GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu was sworn-in today for a second term as the Ondo State governor and used his inauguration speech to call for the establishment of state police forces as the only way to combat the growing insecurity in the country.
Elected for a final four year term, Governor Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky...
STATE governors from Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have warned that they will not accept former aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode into their midst amid signs that he plans to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A highly flambouyant character, Chief Fani-Kayode served as aviation minister...
NIGERIAN main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the British high commission in Nigeria that it is fearful for the future giving the way the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is destroying democratic institutions in the country.
Yesterday, the PDP chairman Prince Uche Secondus, met with Jonathan...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has announced that it has scheduled the Anambra State governorship elections for November 6 2021 sparking off a certain flurry of political activity.
Governor Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) has already served two terms, so is not eligible...
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is desperately trying to woo former Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha ahead of the 2023 presidential elections after lashed out at the his own ruling party the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Okorocha, currently the lawmaker representing Imo West...
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) publicity secretary Chief Olisa Metuh currently standing trial on corruption charges in Nigeria has arrived in the UK for medical treatment on a protracted spinal cord ailment.
In 2017, Chief Metuh was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and is facing...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's administration appears to be finally coming round to the realisation that it needs to do something to curtail the activities of murderous Fulani herdsmen after presidential spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu admitted conceded that their movement needs to be checked.
Over recent years, the herdsmen have...
INDICATIONS have grown that Ebonyi State's Governor Dave Umahi will seek the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023 after President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina appeared to endorse him.
Currently the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Governor Umahi, 57, defected...
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed suggestions that the recent visit by leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to President Goodluck Jonathan will result in him defecting as standing as their candidate.
Last month, some APC governors and party leaders visited Dr...
GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has lashed out at his colleagues from the south-south geo-political zone over their attacks on how his state is allowed to keep the proceeds of its gold reserves while they have to hand over oil proceeds to the federal government.
This year, Zamfara State has enjoyed a boost in...
