The crisis rocking the Delta State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was relaxed yesterday as the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, yesterday, affirmed the Prophet Jones Erue-led State Working Committee as the legally elected state executives of the party. The affirmation followed an appeal filed by the Erue-led executives against the March…

Trouble began for the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) on Wednesday, March 9, 2018, when it was not a part of the boards that were inaugurated on that day. Indeed, the boards of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) where the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is chairman, National…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Benedict Ayade has been re-elected as governor of Cross River for the next four years. Announcing the result on Sunday in Calabar, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Akim Ibhadode said, Ayade, won the election with 381,484 votes. The All Progressive Congress (APC) scored 131,161 votes while…

There cannot be a bigger story coming from Abia state, ‘God’s Own State’, after the Presidential and National Assembly elections than the fact that the majority of Abians could not vote because of the late and non-arrival of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and materials in most of the centres; and non-functional card readers in…

There is a school of thought that wants African countries to copy something China is doing today. It is not the way they are controlling their population. We may copy a modified version of it later but for now that should not be our priority. In fact, there are other things we are going to…

President Muhammdu Buhari says his administration has delivered on the three electoral promises made to Nigerians in 2015 which are, providing security, improving the economy and fighting corruption. The President stated this on Monday while addressing his teeming supporters at the Kwara All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Rally held in Ilorin. “Before you gave us…

Abubakar Bello of Niger on Saturday took his campaign train to Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA) in Sarkin Pawa and donated N5 million for the purchase of land to another church in Gwada. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the governor had earlier paid a visit to Alhaji Musa Mohammed, District Head…

After the police received a report of violence and disruption of political activities within Elena community of Ogun State, which consequently led to breakdown of law and order in the state, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Lawal Shehu, yesterday held an emergency meeting of political stakeholders in…

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has urged residents of the state to vote for only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates during the forthcoming poll. Ortom gave the advise on Wednesday in Ugba in Logo and Zaki Biam in Ukum Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. He said Benue people were known for always voting…

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto state on Sunday inaugurated a 29-member campaign council for the 2019 election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party also inaugurated the Senatorial District Campaign Committees and Campaign Coordinators for the 23 Local Governments areas in the state. Speaking shortly after inaugurating the committees, Sen.…

Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Africa’s collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings, has rejected the presidential manifestos by the presidential candidates of both the All Progressive Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari and Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. COSON said on Monday said that after reading the #NextLevelNG manifesto of the APC and…

Alhaji Sa’ad Tahir, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Adamawa has defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) . Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa confirmed the development during the inauguration of Menene Buhari-Bindow Ne 2019, North-East Campaign Office on Tuesday in Yola. Bindow said that the defection of the former PDP governorship aspirant…