The Rivers State House of Assembly is to re-screen and re-confirm nine former Commissioners who resigned from the state executive council on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Clerk of the house, Mr Emeka Amadi, today in Port Harcourt. The clerk said the commissioners include Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice...
•Aregbesola The All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, has sued former Governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, before a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly causing factions within the party. The opposition party in the state, through its counsel, Ayodele Kusamotu, Yemi Akingbade, R. Oloyede and B. Nwayen, asked the...
•Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has dissolved the State Executive Council and has announced the appointment of caretaker chairmen for the 21 local government councils across the state. Governor Bello deposed the Ohimege Igu, the paramount ruler of Koton Karfe and two other first class chiefs, just as he also appointed the Ohinoy...
Following the increasing number of youths involved in use of hard drugs, the Lagos State Government in collaboration with some agencies, today took to the streets of Lagos to campaign against the dangerous vice. Moving in convoys, singing, drumming and wearing customized T-shirts and faze caps, the campaigners particularly addressed the youths...
•Fatai Adams The chairman of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Fatai Adams, has been suspended by members of the state working committee of the party. Nine members of the State Working Committee of the Party, who signed the suspension letter of the chairman, accused him of anti-party activities, reports Vanguard. Th...
•Governor Yusuf The Forty-four Local Government Areas of Kano State have dragged the state government before a Federal High Court in Abuja over moves by the state government to use their allocations to jointly finance a N27 billion interchange projects in the state capital. Listed also as defendants in the suit that is currently before [&helli...
An enterpreneur, Ms Abimbola Adeyemi has called on the Tinubu-led federal government to declare a state of emergency in agriculture to address the increasing prices of food items. Adeyemi, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Crown Fit Cocktails and More, said it was regrettable that Nigeria despite being blessed with vast arable land and [&h...
•Peter Mbah The Supreme Court, today, upheld the election of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, dismissed an appeal that the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, filed to challenge the outcome of the governorship election that held in the […]
•Attahiru Jega A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has joined calls for the restructuring of the country before 2027, saying Nigeria is a failing state. He insisted that Nigeria would be considered a failed state if it does not provide for the security, welfare, and basic needs of its citizens, reports [&h...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has transferred to the Lagos State High Court a suit by Sparrow Global Logistics & Energy Services Ltd seeking to recover a disputed $187, 000 debt from a foreign-owned firm, Niger Star 7 Ltd. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa made the order after hearing arguments from Kolawole Uzamot, who led Chioma […]

