Awka — The Anambra State House of Assembly today September 3, proceeded on recess which is to last till October 16, 2020. Each legislative year, legislators normally go on recess after satisfactory performance of their constitutional mandate, which includes lawmaking and oversight functions on the other arms of government. As of today, the 7th Anambra State House of Assembly has completed a total of seventy-two sittings in its lifetime that is now exactly one year,...
The official Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked early on Thursday, the social media company has confirmed. A series of tweets were sent from the account asking its followers to donate cryptocurrency to the prime minister’s relief fund. Twitter said it was aware of the activity and had taken steps to secure the compromised account. Narendramodi_in is the official Twitter handle for Modi’s personal website. It has more than...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has sworn-in Dr Tella Rahmon as a Resident Electoral Commissioner. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, speaking at the brief swearing-in ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, said Rahmon would be deployed to Ekiti as state REC. Yakubu advised the new REC to be firm and prudent in discharging his responsibilities and the management of resources under his watch. “The only business that the commission knows is conducting elections. You are going to be responsible...
Confusion has been rising in the House of Representatives as two leaders of the House disagreed over public hearings on the Water Resource Bill. The House Deputy Majority Leader, Peter Akpatason, in an interview with ThePunch, said a public hearing would be held on the controversial bill, which was abandoned by the eighth National Assembly. On the contrary, the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata, who reintroduce the bill on...
Khalid Mu’azu Izala, the Public Relations Officer of the Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe Local Government Area of Gombe State, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly insulting Governor Inuwa Yahaya and some members of the All Progressives Congress. Izala is being detained on the orders of an area court following his arraignment for “defamation of character”. He was arrested on Friday by policemen from the Lowcost Division based on the complaint of an...
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Edo Governorship election, on Tuesday, called off his rally at Usen, Ovia North-East Local Government Area, following a fatal road crash. Mr. John Mayaki, the Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said Ize-Iyamu suspended the scheduled event to honour the dead. He said that an articulated vehicle ran into the travelling campaign entourage...
Biodun Olujimi, senator representing Ekiti South at the Upper chamber of the National Assembly, has accused national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fueling the crisis rocking the party in the state by backing the actions of former Governor Ayodele Fayose. The West African Pilot had reported that two chairmen emerged from parallel congresses organised by factions supported by Mr. Fayose and Senator Olujimi. Senator Olujimi alleged that the former governor was allowed...
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Governor Yahaya Bello as Kogi State governor. A seven-man panel of the court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, made the declaration in two judgments, where it dismissed separate appeals filed by the people’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The Nigeria apex court affirmed the earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal in Abuja on July 4, 2020,...
The hassle between Ayedele Fayose, the former Governor of Ekiti State, and Senator Biodun Olujimi over who controls the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State got complicated following the emergence of party executives from parallel congresses. From Fayose’s faction, Bisi Kolawole, a former commissioner for Environment, emerged Chairman of the Ekiti PDP, while Kehinde Odebunmi, a former member of the House of Representatives, was elected as Chairman of the party from...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it will not participate in the rerun of the local council poll scheduled to hold in weeks time in Ondo State. The State Leader of the party, Mr Bode Iwaloye, made the declaration at a press briefing on Sunday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) had announced on Aug. 23 announced the cancellation of the council poll held...
