Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications has commended the member representing Yagba Federal Constituency for his commitment to the well-being of his constituents. Fanwo made the call over the weekend while on a courtesy visit to the legislator at his country home in Alu, Yagba West Local Government Area, saying the legislator has consolidated the achievements of his predecessors. The Commissioner said, “I am here to commend you for...

The Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils in the country have been shared a total sum of N1,354.371  billion in June 2024 by the Federation Accounts Revenue. A press statement on Tuesday signed by Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, (OAGF), stated that the revenue was shared at the July 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), held in Abuja and...

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has described the position of Senate Whip Senator Ali Ndume on President Bola Tinubu and his administration as a self-serving blackmail to whip up public sentiment. The group noted that Ndume had recently described the administration as a kakistocracy but the policy analysis group said the Senate Whip’s comment wasn’t fact-based. A press statement on Tuesday signed by the group’s chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, argued that policies and programmes...

The PDP Asue/Ogie Diaspora Media Directorate has hailed Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for emerging first in Nigeria’s Fiscal Transparency League Table The group which commended Obaseki for positioning the state in direction of economic progress said that posterity will be kind to him, stressing that it’s an achievement that encapsulates the state’s commitment to transparent governance and fiscal responsibility. The Diaspora Director of Media, Deacon Darlington Okpebholo Ray along with Prince Ralph Odua,...

Professor of Public Law, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joy Ezeilo has said that the Nigerian Constitution is skewed to exclude the political participation and representation of women in the country. The Professor of Public Law, who stated this at the weekend in Abuja at the Coordination and Strategy Meeting on Affirmative Action Reforms for Increase Women’s Political Representation in the Ongoing Constitution Review Process organised by UN Women, said Nigerian Constitution is not gender sensitive,...

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation has commended the Federal Government and the judiciary over last Thursday’s ruling in support of local government financial autonomy. Afenifere made the commendation in a press Statement on Sunday signed by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi. It will be recalled that the Federal Government, through the Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in May this year, instituted a case at the Supreme Court seeking...