Politics

ABIA LG ELECTION: GOV OTTI SUPPORTING CANDIDATES OUTSIDE LABOUR PARTY – AIDE Ahead of the November 2 local government elections in Abia, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Hon. Ferdinand Ekeoma says his principal will support candidates outside of his party, the Labour Party. This comes on the heels of a report that the governor is courting …

FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, DAVID MARK, MAY EMERGE PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN As part of last minute maneuvering, the former President of the Senate, David Mark, may emerge as the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party’s (PDP) national chairman. Pressure has been mounting on Sen­ator Mark by some governors, key party stakeholders and concerned members of the party for him to accept the position and …

LG AUTONOMY: NO STATE CAN REWRITE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT – AGF Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Tuesday, cautioned states not to commit contempt of court by disobeying the verdict of the supreme court, saying that nobody has the power to rewrite the court judgment on the matter of the financial autonomy for the local government …

GOVERNOR SUSPENDS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR JOINING EFCC SUIT Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, suspended the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mynin. The commissioner was suspended for joining the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission without informing his principal. The Apex Court had on Tuesday reserved judgment on …

PRESIDENT TINUBU RESHUFFLES CABINET, REASSIGNS MINISTERS As President Bola Tinubu reshuffles his cabinet, some ministers have been reassigned to new Ministries. This was made known in a statement by the Presidency on Wednesday, October 23. The statement read: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has approved the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the Administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency …

BREAKING: FEC SCRAPS TWO MINISTRIES, MERGES TWO OTHERS President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the decisions were taken at the meeting …

REPS WANTS SENATE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER TO ALTERNATE PRESIDING ROLE AT JOINT SESSIONS The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for restructuring of joint sittings of the National Assembly to alternate the roles between the Senate President and the Speaker of the House to reflect parity between the two chambers. The lawmakers said this would allow the Speaker …

COURT STOPS BALA-MOHAMMED PDP FACTION FROM HOLDING NEC MEETING A Federal High Court sitting in Zamfara State has declined a request for an ex parte order by a faction backed by the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed, to hold the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The group approached the court for an …

THE ONLY THING YOUR GOVT IS KNOWN FOR IS TO INCREASE FUEL PRICE – NLC PRESIDENT FIRES AT TINUBU The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has called for an immediate reversal of the latest fuel price increase in the country. Ajaero, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the fuel price hike, …