The All Progressives Congress (APC) will today conduct primary elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States to produce governorship candidates. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed the off-cycle elections on November 11, 2023. However, in Kogi State, ...
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has set up a panel to investigate the alleged $10,000 bribe-for-promotion in the Nigeria Police Force. A police officer, identified as Mr. Chijioke Nwankwo, had alleged that officers pay as much as $10,000 to get ...
Read More »AATSG Backs Gbaja, Akpabio, Betara For CoS, Senate President, Speaker
A foremost political support group that vigorously worked for the success of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and other elected All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the recently concluded general elections, the Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu Support Group (AATSG), has expressed support for ...
Read More »FG, States Spent N50bn From N400bn Approved For Poverty Reduction – Gov Sule
Nasarawa State governor and co-chairman of the Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, Abdullahi Sule has disclosed that from the N400 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the committee to reduce poverty and enhance growth in ...
Read More »Female Aspirant Joins Kogi Guber Race
Dr Atule Ahmadu-Afolabi, a female aspirant on Wednesday joined the November Kogi governorship race on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Ahmadu-Afolabi a medical doctor, told newsmen shortly after picking her nomination forms at the party secretariat in Abuja, ...
Read More »Buhari’s N320bn TETFund Grant Highest In 30 Years – BMO
The latest disbursement of N320.3 billion as intervention fund for public tertiary institutions is yet another evidence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to improve higher education in the country. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by ...
Read More »Thugs, Policemen Attack, Break Into Labour Party National Headquarters, Chase Away Workers – LP Chair
The national headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja witnessed a massive attack and was broken into by a detachment of the Nigerian Police and thugs believed to be working for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Invaders who are ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: FG Yet To Meet Most Of Our Demands – Osodeke
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the federal government is yet to address most of the issues that prompted the union’s suspended strike. ASUU had late last year called off an eight-month strike after a series of negotiations with ...
Read More »Obi, Datti-Ahmed Kick Over Federal Govt’s Treason Allegation
The Nigeria Labour Party (LP) has accused the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, of misinforming the international community. The federal government, through Lai Mohammed had accused the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf ...
Read More »Group Compels Akpabio To Contest For Senate Presidency
The Nigeria Civil Society Advocacy Group (NiCAG) on Tuesday in Abuja urged Sen. Godswill Akpabio to contest for the position of President of the 10th National Assembly. The group, which comprises more than 20 civil society organisations and interest groups ...
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