Politics

  Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that his administration will only borrow money to run the state when it is absolutely necessary.   The governor made the vow in Umuahia on Wednesday during a lecture series to mark his two years in office.   Otti, while responding to ...

  The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024.   The bills were passed at a session presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu.   The development followed the adoption of the harmonised versions ...

  The legal team representing Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Wednesday raised the alarm over what it described as a disturbing pattern of selective justice, following the Federal Government’s decision to file criminal charges against her despite multiple unresolved petitions she lodged earlier this year.   In a statement released by ...

  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has donated three acres of land to the International Council for Ifa Religion for the construction of the World Ifa Temple.   This was aimed at promoting its activities and establishing the largest pilgrimage site for Yoruba traditional worshippers across ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Bola Tinubu to reverse all his anti-people policies, vowing that it won’t bow to intimidation by the Federal Government.   This was stated in the communiqué of the PDP’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting, read by Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, during ...

  A 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, two science student of Ilimi School, Ramlat Ahmed, has been inaugurated as the Speaker of the Gombe State Children’s Parliament.   Ahmed was sworn in on Monday alongside 14-year-old Christopher Ngale, who emerged as Deputy Speaker, and 10 other principal officers who will steer ...

  The All Progressives Congress in Benue State has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the incessant killings in the state.   The party stated that the state governor, Hyacinth Alia, can no longer address the worsening insecurity.   The state publicity secretary of the party, under the ...

  Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has dismissed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cyprian Akaolisa, with immediate effect.   No official reason was provided for the announcement, which was made public on Monday afternoon by the Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation, and Strategy, Chief Declan Emelumba.   ...

  Officials from the Federal Capital Territory Administration, under the leadership of Minister Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have sealed the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party.   At exactly 2:06 pm, a group of FCTA staff locked the entrance gate of Wadata Plaza, the PDP’s national secretariat located ...

  ‎US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “crazy” on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange. ‎ ‎At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against ...