The National leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, led by the National Working Committee, has appointed Yakubu Shemdam, as its new National Publicity Secretary. The NNPP disclosed this shortly after addressing a press conference on the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgment, at the National Secretariat of the
The Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked 165 lands in Abuja, some of which belonged to notable Nigerians. A document signed by the FCT Permanent Secretary, Olushade Adeshola, which was obtained by The PUNCH, reveals that the revocation was due to the violation and contravention of the terms
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, has charged the people of Kogi State to vote for the Labour Party and its candidate, Adejoh Okeme, in the forthcoming governorship election. Obi, one of the leaders of the party, gave the charge in Lokoja
The National/State Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi on Thursday affirmed the election of the Deputy Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Mrs. Danladi Lami. Lami of the All Progressives Congress defeated her rival from the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Agnes Uloko, to represent Ado State Constituency. Dissatisfied with the
President Bola Tinubu has encouraged Nigerians in the U.S. to rise above failure by having a change of mindset for success in all their endeavours in life. Tinubu who gave the advice at the Presidential Townhall Meeting with Nigerians in the diaspora on Wednesday in New York noted that Nigerians
Unlike those before it, Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day observance will not feature a ceremony at the Eagle Square, Abuja, but will be held “low-key,” the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, said Wednesday. He said October 1 would be “a time for reflections…to think very
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday, urged traditional rulers in the State to maintain and improve on the sanctity of their royal office. This, the governor said they should do by leading their subjects to greater prosperity “in an atmosphere of peace, love and cultural respect between the throne
The New Nigeria Peoples Party has said that the judgment of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is a replay script of the 2019 governorship election, where the tribunal allegedly upturned the peoples’ mandate and awarded it to the loser. While appealing to millions of its supporters in the state
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the sales and disposal of government assets, was furious, on Tuesday, over the failure of the Nigeria Customs Service to appear before it. Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, while speaking at the resumed hearing of the panel, knocked
The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has appointed 100 assistants to carry out his Legislative duties. Ibrahim made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday and made available to journalists. Via a post on his X handle, formerly Twitter on Wednesday, he announced that each of