Former Ekiti Governor Fayemi says elder statesman Chief Afe Babalola may be suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said he would no longer allow elder statesman and fellow Ekiti man, Chief Afe Babalola, control the narrative regarding his time in office, because it was obvious his...
Category: Politics
Reps propose 5-month mourning leave for widows, 4 weeks for widowers
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill Bill for an Act to provide for the implementation of a Widowhood Leave Bill in Nigeria. The bill titled “Widowhood leave bill, 2023 was sponsored by Hon. Said Musa Abdullahi, (Bida/gbako/katcha federal constituency of Niger State). Leading the debate on the bill, Abdullahi...
Breaking: Edo Assembly directs Chief Judge to set up committee on Shaibu’s impeachment
The Edo State House of Assembly has directed the state Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa to set up a seven man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against the state deputy governor Ry Philip Shaibu. The state assembly is accusing the deputy governor of misconduct and divulging governments information to the public. The panel is...
Benue PDP chieftain Utaan set to contest for party’s national chairmanship
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Terhile Conrad Utaan, has expressed interest in the office of the party’s national chairmanship. Utaan had sued Dr. Iyorchia Ayu at a Makurdi High Court and got an interim injunction that restrained him from parading himself as the PDP National Chairman after his Igyorov Ward Exco suspended...
World News: raeli Army Launches Operation At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
The Israeli army launched Monday an operation around Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, with witnesses reporting air strikes on the devastated neighbourhood where it is located. Israeli soldiers “are currently conducting a precise operation in the area of the Shifa hospital”, a statement from the military said. “The operation is based on intelligence information indicating the...
World News: Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles As Blinken Visits Seoul
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Monday in what analysts said was a calculated move to grab attention as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits South Korea for talks. Blinken is attending the third Summit for Democracy and met President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul early Monday. He is also meeting his...
Ondo guber: Aiyedatiwa backed by 18 lawmaKERS— says Speaker
Ondo State House of Assembly speaker Olamide Olajide, has said that a total of 18 lawmakers are in support of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to emerge as the party’s candidate in the November governorship election. Speaker Olajide spoke in Akure at the official declaration of Governor Aiyedatiwa. Olajide said lawmakers elected on the platform of other...
We will ensure release of 87 Abducted Students— igp
The inspector general of police, Kayode Egbetokun on Tuesday, arrived at the government house in Kaduna State for a meeting with the State Governor, Uba Sani, in connection with the recent abduction of 287 primary and secondary school students at Kuriga community in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The IGP, on arrival, was...
LP threatens to declare Enugu lawmakers’ seats vacant
The Labour Party, LP, has threatened to declare vacant seats of the Enugu State lawmakers who want to defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Enugu State LP Chairman, Casmir Agbo, issued the threat on Tuesday in a post on his Facebook page. ugamatv reports that the State government is under the control...
Ohanaeze slams Kogi Traditional Rulers for Opposing Senate Investigation in Ajaokuta Steel Company
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has faulted traditional rulers in Kogi State for kicking against the Senate investigative panel on Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe. The warning came in response to a letter written to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the Ebira Area Traditional...