2023: PDP group endorses Wike for president

A group, Cross River Renaissance Movement, has endorsed the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to contest for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of…

Reps summon FCT minister over insecurity, say ‘Abuja has never been this unsafe’

Mohammed Bello, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) has been summoned by the House of Representatives over the insecurity in Abuja.  Bello was summoned after Toby Okechukwu, the deputy minority…

E-transmission of results/direct primaries: Govs run to Buhari as senators, Reps defy parties, transmit bill next week

The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed the harmonised version of the 2010 Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, 2021, after adopting the report of their joint Conference Committee.…

Exonerate Saro-Wiwa, others from murder convictions, PANDEF tells Buhari

The Pan Niger Delta Forum has backed calls for the exoneration of late playwright and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight other Ogoni leaders killed by the regime of late…

Budget defence: Lawan threatens MDAs with zero allocation

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, issued a one-week ultimatum to federal ministries, departments and agencies which had not appeared before relevant committees of the red chamber, to…

Uzodinma receives Imo new Assembly Speaker, others in Govt House

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has endorsed the new Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibeh. Our correspondent gathered on Tuesday that the governor received the…

Senate orders IGP to probe missing journalist’s whereabouts

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to direct a special investigation into the missing of the Vanguard Newspapers journalist, Mr Tordue Salem. The Senate…

Bandits gun down seven policemen on patrol in Zamfara, burn van

Seven policemen have been killed by bandits along Tofa-Magami Road in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Salisu Sani, said that the incident…

Anambra election: Soludo dedicates victory to policemen killed by gunmen during town hall meeting

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has dedicated his victory in the 2021 Anambra Governorship Election to…

Soludo wins Anambra governorship election

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the…