…Demands transfer of Ogun, Nasarawa election tribunals to Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed that the opposition parties will set the pace during the election of the leadership of the parliament on the 13th of June, and would deploy their strength maximally. While addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the spokesman of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said that the opposition will deploy its strength maximally during the inauguration...

…Insists decision is irreversible The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed its door against Dr Cairo Ojougbo, a chieftain of the party over alleged violation of provisions of the party’s constitution. Recall Ojougbo, through his counsel, FS Jimba had appealed his expulsion by the chairman of Ika South  Local Government Area of Delta State, and demanded a retraction of the decision. However, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, the APC National Legal Adviser who had initially sided the...

In order to sustain water supply across Katsina State government, the state government says it spends over N97 million monthly for the procurement of 127 thousand liters of diesel. Alhaji Rabo Danmusa, Acting Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Water Resources, disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Katsina, stated that the diesel is being supplied to the ten Water Works across the state. He listed the Water Works to include Malumfashi, Funtua, Dutsinma, Zobe...

In commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day celebration, the Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12 as public holiday. Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior in a statement made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.Akinlade, while congratulating Nigerians on the occasion, urged them to appreciate the milestones the country has made and look forward to a better future for her democracy. The statement reads in part: “On this memorable occasion...

The political face-off generated tension in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday leading to the emergence of two parallel speakers. Thirteen members-elect who held their inaugural sitting at the complex of the State House of Assembly along Lafia Shendam Road elected Daniel Ogazi as speaker. At a separate sitting by 11 other members-elect held at the State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, the members re–elected Speaker of the Sixth Assembly, Ibrahim...