Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has emerged as the chairman of the South-South Governors Forum. Diri, a serving two-term governor, emerged during the ongoing meeting of the South-South Governors Forum taking place in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. This was disclosed in a communique issued on Tuesday after their meeting. “The South-South Governors’ Forum … [Read more…]
Mojisola Meranda has officially assumed office as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. She was accompanied to her new office by all the lawmakers, with the exception of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Following the formal ceremony, Meranda and the lawmakers posed for photographs, symbolizing their collective support for her leadership. In a … [Read more…]
Barely 48 hours after returning to the country from the United States of America and being unable to meet with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, a defiant former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday dared his colleagues, insisting that he remains the speaker of the … [Read more…]
…Says SE PDP united, warns external troublemakers The South East Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rose from a meeting at the Government House, Enugu, with a resolution approving the zoning of national and zonal offices allocated to the zone. The party in the zone also restated its support for Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye as … [Read more…]
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has sworn in the new Chairman of the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB), and six commissioners. Also sworn in were members of Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC), Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), and State Secondary Education Board (SSEB). Addressing the newly sworn in … [Read more…]
Chairman, Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has said he would not join issues with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, despite his disparaging outburst against him. Wabara made the statement in Umuahia while fielding questions from journalists. The PDP BoT chairman’s comments came as the … [Read more…]
Donald Trump pledged to rescue America from what he described as years of betrayal and decline in his inaugural address on Monday, prioritizing a crackdown on illegal immigration and portraying himself as a national savior chosen by God. “First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” he said. “All illegal entry will … [Read more…]
The Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has said it will seek further clarification on the party’s leadership dispute at the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal on Friday affirmed Julius Abure as LP’s National Chairman. In the judgment delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, the Appeal Court held that its November 2024 decision recognising Abure as … [Read more…]
Serious. Ominous. A “message picture”. Those are some of the descriptions of Donald Trump’s newest official portrait, captured by his chief photographer, Daniel Torok. In the photo, the president-elect wears a stern expression, eyebrow cocked. “The official portrait of the president is the most printed, most seen image of the president, ever,” former White House photographer Eric … [Read more…]
The main opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be sinking deeper into the mire of implosion as discordant tunes and flying court orders appear to dog every step in its attempt to stay strong in their quest to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2027. … [Read more…]
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reiterated that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, held that its judgement of November 13, 2024, which recognised Abure as national chairman subsists and has not … [Read more…]
Governor Aiyedatiwa has dissolved the Ondo Executive Council, retaining the Attorney General and Finance Commissioner due to critical duties. The Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday, approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council, with immediate effect. However, the Governor exempted two members of the cabinet from the dissolution. They are the … [Read more…]