Politics

Senator Joseph Waku has blamed Senate President David Mark for the alleged marginalisation of the Tiv nation by the President Jonathan administration, calling the senator a tribalist,. Speaking in an interview with our correspondent in the State of Mar...

The Kaduna State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused Governor Patrick Yakowa of using the free Ramadan feeding directive to local governments as a ploy to siphon public funds and enrich the illegal council administrators, just a...

Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has denied the corruption and money laundering allegations levelled against him by one Bemgba Anyor in an online journal, saying the name of the petitioner is fictitious. Bemgba Anyor, in a petition sent to the Econ...

Former chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has advocated a national consensus on the proposed introduction of non-interest banking in Nigeria. In a statement he issued on Friday on the heels of his 78th birthd...

The six-year single term for federal and state executives, as being packaged by the Presidency for enactment by the National Assembly has been hailed as “a great idea”, by Sen. Barnabas Gemade. But the Deputy Speaker of the House of Represe...

The Imo Rescue initiative of the Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, doled out 110,000 litres of kerosene to the people of the state, free.Speaking at the event held at the Grasshopper International Stadium, Owerri, Okorocha described the gestu...

Governor Saidu Usman Dakingari of Kebbi State has finally spoken about the alleged N9.6b fraud involving him, declaring vehemently that there was no fraud of such large amount. Debunking the rumors shortly after the swearing-in of the 17 newly appointe...

Anambra State Council of Elders consisting of past governors, deputies, ministers and other statesmen in the state have waded into the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and health workers’ strike in the state which is in its seventh month. The An...

The Senate President, David Mark, is to lead political leaders within the North Central zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to an emergency meeting of the party in Minna next Monday.According to the release by the deputy press secretary to the g...

Kaduna State governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to fully rehabilitate displaced persons during the post-election crisis that erupted from the state. Speaking in Atlanta recently, the governor said ...

Against the backdrop of high incidence of collapsed buildings and shoddy construction of projects across the country, Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has called on the Council for the Regulation of Engineering of Nigeria (COREN), to impose tough...

Smarting from the federal government’s clarification that the eight-man presidential panel set up for the Boko Haram crisis is a fact finding one and not to negotiate with the extremist Islamic sect, a member of the House of Representatives, Hono...

The special adviser (SA) to the governor on Information and Communication Technology, Mr. Odo Effiong, has said that Senator Imoke has granted approval for the provision of 250 schools in the state with information technology facilities to equip the st...

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing privatisation process in the country, saying it has not reached the expectations of Nigerians. To this effect, the president directed that industries still moribund after ...

In this piece, OLAOLU OLADIPO examines the life and times of the late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who between 1979 and 1983 was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, his achievements and frustrations. Death has once again bore its ugly fang, this tim...