”
“The Deputy Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government is hereby directed to take over the affairs of the council on acting capacity with immediate effect.”
…as APC wins bye-election By Moses Okorie Plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to test-run the new face-detecting Ipad at Nasarawa Central constituency the bye-election in Nasarawa State has suffered serious setback as the device failed to function at several polling units visited by newsmen. Due to the […]
By Moses Okorie As the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly continues, the 17 lawmakers opposing Governor Godwin Obaseki seem to be taking upper hand over their counterparts who are still with the governor. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami ordered the […]
